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 Igor Stravinsky |
CMLE considers the following list either one of the best recordings of a major work or a lesser known work that CMLE feels is noteworthy. The current availability of the recordings is not vouched for. CMLE has no financial interest in these recordings. |
 Bela Bartok |
| “Tous les matins du monde” which consists of a selection of lesser-known Baroque pieces that are mostly French (Valois V4640) |
| “Ulysses' Gaze” composed by Eleni Karaindrou featuring Kim Kashkashian on the viola (ECM New Series 1570) |
| Albeniz Iberia Alicia De Larrocha (London 41787-2) |
| Bach Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin played by Arthur Grimeau (Phillips 438 736-2) |
| Bach Goldberg Variations played by Glenn Gould (CBS MK37779) |
| Baroque Album performed by John Williams (CBS MK44518) |
| Baroque Music for Trumpets, Winton Marsalis with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Leppard (CBS MK42478) |
| Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 and Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 performed by Ashkenazy (London 411 969-2) |
| Bartok Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 with Maurizio Pollini and Claudio Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DGG 415 371-2) |
| Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin Suite and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta with Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (EMI CDC-7 47117 2) |
| Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich (DG 415138, 419787, 445652, 44705) |
| Beethoven Symphony # 6 “Pastoral” conducted by Bruno Walter (CBS MYK36720) |
| Beethoven Triple Concerto with Oistrakh, Rostropovich, and Richter and the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by von Karajan (EMI CDM 7 69032 2) |
| Best of Liona Boyd (guitar) (CBS MK 37788) |
| Brahms Clarinet Trio and Horn Trio (London 410114-2) |
| Copland Clarinet Concerto, Bernstein Sonata for Clarinet and Gershwin Three Preludes played by Richard Stolzman with the London Symphony Orchestra (RCA 09026-61790-2) |
| Dances, A Renaissance Revel, performed by Calliope (Nonesuch 9 79039-2) |
| Danses de la Renaissance with the Clemencic Consort (Harmonia Mundi 90610) |
| de Falla collection of The Three-Cornered Hat, El Amor Brujo, and Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Victoria de los Angeles and Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI CDM 7 69037 2) |
| Dvorak String Quartet in F, Op. 96 “American” and Smetana String Quartet in E minor “From my life” with the Guarneri Quartet (Phillips 420 803-2) |
| Dvorak Symphony # 8 with George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (EMI CDC-7-47618 2) |
| Dvorak Violin Concerto and Romance with Kyung-Wha Chung and Riccardo Muti conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (EMI CDC 7 49858 2) |
| Ginastera Concerto for Harp and Orchestra with Hickox conducting the City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 9434) |
| Gorecki Symphony No. 3 with Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and David Zinman conducting the London Sinfonietta (Elektra 9 79282-2) |
| Grieg Lyric Pieces performed by Emil Gilels (DG D120496 ) |
| Handel Messiah with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis (Phillips 438256-2) |
| Handel Water Music by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwartz (Delos DCD3010). |
| Kodaly Hary Janos Suite & other works with the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal conducted by Dutoit (London 444 322-2) |
| Mahler Symphony 1 with the Chicago Symphony conducted by George Solti (London 411731-2) |
| Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” with the CBSO conducted by Simon Rattle (EMI ZDCB 7 47962 2) |
| Mahler Symphony No. 4 with Judith Raskin, soprano, and the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell (Sony Classical SBK 46535) |
| Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat for Stings, Op. 20 performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (Phillips 420400-2). |
| Modern marimba works by Japanese composers performed by Kroumata and Keiko Abe (BIS CD-462) |
| Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20 and No. 24 performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy with the London Symphony and the Philharmonia Orchestra (London 417 726-2) |
| Mozart Symphonies No. 40 and 41 by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer (EMI Classics CDMD 63272 |
| Nielsen Symphonies 3 and 5 (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, CBS MK44708) |
| Officium which is medieval and renaissance music performed by the Hilliard Ensemble with saxophonist Jan Garbarek (ECM New Series ECM1525) |
| Pärt,Arvo Alina (ECM 1591) |
| Pärt,Arvo Fratres (Telarc CD-80387) |
| Pavane works by Ravel, Satie, and Faure with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 449 186-2) |
| Penderecki Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima and Viola Concerto plus Nancy Van de Vate`s Chernobyl and Violin Concerto No. 1. (Conifer CDCF 168) |
| Poulenc Piano Concerto, Concerto for 2 Pianos, and Organ Concerto with Charles Dutoit conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (London 436 546-2). |
| Puccini Tosca with Callas, DiStefano, Gobbi, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus conducted by De Sabata (EMI Classics CDCB 47174) |
| Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Ashkenazy (London 410 124-2) |
| Ramirez Misa Criolla sung by Jose Carreras (Phillips 420 955-2) |
| Rodrigo Concerto de Aranjuez, and Fantasia para un Gentilhombre with John Williams playing guitar and Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra (CBS MYK 36717) |
| Romantic Favorites for Strings with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (CBS MYK 38484) |
| Rossini Sins of Old Age with Frederic Chiu (Harmonia Mondi HMU 907102) |
| Scarlatti,Domenico Sonatas by Vladimir Horowitz (CBS MK 42410) |
| Schubert Impromtus Op. 90 & 142 played by Mitsuko Uchida (Phillips 456 245-2) |
| Schubert Piano Trios by the Beaux Arts Trio (Phillips 412 620-2) on 2 CDs |
| Shostakovich Trio No. 2 for Violin, Clello and Piano. Op. 67 with Stern, Ma, and Ax (CBS MK 44664) |
| Shostakovich, 24 Preludes and Fugues performed by Keith Jarrett (ECM New Series 1469/70) |
| Strauss, Richard Four Last Songs with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and George Szell conducting (EMI CDC 7 47276 2) |
| Stavinsky “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto with Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Virgin Classics VC 7 91115-2). This CD also contains Apollon musagete and Concerto in D. |
| Stravinsky Mass and Les Noces with Leonard Bernstein conducting the English Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra (DG 423 251-2) |
| Stravinsky Octet, Renard, Ragtime, and Pulcinella with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the London Sinfonietta (Sony SK45965) |
| Stravinsky Right of Spring and Pulcinella Suite conducted by Bernstein (Columbia MK 44709) |
| Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale (Pangea PAND-6233) |
| Subotnik Silver Apples of the and The Wild Bull (Wergo WER 2035-2) |
| Torke Music on the Floor, Four Proverbs, Monday, and Tuesday (Argo D 106544). |
| Vivaldi Concertos with Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London425 721-2) |
| Xenakis Pleiades (Harmonia Mundi HMC 905185) |
| Yo-Yo Ma Premieres featuring new cello concertos by Ricard Danielpour, Leon Kichner and Christopher Rouse performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by David Zinman (Sony SK66299) |