Best of the Bunch: Classical

Best of the Bunch: Popular

Special Merit: Classical

  • Adams: Harmonielehre/DeWaart, San Francisco Symphony. Nonesuch 79115
  • Adams: Must The Devil Have All The Good Tunes?/Yang, Dudamel, LA Phil. DG 49801‡
  • Alain: Organ Works (complete). Erato EDO-250/2
  • Albeniz: Iberia (complete)/PCO, Morel. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 6094‡
  • Albeniz: Suite Española/De Burgos, New Philharmonia. London CS-6581/ORG 100 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Anderson: Music of Leroy Anderson (Vol. II). Mercury SR-90043
  • Antill: Corroboree. (Australian) EMI OASD-7603
  • Arnold: Guitar Concerto/Bream. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2487*‡
  • Arnold: Overtures. Reference Recordings RR-48
  • Arnold: Peterloo Overture: Symphony No. 5. EMI ASD-2878
  • Babbitt: All Set/Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Nonesuch 71303
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos/Klemperer, Philharmonia. Columbia SAX 2408 (9LPs)†+
  • Bach: Goldberg Variations/Gould. Columbia ML 5060 (mono)+
  • Bach: Goldberg Variations/Gould. CBS Masterworks 37779+
  • Bach: The Keyboard Concertos/Gould. Columbia/Speakers Corner 71449‡
  • Bach: Six Solo Cello Suites/Starker. Mercury/Analogue Productions AAPC 39016-P (45rpm, 6LP)‡
  • Bach: 6 Suites for Violincello/Fournier. Archiv Produktion 479 696-3 (180g, Limited Edition, Numbered, 3LP)‡
  • Bach: Cello Suites/Pearson, Silva, Rockhill. Chasing the Dragon CTDLP1014 (180g, D2D, 5LP)*‡
  • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin/Grumiaux. Philips 835198/200*
  • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin/Milstein. Analogphonic/Capitol 43130 (180g, 3LP, mono)‡+
  • Bach-Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor. EMI ASD-2970
  • Bach-Stokowski: Symphonic Transcriptions. Chandos ABRD-1055
  • Bacewicz: Music for Strings, Trumpets, and Percussion/Rowicki. Philips PHS900-141*
  • Baird: Four Dialogues for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra/Rowicki. Muza XL/XSL 03360*
  • Balbastre: Harpsichord Works. Afka SK-298
  • Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915/Price, Schippers. RCA LSC-3062*
  • Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal/Schippers. Columbia CBS 32110006*
  • Barber: Symphony No. 1/Zinman. Argo 436 288*
  • Barber: Violin Concerto/Ricci, Pacific Symphony. Reference Recordings RR-45
  • Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-1934*‡
  • Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra//Szell, Cleveland. Columbia MS 6815
  • Bartók: Divertimento For String Orchestra/Barshai. Decca 6026
  • Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta/Karajan, Berlin Phil. Columbia SAX 2432*
  • Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2374*‡
  • Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3/Katchen, Kertesz. Decca SXL 6209/Linn Recut REC 01*
  • Bartók: Second Suite/Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony. Mercury SR 90098†
  • Bartók: Six String Quartets/Juilliard Quartet. Columbia D3S 717*
  • Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion/Solti, Perahia. CBS Masterworks M 42625
  • Bartók: String Quartet No. 3/New Music String Quartet. Bartók Records No. 901 (mono)‡
  • Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1/Mann, Hambro. Bartók Records No. 922 (mono)‡+
  • Bax: Symphony No. 6. Musical Heritage Soc MHS 1198
  • Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata/Kamiya. RCA/JVC RDC-4
  • Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 33 & Op. 126/Gould. Columbia Masterworks M 33265†
  • Beethoven: Cellosonaten/Rostropovich, Richter. Philips/Speakers Corner EURO2920‡
  • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies/Rattle, Berlin Phil. Berlin Philharmonic Recordings‡
  • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies: The Remastered Edition/Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic. DG DGLP98721‡
  • Beethoven: Diabelli Variations/Katchen. Decca SXL 2262†
  • Beethoven: Grosse Fugue/Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic. DG 2330 066
  • Beethoven: Nine Symphonies/von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic. Deutsche Grammophon DG37875 (9LP)
  • Beethoven: Overtures/Kempe, Berlin Phil. EMI ASD 336†
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1/Fleisher, Szell, Cleveland. Columbia SCX 3567†
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2/Rubinstein, Barenboim. RCA ARL1-4711
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3/Fleisher, Szell, Cleveland. Columbia SCX 3572†
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4/Gould, Bernstein. Columbia/Impex 6011‡
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5/Curzon, Knappertsbusch, Vienna Phil. Decca SLX 2002†
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas “Moonlight” & “Pathétique”/Lenehan. Chasing The Dragon CTDLP1012 (180g, D2D)*‡
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21/Knight. Wilson Audiophile/Analogue Productions AAPC 8313‡
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 “Hammerklavier”/Pollini. Deutsche Grammophon 2530 869
  • Beethoven: Quartet No. 14, Op. 131 (arr. for orchestra)/Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic. DG 2531 077
  • Beethoven: Quartets Op. 14, No. 1, Op. 59, No. 3/New Music String Quartet. Bartók Records No. 909 (mono)‡
  • Beethoven: Sonatas for Violincello and Piano/Mainardi, Zecchi. DG 43153‡
  • Beethoven: String Trios Nos. 1 and 3/Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky. RCA LM 2186 (mono)+
  • Beethoven. Symphony No. 5/C. Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic. Deutsche Grammophon DGR 31881‡
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6/Walter, Columbia Symphony. Columbia/Analogue Productions AAPC 077-45-P (45rpm)‡
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6/Bohm, Vienna Phil. DG 008 (180g, 2LP)‡
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7/C. Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic. Deutsche Grammophon 2530 706
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9/Solti, Chicago. Decca GBB-121/2
  • Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Mutter, Ma, Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 4838851 (180g)‡
  • Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Serkin, Laredo, Parnas. Columbia/Speakers Corner EUROS6564‡
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 3 & 8/Szeryng, Rubinstein. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2507
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9/Oistrakh. Philips/Speakers Corner 835259‡
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8/Szeryng, Rubinstein. RCA Victor/Analogue Productions AAPC 2620†‡
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”/Francescatti, Casadesus. Columbia/Speakers Corner EUROS6125‡
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata, Op.96/Abel, Steinberg. Wilson Audiophile/Analogue Productions 8315*‡
  • Beethoven: Young Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor/Janaki String Trio. Yarlung YAR 53966-45 (45rpm)‡
  • Bennett: 5 Studies For Piano/Bennett. Argo ZRG 704
  • Bennett: Piano Concerto/Stephen Bishop, Gibson, London SO. Philips 6500301
  • Berg: Piano Sonata/Gould. Columbia ML 5336 (mono)+
  • Berg: Lulu & Wozzeck Suites. Mercury SR-90278
  • Berg: String Quartet. New Music String Quartet. Bartók Records No. 906 (mono)‡
  • Berg: Three Movements from Lyric Suite (arr. string orchestra), Craft. Columbia M2S 620
  • Berg: Violin Concerto/Mutter. DG 437 093
  • Berio: Cries of London/Swingle II. Decca Head 15
  • Berio: Sinfonia/Swingle Singers, Berio, New York Phil. Columbia MS 7268
  • Berlioz: Nuits d’été/Crespin, Ansermet. Decca SXL 6081
  • Berlioz: Requiem/Fremaux, et al. EMI SLS-982
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/Munch, BSO. RCA/Classic LSC-1900*
  • Biber: Sonatas Of The Rosary/Melkus. DG/Analogphonic 143166 (180g, 2LP)‡
  • Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time/Boulez. Argo ZRG-790
  • Bizet: Carmen Suite/Gibson. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2449‡
  • Bizet: L’arlésienne Suites 1 and 2/Morel, ROHO. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2237-P‡
  • Bliss: Music for Strings. Lyrita SRCS-33*
  • Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1. Mercury SR-90223*
  • Borodin: Symphony No. 2, No. 3/Ansermet. London/ORG 153 (45rpm)‡
  • Borodin: Symphony No. 2/LSO, Martinon. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2298‡
  • Boulez: Pli Selon Pli/Boulez. Columbia M30296/Erato 98495
  • Brahms: Alto Rhapsody/Walter. Columbia MS-6488
  • Brahms: Ten Intermezzi/Gould. Columbia MS 6237
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1/Curzon, Szell. London/ORGLP0103-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2/Kovacevich, Davis. Philips 9500 682
  • Brahms: Sextuor a Cordes No. 1, Op. 18/Les Musiciens. Harmonia Mundi HM 1073
  • Brahms: Sonata for Cello/Starker. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90392*‡
  • Brahms: Symphonien 1–4/Rattle, Berlin Phil. Berlin Philharmonic Recordings BPHR 160041 (180g, 6LP, D2D)*
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4/Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Columbia MS 6113
  • Brahms: The Three Trios/Rubinstein, Szeryng, Fournier. RCA Red Seal ARL3-0138
  • Brahms: Violin Concerto/Szeryng, Dorati, LSO. ORG 0170-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Brahms: Violin Concerto/Oistrakh, Szell. Angel Records SFO-36033
  • Bredemeyer: Schlagstück 5. Nova 8 85 186
  • Brian: Symphony No. 9. EMI ASD-3486
  • Britten: Four Sea Interludes. EMI ASD-3154
  • Britten: Nocturnes. London/ORG ORG-152-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas. Decca Ace-of-Diamonds GOS-558-9
  • Britten: Sinfonietta. Lyrita SRCS1111
  • Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell/Britten. Decca SXL 610
  • Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge/Marriner. Argo ZRG 860
  • Britten: War Requiem. Decca SET 252-3 (2LP)
  • Bruch: Concerto in G Minor/Heifetz, Sargent, NSOL. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2652-P‡
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7/Haitink, Berlin Phil. Berlin Philharmonic Recordings (D2D)‡
  • Busoni: Piano Concerto. EMI ASD-2336/7
  • Byrd: Mass for Four Voice and Motets. Harmonia Mundi HM 55212
  • Cage: String Quartet/New Music String Quartet. Columbia ML 4495 (mono)+
  • Cage: Third Construction. New World/Classic NW-319*
  • Carter: Piano Sonata/Rosen HMV ASD 601
  • Carter: Sonata for Violincello & Piano/Greenhouse, Makas. American Recording Society ARS-25 (mono)+
  • Carter: Variations for Orchestra/Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. DG 431 698
  • Chabrier: España!/Argenta. Decca/Speakers Corner SXL-2020*‡
  • Chopin: Chopin’s Last Waltz/Silverman. IsoMike 5606*‡
  • Chopin: Concerto No. 1/Rubinstein, Skrowaczewki, NSOL. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2575-P‡
  • Chopin: Études Op. 10 & Op. 25/Pollini. Deutsche Grammophon 4796331‡
  • Chopin: Sonata No. 3, etc./Argerich. DG 139317 SLPM
  • Copland: Appalachian Spring/Bernstein, New York Phil. Columbia MS 6355
  • Copland: Appalachian Spring & Billy The Kid/Dorati, LSO. ORG 144-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Copland: Billy The Kid, Rodeo/Gould. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2195-P‡
  • Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Third Symphony/Oue. Reference Recordings‡
  • Copland: Rodeo. Mercury SR-90172
  • Copland: Symphony No. 3/Copland. Columbia M35113
  • Corigliano: Piano Concerto (1968)/Somer, Alessandro. Mercury Golden Import SRI 75118
  • Crumb: Cello Sonata/Sylvester. Desto DC-7169
  • Crumb: Makrokosmos I. Nonesuch H-71293
  • Crumb: Music for a Summer Eve: Makrokosmos III. Nonesuch H-71311
  • Dahl: Concerto a Tre/Lurie, Shapiro, Gottlieb. Columbia ML 4493 (mono)+
  • Dahl: Concerto a Tre/Tashi. RCA ARL1-4328
  • Debussy: Gigues, Ibéria/Argenta, L’Orchestre De La Suisse Romande. London/Speakers Corner (180g) SPC6013‡
  • Debussy: Iberia. Mercury SR-90010
  • Debussy: Iberia/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2222*‡
  • Debussy: Images (for piano)/Michelangeli. Deutsche Grammophon 250196
  • Debussy: Jeux/Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra. DG 439 896
  • Debussy: La mer/Karajan, Berlin Phil. EMI ASD 3431†
  • Debussy: Nocturnes/Paray. Mercury/Speakers Corner AMER 90281*
  • Debussy: Nocturnes/Ansermet, L’Orchestre De La Suisse Romande. Original Recordings Group ORG-169-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun/Leinsdorf, LA Phil. Sheffield Labs 24 (D2D)†
  • Debussy/Rameau: Piano Pieces/Ólafsson. DG 483 8283 (2LP)‡
  • Debussy: The Sea/Munch, BSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2111*‡
  • Delius: North Country Sketches/Groves. EMI ASD-3139*
  • Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra/Schwarz, L.A. Nonesuch79002
  • Dorati: Symphony. Mercury SR-90248
  • Dubois: Les Sept Paroles du Christ/Radio Ville-Marie Choir, Fournier. Fidelis Audio FACD008‡
  • Duruflé: Requiem. Epic BC-1256
  • Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit/Quartet Via Nova. Erato STU 71546
  • Dutilleux: Cello Concerto/Rostropovitch, Orchestre de Paris. EMI ASD-3145
  • Dutilleux: Figures de résonances (for two pianos). Erato STU 70810
  • Dvorák: Cello Concerto/Starker. Mercury/Analogue Productions AAPC 90303-P (45rpm)*‡
  • Dvorák: Sextet in A major/Auryn Quartet, Altenburger, Demenga. TACET L196*‡
  • Dvorák: Symphony No. 8/Kertesz, LSO. Decca/Speakers Corner SXL-6044*‡
  • Dvorák: Symphony No. 8/Walter. CBS/Sony 20 AC 1822
  • Elgar: Caratacus. EMI SLS-998*
  • Elgar: Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures/Du Pre, Baker. EMI Testament AEMI 655‡
  • Elgar: Coronation Ode. EMI ASD 3345
  • Elgar: Engima Variations/Mehta, LA. London CS-6816
  • Elgar: Falstaff/Boult EMI ASD 2970†
  • Elgar: The Kingdom. EMI SAN 244-5
  • Elgar: Symphony No. 2/Barbirolli. EMI ASD-3266
  • Faberman: The All Star Percussion Ensemble. First Impression Music GS001‡
  • Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain/Soriano. Alto LEMI 545
  • Falla: The Three Cornered Hat/Ansermet. Decca/ORG 102 (45rpm)‡
  • Fellegara: Serenata/Hamburg Chamber Soloists. Time S8006
  • Finzi: Cello Concerto/Ma, Handley, Royal Phil. Lyrita SRCS-112
  • Finzi: Dies Natalis. World Record Club SCM-50*
  • Finzi: Intimations of Immortality. Lyrita SRCS-75
  • Foss: Time Cycle/Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Columbia MS 6280
  • Franck: Pièce héroïque. Mercury SR-90168
  • Geissler: Chamber Symphony 1970/Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Pommer. Nova 885152
  • Gerhard: Astrological Series/London Sinfonietta. Decca Head 11
  • Gerhard: Concerto for Orchestra/Del Mar, BBC. Argo ZRG 553
  • Gerhard: Dances from Don Quixote /Dorati. EMI ASD 613*
  • Gerhard: Symphony No. 4. Argo ZRG-701
  • Gerhard: Violin Concerto/Neaman, Davis, BBC Symphony. Argo ZRG 701
  • Gershwin: Collected Works. Vox Box QSVBX-5132
  • Gershwin: Catfish Row (suite from Porgy and Bess), American in Paris, Promenade/ Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony. Reference Mastercuts RM-1003‡
  • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/Wild, Fiedler. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2367*‡
  • Gershwin: Second Rhapsody For Orchestra With Piano/Tilson Thomas. CBS Masterworks IM39699
  • Gould: Latin American Symphonette. Vanguard/Analogue Productions SRV-275 SD
  • Grainger: Country Gardens. Mercury SR-90219
  • Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy. Mercury SR-90173
  • Grieg: Finlandia/London Proms, Mackerras. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2336‡
  • Grieg: Haugtussa and Poems by Wilhlem Krag/Andersen, Bratlie. Simax PS 1011*
  • Grieg: Peer Gynt/Fjeldstad. Decca/Speakers Corner SXL-2012*
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto/Lupu, Previn. London/ORG 162-45 (45rpm)*‡
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto/Rubinstein, Wallenstein. RCA LSC-2566
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto/Lupu, Previn, LSO. ORG 0162-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Grieg: Violin and Piano Sonatas, Opp. 8, 13, 45/Tarak, Hancock. Bridge Records BDG 2003
  • Handel: Suites from the Water Music/Szell, LSO. London CS 6236†
  • Handel: Water Musick/McGegan. Harmonia Mundi France HMU 7010
  • Hanson: The Composer & His Orchestra. Mercury SR-90175*
  • Hanson: Symphony No. 2. Mercury SR-90192
  • Harbison: Symphony No. 2/Blomstedt. Decca 433 376
  • Harris: Symphony No. 3/Bernstein. Columbia MS 6303
  • Harrison: Suite for ’Cello and Harp/Barab, Lawrence. Columbia Masterworks ML 4491 (mono)+
  • Hartmann: Symphony No. 8/Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks. DG 139 359
  • Haydn: “London” Symphonies/Davis, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Philip 6725 010 (6LP)
  • Haydn: Quartets/Weller Quartet. Decca CSA 2214 (2LP)
  • Helps: Symphony No. 1/Rozsnyai, Columbia Symphony. Columbia MS 6801
  • Henze: The Emperor’s Nightingale/London Sinfonietta. L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 4
  • Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler/Steinberg, BSO. Deutsche Grammophon 2530 246
  • Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler/Karajan, BPO. Angel 35949/EMI 764292
  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria Von Weber/Ormandy. Columbia MS 6562
  • Holst: The Mystic Trumpeter/Armstrong, Atherton, LSO. Lyrita SRCS 128*
  • Holst: The Planets/Previn, LSO. EMI ASD 3002‡
  • Honneger: Pacific 231. EMI ASD-2989
  • Honegger: Symphony No. 3/Mravinsky. EMI ASD 2064
  • Honneger: Symphony No. 4/Munch, Orchestre National de L’ORTF. Erato15554
  • Howells: Hymnus Paradisi. EMI ASD-2600
  • Ives: Symphony No. 4/Stokowski, American Symphony Orchestra. Columbia MS 6775
  • Janácek: Sinfonietta/Košler, Czech Phil. Denon/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (Japan) OX-7110-ND
  • Janácek: Sinfonietta/Szell, Cleveland. Columbia Masterworks MS 6815
  • Janácek: Slavonic Mass/Kubelik. DG 138 954
  • Kabalevsky: The Comedians. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2398*‡
  • Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3/Feltsman, Mansurov. HMV-Melodia ASD 3078
  • Keats: String Quartet No. 2/Beaux-Arts Quartet. CRI 256
  • Khachaturian: Gayaneh & Spartacus. Decca/ORG 168-45 (45rpm)‡
  • Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2. London CS-6323
  • Kochan: Symphony No. 4/Flor, Berlin SO. Nova 885265*
  • Kodály: Háry János Suite. Mercury SR-90132*
  • Krek: Solo Sonata for Two Violins/Ozim, Novsak. RBM 3014 
  • Leigh: Concertino/Harpsichord & Strings. Lyrita SRCS-126*
  • Ligeti: Melodien/London Sinfonietta. Decca Head 12*
  • R. Linn: Vino/Goldman-Brown Duo. Orion 76212
  • Liszt: Mephisto Waltz/Reiner. RCA/Classic LSC-2341*
  • Liszt: Nojima Plays Liszt. Reference Recordings RR-25 (45 rpm)*‡
  • Liszt: The Virtuoso Liszt/Graffman. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2507
  • Lloyd: Symphony No. 5. Lyrita SRCS-124
  • Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra/Kletzki. London CS 6665
  • Lutoslawski: Lutoslawski Conducts Lutoslawski. Philips Digital Classics 416 817-1‡
  • Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works/Lutoslawski, PRNSO. EMI Electrola 1C 165-03 231/36
  • Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1/Krenz. Wergo WER 60044
  • Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3/Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic. CBS Masterworks Digital M42203
  • Maconchy: Symphony Double String Orchestra. Lyrita SRCS-116
  • Maderna: Serenata #2. Time S/8002
  • Mahler: Complete Symphonies: The Vinyl Edition/Bernstein, New York Phil, LSO. Sony SONLP89241‡
  • Mahler. Das Lied von der Erde/Bernstein, Fischer-Dieskau, King. London OS-26005
  • Mahler. Das Lied von der Erde/Klemperer, Wunderlich, Ludwig, New Philharmonia. HMV SAN 179
  • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn/Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau, Szell, LSO. EMI ASD 1000981
  • Mahler: The Mahler Project/Tilson Thomas, SFO. SFS ASFS 001 (180g, 22LP)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Kubelik, Vienna Phil. Decca Eclipse ECS 503
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Slatkin. Telarc DG-10066
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2/Abravanel, Utah SO. Vanguard VCS 10003
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 /Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra. EMI SLS.806‡
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Mehta. Decca/Analogue Productions AAPC 117‡
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4/Klemperer. EMI ASD 2799
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4/Szell. Columbia MS 6833 (Two-eye)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Barbirolli, Baker, New Philharmonia. EMI SLS 785
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 5/Bernstein, Vienna Phil. DG 479 580-7 (2LP)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9/Walter. Columbia M2S 676-3 (Six-eye, 3LP)
  • Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds and Orchestra/Ansermet. London CS-6241
  • Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds and Orchestra/Martinon. RCA LSC 2914
  • Martin: Violin Concerto/Canin. New Albion NA86+
  • Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 2/Suk. Supraphon 1101535*
  • Massenet: Le Cid. EMI/Klavier AKLALE 522‡
  • Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto/Rostropovich, Sargent. EMI SXLP 30155*
  • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. EMI ASD-3377
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Ricci, Gamba, LSO. ORG 0167-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Messiaen: La Trans de Notre Sgnr. Jesus Christ. Decca Head 1 & 2
  • Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony. EMI SLS-5117
  • Meyer: Violinkonzert/Oistrakh, Suitner, Staatskapelle Berlin. Nova 8 85 057
  • Mihály: Cello Concerto/Perényi, Lehel. Hungaroton LPX 11556*+
  • Moeran: Symphony in G Minor/Boult, New Philharmonic Orchestra. Lyrita SRCS-70
  • Montsalvatge: Concertos from Spain/De Larrocha, de Burgos. London CS 6990
  • Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos/Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra. His Masters Voice SLS 5031 (12LP)
  • Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos (K. 365). Nonesuch H-71028
  • Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Various Overtures/Walter. Columbia Odyssey Y 30048†
  • Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1–4/Brain, Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel ANG 35092 (mono)+
  • Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 15 & Symphony No. 36/Bernstein. Decca/Speakers Corner 332‡
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 14 & 26/Pires, Abbado, Vienna Phil. DG 4838854 (180g)‡
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos 19 & 27/Haskil, Fricsay, Berlin Philharmonic. DG/Speakers Corner DGR-18383‡
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27 Numbered Limited Edition/Curzon, Britten, English Chamber Orchestra. ORG 0165-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡ 
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24/Istomin, Schwarz. Reference Recordings RM-2506 (45 rpm)‡
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24/Rubinstein, Krips. RCA LSC 2461†
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 27/Gulda, Abbado, Vienna Phil. DG 4838852 (180g)‡
  • Mozart: Piano Music/Rosen. Fonè Classical FON 126 (180g)‡
  • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Gulda. DG 4838853‡
  • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante/Oistrakh, Kondrashin. Decca/Speakers Corner 6088‡
  • Mozart: String Quartets K. 159, 160, 168, 169/Barylli Quartet, Westminster XWN 18042 (mono)
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25 & 40/Klemperer, Philharmonia. Columbia SAX 2278†+
  • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41/Guilini. Decca/Speakers Corner SXL-6225‡
  • Mozart & Verdi: The Magnificent Basso: Ballads & Arias/Li-Paz. M&K Realtime Records RT-102 (D2D)†
  • Moussorgsky: The Power of the Orchestra/Leibowitz, RCO. RCA/Analogue Productions 2659-P‡
  • Moussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2201‡
  • Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano. Columbia MS 7222
  • Nielsen: Symphony No. 5/Bernstein. Columbia MS 6414
  • Nixon: String Quartet No. 1/California String Quartet. Music Library Recordings MLR 7005 (mono)
  • Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne/Fiedler, BSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-1817*‡
  • Orff: Carmina burana/Shaw, Atlanta. Telarc (Craft) TEL00006‡
  • Orff: Carmina burana/Stokowski, Houston. Capitol SPAR-8470*
  • Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1/Rabin, Goossens. EMI Testament 8534 (180g)†‡
  • Partch: The Delusion of the Fury. Columbia M2-30576
  • Penderecki: Sonata for Cello and Orchestra. Muza XW576 (mono)
  • Penderecki: String Trio/Janaki Trio. Yarlung 53964-376V*‡
  • Pettersson: Symphony No. 2/Westerberg, Swedish Radio Symphony. Decca SXL 6265†
  • Pickard: The Flight of Icarus/Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. BIS 1578
  • Piston: Symphony No. 2/Tilson Thomas. DG 2530 103
  • Poulenc: Suite Française/Naoumoff, piano. Wergo 60125
  • Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore. Archiv 198166
  • Prokofiev: Ballet Music from Romeo & Juliet/Leinsdorf, LA Phil. Sheffield Labs 08 (D2D)†
  • Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2150*‡
  • Prokofiev: Love For Three Oranges Suite/Fiedler, BPO. RCA/Analogue Productions 2621-P‡
  • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2/Frager. RCA LSC-2465
  • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Janis. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90300‡
  • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Cliburn, Hendl. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2507‡
  • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet/Maazel. Decca SXL-6620-2
  • Prokofiev: Symphonies No. 1 & 3/Abbado. Decca SXL 6469
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5/Martinon, Paris Conservatoire. RCA LSC-2272
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6/Weller. Decca SXL-6777*
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6/Leinsdorf. RCA LSC 2834
  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1/Ricci, Ansermet. Decca/Eclipse ECS-746
  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2/Heifetz. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2314‡
  • Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1/Salerno-Sonnenberg. MusicMasters MM-20022*
  • Rachmaninoff: The Bells. EMI ASD-3284
  • Rachmaninoff: Paganini Variations/Rubinstein. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2430*‡
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1. RCA/Classic LSC-2541
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 and No. 3/Trifonov, Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon 483 5335‡
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2/Janis, Kondrashin, Moscow. Mercury SR 90300†
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3/Janis, Dorati, LSO. Mercury SR 90283†
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4/Michelangeli, Gracias, Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel 35549
  • Rachmaninoff: The Romantic Rachmaninoff. Reader’s Digest RDA-29
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances. Turnabout/Analogue Productions 34145-45 (45rpm)‡
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances/Oue. Reference Recordings RM-1504 (200g)‡
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1. EMI ASD-3137
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2/Previn. EMI ASD-2889
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2/Slatkin, St. Louis. Reference Recordings RM-1002
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3. British RCA LSB-4090
  • Rachmaninoff-Respighi: 5 Études-tableaux. EMI ASD-3013*
  • Ravel: Bolero/Munch, BSO. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 1984-P‡
  • Ravel: Collected Works. Vox Box QSVBX-5133
  • Ravel: The Complete Piano Works Volume Three/Gieseking. Columbia 33CX 1352 (mono)+
  • Ravel: Concerto in G Major. Linn Recut 01
  • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé/Ansermet. Decca SXL-6204*
  • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé/Monteux, LSO. Original Recordings Group ORG-105-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé/Munch, BSO. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 1893-P‡
  • Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë Suite No. 2/Paray. Mercury SR 90281*
  • Ravel: Orchestral Works/Skrowaczewski, Minnesota. Reference Mastercuts RM-1001‡
  • Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole/Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra. ORG 0173-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Ravel: Shéhérazade/De Los Angeles. HMV ALP 1979 (mono)
  • Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin/Paray, Detroit Symphony. Mercury 90213†
  • Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2. Lyrita SRCS-101
  • Respighi: Ancient Dances and Airs. Mercury/Original Recordings Group ORG-172-45 (45rpm, 2LP)*‡
  • Respighi: Brazilian Impressions. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90153‡
  • Respighi: The Pines of Rome/Reiner. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2436‡
  • Respighi: The Pines of Rome, Belkis, Queen of Sheba Suite/Oue. Reference Recordings‡
  • Reubke: The 94th Psalm. Orion ORS-78282
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2446*‡
  • Rochberg: Symphony No. 2/Torkanowsky. Columbia MS 6379
  • Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz. Mercury SR-90488*
  • Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez/Yepes, Argenta. London CS-6046*
  • Rosen: String Quartet/New Music String Quartet. Epic LC 3333 (mono)
  • Rossini: I’Italiana in Algeri. Fonè 016
  • Rossini-Respighi: La boutique fantasque/Fiedler, BPO. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2084-P‡
  • Roussel: Symphony No. 3/Dutoit, Orchestre National de France. Erato 75283
  • Rózsa: Violin Concerto/Heifetz. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2767*‡
  • Ruggles: Sun Treader/Rozsnyai. Columbia MS 6801+
  • Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Fremaux. EMI/Klavier 527*‡
  • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2/Rubinstein. RCA LSC-2234*
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Dupre. Mercury SR-90012
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Fremaux. EMI TWO-404*
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Stern. Reference Recordings RM-1514 (45rpm)‡
  • Scarlatti: Horowtiz Plays Scarlatti. Columbia MS 6658+
  • Schmitt: Psalm 47. EMI ASD-2892
  • Schnittke: Quasi una sonata/Kremer, Gavrilov. EMI 065-03 766
  • Schoenberg: Gurrelieder/Ferencsik. HMV SLS 884
  • Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire/London Sinfonietta. Ace of Diamonds SDD520*
  • Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire/Virtuoso Chamber Ensemble. Argo RG 54 (mono)*
  • Schoenberg: Serenade/Robert Craft. Columbia M2S 762*
  • Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 2530 627
  • Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra/Mehta, LA Phil. London Enterprise 414 440-1
  • Schoenberg: Violin Concerto/Zeitlin, Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks. DG 2530 257
  • Schubert: Death and the Maiden /Juilliard. RCA LSC-2378*
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata in A d.959/Serkin. Columbia MS 6849
  • Schubert: Winterreise/Saeden. Proprius SWE-1982
  • Schuman: Symphony No. 3/Bernstein, New York Phil. Columbia MS 6245
  • Schuman: Violin Concerto/Tilson-Thomas. Deutsche Grammophon 2530 103
  • Searle: Symphony No. 1/Boult. Decca/Speakers Corner ADEC 2232
  • Seeger: String Quartet 1931/Amati Quartet. Columbia MS 6142*
  • Sessions: Rhapsody for Orchestra/Prausnitz. Argo ZRG 702
  • Sessions: Symphony No. 3/Buketoff, Royal Philharmonic. RCA LSC-3095
  • Shapey: Variations. CRI SD 496*
  • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1. EMI ASD-2924
  • Shostakovich: Cello Sonata/Fukačová. Panton 81 0696
  • Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings/Marriner. Argo ZRG 674
  • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2/Bernstein. Columbia/Impex LIMP6004*‡
  • Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues. Richter. Philips/Speakers Corner 835 204 AY‡
  • Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8/Borodin Quartet. Decca/Speakers Corner ADEC 6036‡
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1/Martinon. RCA/Classic LSC-2322
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5/Mitchell, National Symphony Orchestra. RCA LSC-2261
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7. EMI ASD-SLS-897
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8/Previn. EMI ASD-2917
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 2532 030
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13. EMI/Alto ASD-3911*
  • Sibelius: En Saga. EMI ASD-2486*
  • Sibelius: Finlandia/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 95120 (180g)‡
  • Sibelius: Four Legends. EMI ASD-3092
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2/Paray, Detroit. Mercury SR-90204*‡
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 4/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 138 974
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 5/Gibson. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2405‡
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 7/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 139 032
  • Sibelius: The Tempest. EMI ASD-2961*
  • Sibelius: Violin Concerto/Heifetz, Reiner. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2435‡
  • Skalkottas: String Quartet No. 3/Dartington String Quartet. EMI ASD 2289
  • Smetana: Má Vlast/Harusa, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Accentus Music ACC49482 (180g, D2D, 45rpm, 3LP)‡
  • Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge, Kontakte/Stockhausen. DG 138 811 SLPM
  • Stockhausen: Spiral/Wach/Japan/Pole. EMI Electrola 1C 165-02 313/14
  • J. Strauss: Waltzes/Reiner, CSO. RCA LSC-2500*
  • R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra/Reiner. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-1806*‡
  • R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra/Mehta, LA Philharmonic. Original Recordings Group ORG-159-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Reiner. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2077‡
  • R. Strauss: Don Quixote/Kempe, Berlin. EMI Testament 326‡
  • R. Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)/Janowitz, Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 2530 368
  • R. Strauss/Dvorák: Romantic Music For Violin and Piano/Steinhardt, Mayorga. Sheffield Lab 18*
  • Stravinsky: Ballets/Ansermet. London CSA-2308
  • Stravinsky: Ballets. Silver-Garburg Piano Duo. Berlin Classics‡
  • Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto. Reference Recordings RR-55*
  • Stravinsky: The Fire Bird (Complete Ballet)/Ansermet, L’Orchestre De La Suisse Romande. Decca/Speakers Corner SXL 2017 (180g)‡
  • Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite)/Oue, Minnesota Orchestra. Reference Recordings RR1502 (200g)‡
  • Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite)/Shaw, Atlanta. Telarc (Craft) TEL00005‡
  • Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite)/Stokowski, Berlin. Capitol SP-8407
  • Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra/Rosen, Stravinsky. Columbia MS 6272
  • Stravinsky: Octet/Stravinsky. Columbia MS 6272*
  • Stravinsky: Petrouchka (solo piano). Wilson W-8313*
  • Stravinsky: Petrouchka Numbered Limited Edition/Ansermet, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. ORG 0197-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Ansermet. London CS-6009
  • Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Silver-Garburg Piano Duo. Berlin Classics 0300669BC‡
  • Stravinsky: Pulcinella/Marriner. Argo ZRG575
  • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon Musagète, Concerto for Strings/Suzuki, Tapiola Sinfonietta. BIS 2211‡
  • Riccardo Muti / The Philadelphia Orchestra – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring [Stereo] (Mobile Fidelity Edition)
  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Solti, CSO. Decca SXL-6691‡
  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring/Stravinsky. Columbia MS 6548
  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (solo piano)/Atamian. RCA ARC1-3636
  • Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements/Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Decca 289 458 892-2 (2LP)
  • Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll. EMI/Hi-Q 001‡
  • Sutermeister: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2/Nyffenegger, Albert, Nürnberger Symphoniker. Colosseum SM 556‡
  • Szymanowski: Fourth Symphony/Blumenthal, Kord. Unicorn UN1-75023
  • Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2/Szeryng. Philips 6500 421
  • Takemitsu: Garden Rain/Elgar Howarth. Decca Head 14
  • Tchaikovksy: Manfred/Previn. Alto/EMI ASD-3018*
  • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker/Previn, LSO. EMI SLS-832
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4–6/Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. DG/Analogphonic LP 43092 (3LP)
  • Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, et al.: 1812 Overture, etc./Reiner, CSO. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2241-P‡
  • Tchaikovsky/Nielsen: Souvenir Parts I & II/Trondheim Soloists. 2L*‡
  • Tcherepnin: Ten Bagatelles for Piano and Orchestra/Weber, Fricsay. DG 13870*
  • Thomson: The Plow That Broke the Plains. Analogue/Vanguard AP001
  • Tippett: Concerto For Orchestra/Davis, LSO. Philips 412 378-1
  • Tippett: Symphony No. 2/Davis. Philips 6500 662
  • Toch: Symphony No. 3. Capitol SP-8364
  • Vainberg: Symphony No. 4/Kondrashin. Melodiya ASD 2755
  • Varèse: Arcana/Mehta. Decca SXL 6550
  • Vaughan Williams: Choral Music. EMI SLS-5082
  • Vaughan Williams: Job. EMI ASD-2673
  • Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies. EMI SLS-822
  • Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas. EMI ASD-2422
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, The Wasps Overture/Previn. RCA SB-6856
  • Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 17/Brazilian Quartet. Odyssey 32160175
  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Interpreti Veneziani Chamber Orchestra. Chasing the Dragon CTDLPI001*‡
  • Vivaldi: Lute Concertos & Trios. Hungaroton SLPX-11978*
  • Walton: Cello Concerto/Piatigorsky, Munch, BSO. RCA LSC-2109*
  • Walton: Crown Imperial/Fennell, Eastman. Mercury SR-90197
  • Walton: Facade/ROHO, Fistoulari. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2285‡
  • Walton: Five Bagatelles/Artzt. Meridian E77037*
  • Walton: Symphony No. 1/Previn. RCA LSC-2924
  • Walton: Violin Concerto/Haendel, Berglund. EMI ASD 3483*
  • Webern: Complete Works/Craft. Columbia K 4L 232 (mono)
  • Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5/LaSalle Quartet. Muza XL/SXL 0282*
  • Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra/Dorati. Mercury SR 90316
  • Webern: Movement for String Trio/Ensemble HD. S&W V001‡
  • Webern: Passacaglia/Karajan, Berlin Phil. DG 2711 014
  • Grace Williams: Fantasy/Welsh Nursery Tunes. EMI ASD-3006*
  • Wirén: Serenade for Strings EMI ESD-7001
  • Wourinen: Ringing Changes for Percussion Ensemble/Wourinen, The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Nonesuch, H-71263
  • Zemlinski: Lyric Symphony/Fischer-Dieskau, Maazel, Berlin Phil. DG 2532 021

Special Merit: Operas and Oratorios

  • Bach: St. Matthew Passion/Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, Schwarzkopf/Klemperer. EMI/Columbia SAXS 2446 (4LP)+
  • Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle/Ludwig, Kertesz. Decca SET 311
  • Beethoven: Fidelio/Ludwig, Vickers, Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra. Columbia SAX 2451-2453 (3LP)+
  • Bellini: Norma/Callas, Serafin, La Scala Orchestra. Angel SCL-3615 (3LP)+
  • Berg: Lulu/Dohnányi, Vienna Phil. London OSA 13120 (4LP)
  • Berg: Lulu/Stratas, Boulez, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris. DG 2711 024 (4LP)
  • Berg: Wozzeck/Abbado, Vienna Phil. DG 423587-1 (2LP)
  • Berg: Wozzeck/Boulez, Paris National Opera. Columbia 32 21 0002
  • Bizet: Carmen/Bernstein. Deutsche Grammophon/Speakers Corner 2709 043‡
  • Brecht/Weill: Threepenny Opera/New York Shakespeare Festival. Columbia 34326
  • Britten: Billy Budd/Britten, Pears. London OSA-1390
  • Britten: Noye’s Fludde. Argo ZK-1
  • Britten: Peter Grimes/Britten, Pears, ROHO. Decca SXL 2150-2
  • Dallapiccolo: Il Prigioniero/Dorati, Salonen. Decca Headline 10
  • Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande/Boulez. Columbia M3 30119
  • French & Italian Opera Arias/Freni, Votto. EMI/Angel 34045
  • Henze: The Young Lord/Dohnányi. DG 138 257
  • Janácek: From the House of the Dead/Neumann. Supraphon 10 2941
  • Janácek: The Makropoulos Case/Mackerras. London OSA 12116
  • Janácek: Slavonic Mass/Lear, Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks. DG 138 954
  • Menotti: Amahl & the Night Visitors. RCA LSC-2762‡
  • Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro/Siepi, Gueden, E. Kleiber, Vienna Phil. London OSA 1402 (4LP)
  • Mozart: The Magic Flute/Solti. London OSA 1397
  • Mozart: The Magic Flute/Klemperer, Gedda, Janowitz, Popp, et al. His Master’s Voice SLS 912-3/Angel SCL-3651 (3LP)
  • Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov/Ghiaurov, Karajan. Decca SET-514/7
  • Poulenc: The Dialogues of the Carmelites/Duclos, Crespin. HMV 2C 153-12801-3+
  • Puccini: La Bohème/Pavarotti, Freni, Karajan. Decca SET-565/6
  • Puccini: Madame Butterfly/De Los Angeles, Santini. Angel S 3604
  • Puccini: Tosca/Callas, Di Stefano, De Sabata. Testament (180g, 2LP, mono)‡+
  • Puccini: Tosca/Price, Karajan. RCA LDS-7022
  • Puccini: Turandot/Sutherland, Pavarotti, Mehta. Decca SET 561-3
  • Schoenberg: Moses und Aaron/Boulez. Columbia M233594
  • Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Minsk/Rostropovich EMI 49955
  • R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten/Solti. Deutsche Grammophon 136911/14
  • R. Strauss: Elektra/Nilsson, Solti. Decca/Speakers Corner 354/5‡
  • R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier/Schwarzkopf, Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra. Angel Records 3563 D/L (4LP, mono)+
  • R. Strauss: Salome/Nilsson, Solti. Decca 228/9
  • Verdi: Aida/Tebaldi, Karajan. London OSA-1313
  • Verdi: Macbeth/Abbado, Verrett, Domingo. Deutsche Gramm 2709 062
  • Verdi: Otello/McCracken, Barbirolli. HMV SLS940/3
  • Verdi: Requiem/Gedda, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al. His Masters Voice SAN 133-34†+
  • Wagner: Parsifal/Knappertsbusch. Philips/Speakers Corner 835 220/24 AY (5LP)‡
  • Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen. London Records RING S-1 (19LP)
  • Weill: The Threepenny Opera Suite/Chicago Pro Musica. Reference Recordings RR-29

Special Merit: Collections

  • Ballet for Band. Mercury SR-90256
  • Ballet Music from the Opera/PCO, Fistoulari. Decca/RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2400‡
  • Cantate Domino: Choral and Instrumental Music. Proprius 7762†
  • Centerstage/Graham, National Symphonic Winds. Wilson Audiophile/Analogue Productions 8824-45 (45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • The Christmas Revels/Langstaff. Revels Records RC 1078
  • Concertos from Spain/Alicia de Larrocha. London CS-6990
  • Dances on Movable Ground. Ciaramella Ensemble. Yarlung 09261819V
  • Danses Anciennes de Hongrie. Harmonia Mundi HM-1003
  • Delmoni Plays Bach, Ysaÿe, Kreisler. Water Lily Acoustics WLA WS-07
  • Encore! Taschner. MDG 12014‡
  • España! Argenta, LSO. Ace of Diamonds/Speakers Corner SDD 216 (180g)‡
  • España (A Tribute to Spain). Chasing The Dragon S35 (D2D)‡
  • Evensong for Ash Wednesday. Argo ZRG-5365
  • Exotic Dances from the Opera/Oue. Reference Recordings RR-1505‡
  • Festival/Reiner, CSO. RCA/Classic/Analogue Productions LSC-2423‡
  • La Fête de l’Ane. Harmonia Mundi HM-1036
  • Fiesta in Hi-Fi/Hanson. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90134‡
  • For My True Love/Terri, Almeida. Capitol SP-8461
  • The French Touch/BSO, Munch. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2262-P‡
  • The Spectacular Heinz Holliger Plays Music By Berio, Castiglioni, et al. Philips ‎6500 202
  • Horowitz at Carnegie Hall. Columbia/Speakers Corner EUROS728‡
  • Horowitz in Moscow. DG 419 499-2 (180g)‡
  • If You Love for Beauty/Sasha Cooke, The Colburn Orchestra. Yarlung Records YAR 14148‡
  • In Formation/Kronos Quartet. Reference Recordings RR-9
  • Laudate II: Baroque Music from the Düben Collection. Proprius PROP 7860
  • Lockenhaus 1982 Live/Kremer et al. Philips 411 062-1
  • Magnum Opus. Wilson W-8111
  • Masterpieces for Violin and Orchestra/Milstein. Analogue Productions AAPC 8528‡
  • Mephisto & Co./Oue, Minnesota Orchestra. Reference Recordings RR-82 (45rpm, 2LP, 200g)‡
  • The Moscow Sessions. Sheffield TLP-1000
  • Musique de la Grèce Antique. Harmonia Mundi HM-1015
  • A Nathan Milstein Recital. Capitol CAP 43090 (2LP, 180g, mono)‡
  • New Music for Violin and Piano/Zukofsky, Kalish. Mainstream MS/5016*
  • New Year’s Concert 1989/C. Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic. CBS Masterworks 2P 7934
  • Overtures Fantasies. Mercury SR-90191
  • Percussion Music. Nonesuch H-71291
  • André Previn’s Music Night. EMI ASD-3131
  • The Reiner Sound. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2183*‡
  • Rhapsodies/Stokowski. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2471*‡
  • The Royal Ballet Gala Performances/Ansermet. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-6065*‡
  • Highlights From Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall/Rubinstein. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2605
  • Sea Shanties/The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA LSC-2552
  • Sing We Noel: Christmas Music. Nonesuch H-71354
  • La Spagna. BIS 163/164/AudioNautes 1401‡
  • Henryk Szeryng in Recital. RCA/Analogue Productions AAPC 2421-P‡
  • Tangos Among Friends/Barenboim, et al. TELDEC Classics 0630-13474-2
  • Venice/Solti, ROHO. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2313*‡
  • Vienna: 1908-1914/Dorati, LSO. Mercury SR-90316
  • Vivaldi in Venice/Interpreti Veneziani. Chasing The Dragon VALLP008‡ 
  • Wagner for Band. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90276‡
  • Witches’ Brew/Gibson, NSOL. RCA/Analogue Productions LSC-2225‡

Special Merit: Informal

Special Merit: Singles & EPs

  • A-ha: Take On Me. British Warner Brothers W-9006
  • Greg Allman: Midnight Rider, These Days. Mercury/Analogue Productions AAPP 123-45-P (45rpm)‡
  • Andrew Bird: Useless Creatures. Fat Possum Records FP1219-1‡
  • David Bowie: Let’s Dance. EMI-America SQ-17093
  • China Crisis: In a Catholic Style. British Virgin VS-765112
  • Miles Davis – Ascenseur pour l’echafaud [Mono] (Sam Records Edition)
  • Death Cab For Cutie: The Georgia E.P. (Death Cab For Cutie Self-released, pink vinyl)‡
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax. British Virgin/ZTT-1ZZTAS1
  • Freeez: I.O.U. Streetwise SWRL-2210
  • Bill Henderson: Send in the Clowns. Classic Records/Jazz Planet 0779-33/45C (45rpm)‡
  • Human League: Don’t You Want Me. British Virgin 466-12B
  • Greg Kihn Band: Jeopardy. Beserkley 0-67932
  • Sofia Kourtesis: Fresia Magdalena. Technicolour TCLR0137
  • New Order: Blue Monday. Qwest Records 20332-0
  • Propaganda: Machinery. British Virgin/ZTT 12xZ TAS 12
  • Lionel Richie: All Night Long. Motown 4514-MG
  • Satchmo Plays King Oliver. Audio Fidelity/Analogue Productions AAPJ 5930-45-P (45rpm)‡
  • DJ Shadow: The Mountain Has Fallen. Mass Appeal. MSAP0046EP‡
  • Sonar: The Bill Laswell Mix Translations. 7d Media 7d 1911‡
  • Sylvan Esso: Kick Jump Twist. Loma Vista 88072 01438 (45rpm)‡
  • Jeff Tweedy: Love Is The King. dBpm DBPM-005-20-7 (45rpm)‡
  • Gerry Woo: Help Yourself. Polydor 887-529-1
  • Yaz: Don’t Go. Mute Yaz-001
  • Yello: Lost Again. Elektra 966790
  • Yello & Shirley Bassey: The Rhythm Divine. Mercury 888-746-1

Special Merit: Film and Broadway Scores

  • Badalamenti: Lost Highway. Nothing/Polydor 5741133‡
  • The Band: The Last Waltz. Warner Bros. 3146‡
  • The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night. Capitol 3782572 (mono)‡
  • The Beatles: Help! Capitol 3782574 (mono)‡
  • Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express. Capitol Records ST-11361
  • E. Bernstein: The Grifters. Varese Sarabande VS-5290
  • L. Bernstein: West Side Story. Columbia/Analog Spark OS 2001/79301836801-8 2*‡
  • L. Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On the Waterfront. Columbia MS6251
  • Bliss: Things to Come. EMI ASD-3416*
  • Byrne, et al.: Something Wild. MCA Records MCA-6194
  • Cooder: Paris, Texas. Real Gone Music RLGM 05431PMI‡
  • Desplat and Mothersbaugh: Moonrise Kingdom. ABKCO (45rpm)‡
  • Goldsmith: The Boys from Brazil. A&M Records SP-4731
  • Goldsmith: Chinatown. ABC ABDP-848
  • Herrmann: Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. Soundtrack Factory SF 579421‡
  • Herrmann: Citizen Kane/Gerhardt, LSO. ORG (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • Herrmann: The Fantasy Film World. Decca PFS-4309
  • Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Filmmusic Collection FMC-4*
  • Herrmann: The Three Worlds of Gulliver. Decca PFS-4337
  • Homrich/Gascoigne: The Emerald Forest. Varese Sarabande STV-81244
  • Horner: Glory. Virgin 1-91329
  • Jarre: The Professionals. Colgems COSO-5001
  • Kander & Ebb: Chicago [The Miramax Motion Picture Soundtrack]. Barnes & Noble Exclusive (red vinyl) 
  • Kern: Show Boat/McGlinn, Von Stade, Stratas. EMI
  • Mancini: Hatari! RCA/Analogue Productions AAPP 2559-45-P (45rpm)‡
  • Mancini: The Pink Panther. RCA/Analogue Productions LSP-2795-45 (45rpm)‡
  • Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly [Stereo] (Mobile Fidelity 45 RPM Edition)
  • Moroder: Cat People. Backstreet BSR-6107
  • Morricone: The Mission. Virgin 90567-1
  • Myrow/Seagrave: Phantasm. Varese VC-81105
  • Nitzsche: The Hot Spot. Antilles/Analogue Productions 8755 (45rpm)‡
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? Lost Highway 619101‡
  • Porter: Anything Goes (LuPone). RCA Victor 7769-1-RC†
  • Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible. EMI SLS-5110
  • Rota: Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile. Capitol Records SW-11866
  • Rota: The Godfather. Geffen Records B0022409-01‡
  • Rózsa: Ben Hur. Decca PFS-4394
  • Rózsa: Quo Vadis. Decca PFS-4430
  • Sondheim: Pacific Overtures. RCA ARL-1-1367
  • Sondheim: Sweeney Todd. RCA CBL2-3379
  • Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense 2023. Sire 83283 (180g, 2LP)†‡
  • Tiomkin: Lost Horizons. British RCA GL-43445
  • Tiomkin: The Thing. British RCA RL-42005
  • Vangelis: Antarctica. Japanese Polydor 2MM-0290
  • Various: The Darjeeling Limited. ABKCO 0018771830016‡
  • Various: The Flight of the Condor. BBC Records REB-440
  • Various: Goodfellas. Atlantic 670.9313
  • Various: Grease. RSO 2658 125‡
  • Various: Pulp Fiction. Universal 5345461‡
  • Waxman: Sunset Boulevard: The Music of Franz Waxman/Gerhardt, LSO. ORG 0147-45 (180g, 45rpm, 2LP)‡
  • John Williams At The Movies. Reference Mastercuts RR-142 (2LP, 180g)‡
  • Winehouse, et al.: Amy. Republic 65739 (180g, 2LP)‡
  • Zimmer: Dunkirk. Music on Vinyl MOVATM171‡