 | Bach: Piano Concertos nos 1, 4-5/Gould, Bernstein
Buy used from: $2.00 Gould at his best, playing three of Bach's greatest works.
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 | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Complete)
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.87 Essential in any collection--so it definitely makes this list.
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 | Bach - Orchestral Suites & Violin Concertos / Marriner
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $5.30 Includes the famous "Air on the G String" (3rd Suite) and Double Violin Concerto.
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 | Bach: The Art of Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.74 Another Bach essential.
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 | Bach: Great Organ Works
Buy used from: $3.57 The top of the line in organ works.
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 | J.S. Bach: Musical Offering, BWV1079
Buy used from: $8.00 More from the master of polyphony.
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 | Bach: Mass in B minor / Schwarzkopf, Ferrier, Hoffgen, Gedda; Karajan by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy used from: $20.81 Considered by some to be the greatest piece in all classical music.
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 | Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $4.99 Serkin's playing is both intellectual and intimate.
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 | Beethoven: Concerto for violin in D
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.94 Generally considered the greatest violin concerto ever written.
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 | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim
Buy new: $66.98 / Used from: $61.83 A good solid (and inexpensive) version of these Beethoven essentials.
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 | Beethoven: Sonataen - Waldstein, Les Adieux, Appassionata
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.36 This CD is worth buying, even if you have the box set--Gilels was truly a master.
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 | Beethoven: Die Späten Klaviersonaten
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $16.99 Pollini is another master not to be missed.
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 | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Mass In C
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $2.49 Two great Beethoven choral works.
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 | Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven
Buy new: $42.49 / Used from: $34.45 The greatest quartets ever written--worth every penny.
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 | Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos
Buy new: $62.98 / Used from: $45.00 Solid interpretations of the heart and soul of Beethoven's output--his symphonies and piano concertos.
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 | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5-8
Buy used from: $29.09 Toscanini provides us with some of the best Beethoven interpretations yet.
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 | Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.47 Another version worth hearing.
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![Beethoven: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 3 & 4 [Germany]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kG33Q8VQL._SL75_.jpg) | Beethoven: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 3 & 4 [Germany] by Beethoven
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $20.43 More Pollini--not to be missed.
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![Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KXKPNYWQL._SL75_.jpg) | Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.95 In the top three requiems of all time.
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 | Brahms: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto for violin and cello
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.93 The famous violin concerto and the great double concerto.
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 | Brahms: The Four Symphonies (NBC Symphony Orchestra Vol. IV)
Buy used from: $48.00 Perhaps his greatest achievement--on par with the Beethoven symphonies.
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 | Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.58 Great cello writing.
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 | Brahms:The Violin and Viola Sonatas
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.90 One of the few selections of good solo viola music--and the violin sonatas are some of the best.
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 | My Favorite Brahms
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $6.68 Great solo piano pieces.
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 | Brahms: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 - Tragic Overture, etc.. / Barenboim, Barbirolli by Johannes Brahms
Buy used from: $10.95 Two of the greatest piano concertos ever written.
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