Favourite Symphonic & Chamber Recordings on CD
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J.S.Bach 6 Brandenburg Concerti K.Richter & Munchener Bach Orch 1968 Archiv Galeria x2
J.S.Bach 6 Cello Suites M.Rostropovich, cello solo 1991 EMI x2
J.S.Bach 6 Sonatas & Partitas Nathan Milstein, violin solo 1974 DGG x2
J.S.Bach English Suites Glenn Gould, piano solo 1971 Sony x2
J.S.Bach Organ Music Helmut Walcha, organ 1962 Archiv Galeria x12
J.S.Bach Cantatas K.Richter & Munchener Bach Orchestra Archiv x5
Beethoven 10 Violin Sonatas Oistrakh & Oborin 1962 Philips x4
Beethoven 5 Cello Sonatas Rostropovich & Richter, July 1961 Philips x2
Beethoven Piano Sonatas W.Kempff, piano 1965 DGG x9
Beethoven String Quartets Amadeus Quartet DGG x7
Beethoven Razumovsky Quartets Suske Quartet, 1967 Berlin x2
Beethoven Late Quartets Busch Quartet 1935 EMI x3
Brahms 3 Violin Sonatas Oistrakh, Richter & Bauer 1960 Chant du M x1
Brahms 4 Symphonies Bruno Walter & Columbia S.O. 1960 CBS Maestro x4
Brahms String Quintets & Sextets Amadeus Quartet & Aronowitz 1968 DGG x3
Chopin Mazurkas A.Rubinstein, piano 1939 EMI x3
Corelli Violin Sonatas Op.5 Grumiaux & Castagnone 1975 Philips x2
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Neumann & Czech P.O. 1985 Supraphon x1
Dvorak Symphonies Neuman & Czech P.O. 1982 Supraphon x9
Handel Concerti Grossi Op 3 / Op 6 K.Richter & Munchener Bach Orch 1971 Archiv
Handel Violin Sonatas Op1 Grumiaux & Veyron-Lacroix 1966 Philips x1
Haydn String Quartets Op 76 Panocha Quartet 1989 Supraphon x2
Haydn London Symphonies Jochum & London P.O. 1972 DGG x4
Mahler Symphonies Czech PhO & Neumann 1979 Supraphon x10
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E mi Stern, Ormandy & Philadelphia O 1959 CBS Maestro x1
Mozart 6 "Haydn" Quartets Smetana Quartet 1982 Denon x3
Mozart 5 Violin Concerti Oistrakh & Berlin PO 1971 EMI Studio x2
Mozart Symphonies 21-41 Royal Concertgeb. Amsterdam & Krips 1973 Philips x6
D.Scarlatti Sonatas Weissenberg, piano 1985 DGG x1
Schubert Piano Sonatas Alfred Brendel, piano 1987 c. Philips
Schubert Quartets / Quintet in C Melos / Amadeus Quartet DGG
Shostakovich String Quartets Shostakovich Quartet 1985 Olympia
J.Strauss Waltzes Wiener Phil & Boskovsky 1960s 70s Decca
Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4,5,6 Leningrad PO & Mravinsky 1960 DGG x2
Tchaikovsky 4 Suites for Orchestra USSR Academic SO & Svetlanov 1987 Melodia
Vivaldi L'Estro Armonico Op3 Gantvarg & St Petersburg Soloists 1992 Arte Nova x2

( In some cases, such as the Sibelius symphonies, I have not given a recording because I haven't yet come across a complete set that I really like. I find Mendelssohn & Schumann often interpreted poorly … Mendelssohn not being played with a refined style, and Schumann not "classical" enough. Corelli's Concerti Grossi are seldom recorded by Modern Orchestras. More recordings will be added, though the shortness of the list serves to illustrate by favorite "few". Kreisler and other Instrumental Stars are featured on a separate list. The dates given show the probable year of recording … mostly in the 60s. Many European and to a lesser extent Russian Orchestras have since gone into decline, but American Orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are in fine shape. )

DGG = Deutche Gramophone

SO = Symphony Orchestra

PO = Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 

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