 | Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19; Deux Portraits, Op. 5; Divertimento by Bela Bartok
Buy used from: $4.00 Great recording... check! Easy to find... well, not so much. And pricy. Although, it's the best recording out there.
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 | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Excerpts from Lélio
Buy used from: $2.30 This is just silly! For how long does Thomas hold the last note in March to the Scaffold? A really, really long time.
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 | Symphonie Fantastique
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.68 This recording, while not as technically perfect as the Montreal or the San Francisco recordings, has that "certain something." Namely, C. Vernon playing very, very loud. Amusing and fun.
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| Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat Major, "Romantic" by Anton Bruckner
Buy used from: $7.87 Again, this recording, like so many, has gone out of print. "If" you can find it, buy it then and there. Explain to your wife that it was worth every penny. This recording is simply amazing.
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| Symphony No. 2 & Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
Buy used from: $1.42 Nope, this one's not in print either. Used copies exist, and you need one.
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 | Copland: Symphony No. 3; Quiet City
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.50 This recording will give you goosebumps. I promise.
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| Enigma Variations / Falstaff by Elgar
Buy used from: $5.16 Another of Dutoit's great recordings. Technically incredible and a bit brassy... which is good.
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 | Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'/Trauermusik/Symphonic Metamorphosis
Buy used from: $5.35 I checked... this might be the best 50 dollars you spend.
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 | Charles Ives: Symphony No. 2 / The Gong on the Hook & Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street / Tone Roads No. 1 / Hymn: Largo Cantabile, for String Orchestra / Hallowe'en / Central Park in the Dark / The Unanswered Question - Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic by Charles Ives
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.89 Ives at his best. This amazing piece is performed by the NYP to perfection.
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 | Holst: The Planets / Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Penguin Music Classics Series) by Ethan Canin
Buy used from: $3.89 This recording rocks... literally. When first released, there was a warning to turn speakers down. Nuff said. Now, buy it.
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 | Mahler: Symphonie No. 3 in D Minor
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $9.99 Top five recording period. Of any composer with any orchestra. This one's a must buy. So... buy it.
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 | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $2.43 Best there is. Brass blend with the orchestra when required... most of the time. Outstanding playing and a truly exciting performance.
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 | Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $9.99 Many don't know Nielsen. This is a shame. Buy this recording and forsake all others. It gets no better then this!
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 | Orff: Carmina Burana
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.64 You need this. It will shut up your friends who keep asking you to play that piece from Excalibur!
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 | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
Buy new: $33.98 / Used from: $9.49 If you don't have this recording, proceed to checkout now. Then beat yourself with a large stick for not buying this sooner. There are no exceptions. I'm sorry.
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 | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 "1905"; Jazz Suite No. 1; Waltz; Tahiti Trot
Buy used from: $6.44 This one's kinda new, and an instant classic... pardon the pun! Buy it and rejoice.
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 | Strauss: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $12.99 This list wouldn't be the same without the Scottish National. They're "special." In an in your face, good way.
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| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition No 1-10; Night on the Bare Mountain; Khovanshchina - Prelude / Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture by Modest Mussorgsky
Buy used from: $2.99 Russian Easter Overture is the best thing on this disc, and yes... it's worth it.
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