 | Schumann: Complete Symphonies
Buy new: $45.98 / Used from: $39.48 Brilliant and lyrical. ALL of Schumann's orchestral music here, saving the concerti.
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 | Schumann: The Four Symphonies plus Overture, Scherzo, & Finale
Buy used from: $6.99 A lovely "tangy", "punchy" and "spunky" recording. For those who like their music sweet 'n' sour.
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 | Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4
Buy used from: $2.19 Very fresh and the first HIP Schumann I ever owned (when this disc was on EMI).
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 | Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Buy used from: $11.99 Beautiful and colourful recordings. The slow movement of the 2nd reminds us how precarious was Schumann's sanity.
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 | Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 8
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $39.55 Norrington's Unfinished is very, very impressive. The others sing in a very agreeable way!
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 | Schubert: The Complete Symphonies
Buy new: $30.98 / Used from: $19.99 A very powerful and important recording in my collection. Brüggen brings out so much colour and lyricism in this music.
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 | Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Gardiner
Buy new: $61.99 / Used from: $29.99 So many great things to say about this one. My favourite Beethoven Symphonies overall.
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 | Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Buy used from: $20.99 The Norrington 9 Symhonies. All the even numbered symphonies are amongst the best on CD, particularly 2 & 8.
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 | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $19.98 I am always a sucker for The Hanover Band. Their woodwind sound like woodwind and the brass edgy and punchy, but never too loud.
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 | Beethoven - The Symphonies / Augér, Robbin, Rolfe Johnson, Reinhart, AAM, Hogwood by The Academy of Ancient Music
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $50.31 Only some of the tempi in the 9th bother me. The Eroica is sublime and reminds us how Beethover tore up the rule book when he wrote it.
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![Haydn: The "Sturm und Drang" Symphonies [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ATGN0aMcL._SL75_.jpg) | Haydn: The "Sturm und Drang" Symphonies [Box Set]
Buy new: $40.99 / Used from: $30.04 Such a beautiful set. I turn to it when I need a pick-me-up. "Musical music" - can you dig it?
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 | Complete Mozart Symphonies / Pinnock, English Concert by Mozart
Buy new: $78.99 / Used from: $49.99 Worth hearing for the slow movements of the 40th and 41st alone. A magnificent set.
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 | Mozart: The Symphonies (Nos 1-41, plus 27 other symphonic works) /AAM * Schroder * Hogwood by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Buy new: $119.99 / Used from: $79.98 My other set of Mozart symphonies. So much to enjoy and explore here - 73 symphonies. Yeah, no kidding!
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 | Méhul - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $23.74 Wow! Beautiful French symphonies. Plagiarised by Beethoven for his 5th symphony. No, I'm not joking!
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 | Brahms: Symphonie No. 1; Haydn Variations
Buy used from: $12.69 The Haydn Variations are triumphant and joyous. The Symphony is magnificent.
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| Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Tragic Overture
Buy used from: $12.95 More. I like it and I only hope Herreweghe or Gardiner gets to Brahms as well.
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 | Brahms: Symphony Nos. 3 & 4
Buy used from: $12.99 Norrington's best recordings of the Brahms symphonies. Very lyrical and enjoyable to hear.
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 | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Buy used from: $3.98 Perhaps the best recording ever made by the LCP and Sir Roger? Very beautiful and luxurious!
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 | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique /ORR * Gardiner
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.48 Much more "squeezed in" the Norrington's - performed in the original venue.
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 | Hector Berlioz: Harold En Italie, Op. 16
Buy used from: $4.25 Gardiner's best Berlioz symphony recording. Listen to those ophicleïdes in full force!
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 | Berlioz - Romeo & Juliette / Robbin · Fouchecourt · Cachemaille · Gardiner by Hector Berlioz
Buy used from: $25.90 Gardiner's most magnificent and well researched Berlioz orchestral work recording. ALL the alternative movements are on this double CD.
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 | Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Herreweghe
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $5.00 What a surprise! Not a load of late Romantic orchestral stodge, but a beautiful and songlike work. Listen to those wooden flutes sing!
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 | Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $7.98 The Romantic. Let's hope Herreweghe records all the Bruckner symphonies. I'm hooked!
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| Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
Buy used from: $5.72 This was the first HIP Bruckner symphony I ever heard. The LCP and Sir Roger Norrington taking chances. I like it.
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 | Faure: Requiem and Franck: Symphony in D Minor by Gabriel Faure
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $11.95 Included for the fascinating Symphonie by César Franck. Another triumph for Herreweghe.
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