Classical Music
Some Personal Favourites
| Composer | Work | Conductor | Soloist, Ensemble | Recording (Medium) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J S Bach arr. Busoni |
Choral Prelude BWV 639 | Dinu Lipatti | Regis RRC 1264 (CD) | |
| J S Bach | Goldberg Variations | Glenn Gould | Sony SMK 52 619 (CD) | |
| J S Bach | St Matthew Passion | Karl Richter | Fischer-Dieskau, Baker, et al (CD) | Archiv 427 704-2 (CD) |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor) | Colin Davis | Stephen Bishop Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra | Philips 422 482-4 (Cassette) |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 3 (Eroica) | Neville Mariner | Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Philips 410 044-2 (CD) |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 5 | Kurt Sanderling | Philharmonia Orchestra | EMI WHS 5 68397 2 (CD) |
| Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique | Colin Davis | London Symphony Orchestra | Philips 468 127-2 (CD) |
| Brahms | Piano Concerto No 1 | Kurt Sanderling | Martino Tirimo, London Philharmonic | EMI 7243 5 68923 2 3 (CD) |
| Bruch | Scottish Fantasy | Malcolm Sargent | Jascha Heifetz | RCA GL89832 (LP) |
| Bruch | Violin Concerto No 1 | Walter Susskind | Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra | Laserlight 16 210 (CD) |
| Dvorak | Symphony No 9 (From the New World) | Istvan Kertesz | London Symphony Orchestra | Penguin Classics 466 212-2 (CD) |
| Elgar | Cello Concerto | John Barbirolli | Jacqeline du Pre, London Symphony Orchestra | EMI Classics 7243 5 62886 2 (CD) |
| Elgar | Symphony No 1 | Colin Davis | London Symphony Orchestra | LSO Live (CD) |
| Handel | Messiah | Malcolm Sargent | Huddersfield Choral Society | EMI CFPD 4718 (CD) |
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | Efrem Kurtz | Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra | Laserlight 16 210 (CD) |
| Mussorgsky - Ravel | Pictures at an Exhibition | Ernest Ansermet | L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Ace of Clubs ACL48 (LP) |
| Piazzolla arr. Desyatnikov |
Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas | Giancario Guerrero | Sinfonia Buenos Aires | Naxos 8.572271 (CD) |
| Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet | Lorin Maazel | Cleveland Orchestra | Decca 452 970-2 (CD) |
| Saint-Saens | Symphony No 3 (Organ) & Danse Macabre | Daniel Barenboim | Litaize, Yordandoff, Orchestre de Paris | Deusche Grammophon 415 847-2 (CD) |
| Schumann | Introduction and Allegro Appassionato | Stanislaw Wislocki | Sviatoslaw Richter, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orch. | Deutsche Grammophon 447 440-2 (CD) |
| Schubert | Symphony No 8 (Unfinished) | Rudolf Schwarz | Philharmonia Orchestra | His Masters Voice CLP1022 (LP) |
| Schubert | Symphony No 8 (Unfinished) | Guiseppe Sinopoli | Philharmonia Orchestra | Deutsche Grammophon 445 514-2 (CD) |
| Schubert | Symphony No 9 (The Great) | Georg Solti | Wiener Philharmoniker | Decca 430 747-2 (CD) |
| Schubert | Trout Quintet | Haebler, Grumiaux, Janzer, Czako, Cazauran | Philips SAL3621 (LP) | |
| Schubert | Trout Quintet & Death and the Maiden |
Eschenbach, Hortnagel, et al | Deutsche Grammophon 427 215-4 (Cassette) | |
| Shostakovich | The Gadfly Suite | Emin Khachaturian | USSR Cinema Symphony Orchestra | EMI CFP 4463 (CD) |
| Sibelius | Karelia Suite | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Philharmonia Orchestra | Decca 452 576-2 (CD) |
| Smetana | Ma Vlast (My Country) | Antoni Wit | Polish National Radio Orchestra | Naxos 8.550931 (CD) |