 | Beethoven: Sonaten - Pathétique & Mondschein
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.99 Gilels is my favorite Beethoven interpreter. Get both CD's.
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 | Beethoven: Sonataen - Waldstein, Les Adieux, Appassionata
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.95 |
 | Beethoven - Die Symphonien (Symphonies 1-9) / Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic by Ludwig van Beethoven
Buy new: $81.99 / Used from: $30.97 In my mind, an extraordinarily fresh perspective on the Beethoven symphonies. Abbado has cleared the cobwebs off this Mecca of music.
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 | Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.34 One of, if not, THE most famous classical recording of all time.
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 | Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen--Great Scenes / Solti
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.29 A great introduction to Wagner's Ring.
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 | Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)
Buy new: $105.99 / Used from: $59.02 Not for the inexperienced listener, Wagner's crowing operatic achievement receives a top-rate perfomance at the Met.
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 | Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Songs of a Wayfarer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.49 Interested in Mahler? This is the place to start.
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 | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.47 Program music from the Rimsky-Korsakov.
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 | Strauss: Wind Concertos
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $9.99 If you haven't heard Alex Klein (Oboe) play, now is the time.
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 | Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Symphony in Three Movements; Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.94 Don't miss the Symphony in Three Movements. Excellent recordings of the other works as well.
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 | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibiton; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.98 THE recording of the Rite of Spring in my opinion. Also check out Ozawa's excellent version below:
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 | Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Fireworks, Petrouchka / Ozawa, Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony by Michael Tilson Thomas
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 | Strauss & Hindemith: Horn Concertos
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.00 Great recordings by Dennis Brain of the Strauss and Hindemith horn concertos. The Hindemith 'Concert Music' is a bonus.
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 | Strauss: Don Quixote / Karajan, Fournier
Buy used from: $10.00 Wonderful version of the 2nd Horn Concerto with Karajan and Hauptmann.
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 | Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $40.69 Definitive recording of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
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 | Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.72 Dennis Brain again - this time Mozart.
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 | Brahms: Symphonie No. 4; Haydn-Variationen; Nänie
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.99 Good introduction to Brahms played well by Berlin and Abbado.
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 | Symphonies 1-4 by Schumann
Buy used from: $29.99 Electrifying performances by Sawallisch with Dresden. Don't miss the opening movement of the 'Rhenish' Symphony.
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