M - Reviews of Essential Classical CD Recordings

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
Messe de Nostre Dame
Antoine Guerber (Conductor)
Diabolus In Musica
Alpha 351
3760014193514
Released: January 2009

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LEEVI MADETOJA
Symphonies 1 and 3
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards (Conductor)
Ondine ODE1211-2
0761195121122
Released : January 2014

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ALBÉRIC MAGNARD
Symphonies 3 & 4
Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Fabrice Bollon (Conductor)
Naxos 8.574082
747313408276
Released : September 2019

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ALBERIC MAGNARD
Hymne à la justice / Chant funèbre
Suite dans le style ancien
Marc Stringer (Conductor)
Orchestre Philharmonique du
Luxembourg
Timpani 1C1171

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Michael Tilson Thomas (Conductor)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony SACD
SFS60019

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Iván Fischer (Conductor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Channel Classics CCSSA33112
723385331124
Released : September 2012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Sakari Oramo (Conductor)
Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic Orchestra
Exton 00034
Released : September 2010

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Stuttgart Philharmonic
Gabriel Feltz (Conductor)
Dreyer Gaido CD21082
4260014870822
Released : April 2014

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Mariss Jansons (Conductor)
BR Klassik BRK900179
4035719001792
Released : September 2019

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriel Feltz (Conductor)
Dreyer Gaido DGCD21116
4260014871164
Released : August 2019

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Staatskapelle Dresden
Bernard Haitink (Conductor)
Live Recording 1995
Profil PH07040
Released : April 2012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Christa Ludwig (contralto)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 4233952

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Miah Persson (Soprano)
Bernard Haitink (Conductor)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CSO Resound Hybrid SACD
CSOR 901916

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Simone Young (Conductor)
Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Oehms Classics OC412
4260034864122
Released : January 2012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Chorus & Orchestra of the
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jonathan Nott (Conductor)
Hybrid SACD 2 disc set
Tudor 7158 0812973011583

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Mariss Jansons (Conductor)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
2-Disc Set + Bonus DVD
RCO Live RCO-10102
Released : December 2010

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 10 (Movts 1/3)
Charles Adler (Conductor)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Music and Arts MACD1249
Released : February 2011

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 3
Bernard Haitink (Conductor)
Women of the Chicago
Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CSO-Resound CSOR901701

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 3
Mariss Jansons (Conductor)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernarda Fink (Mezzo-Soprano)
RCO Live RCO10004
Released : May 2011

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 4
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (Conductor)
Pentatone PTC5186972
827949097263
Released : April 2022

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Leonard Bernstein (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 4236082

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Marcus Stenz (Conductor)
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne
Oehms Classics OC 650
Hybrid SACD

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Ivan Fischer (Conductor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Channel Classics CCSSA34213
723385342137
Released : December 2013

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 6
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CSO-Resound CSOR901804

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 6
Simone Young (Conductor)
Philharmoniker Hamburg
Oehms Classics OC413
4260034864139
Released : September 2012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 6
Symphonieorchester Des
Bayerischen Rundfunks
Daniel Harding (Conductor)
BR-Klassik 900132
Released : November 2015

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
Mariss Jansons (Conductor)
Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Hybrid SACD
BR Klassik 403571900101

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Kent Nagano (conductor)
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie
Orchester Berlin
Harmonia Mundi 501858/59

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Michael Tilson Thomas (Conductor)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
SFS Media SACD Hybrid SFS60021

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Markus Stenz (Conductor)
Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Oehms Classics OC653
4260034866539
Released : November 2012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Herbert Von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 4390242

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Daniel Barenboim (Conductor)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Warner Classics 64316

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Jonathan Nott (Conductor)
Bamberger Symphoniker
2 Hybrid SACD Tudor 7162

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne
Markus Stenz (Conductor)
Oehms Classics OC654
Released : August 2014

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer (Conductor)
Channel Classics CCSSA36115
723385361152
Released : June 2015

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 10
(Deryck Cooke Version)
Daniel Harding (conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 4777347

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 10
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
EMI - Classics for Pleasure 5859012

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 10
(Carpenter Version)
Lan Shui (Conductor)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Avie AV2222
Released : November 2010

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 10
Berthold Goldschmidt (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
3-CD Testament SBT3-1457
749677145729
Released : March 2011

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Songs with Orchestra
Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
Michael Tilson Thomas (Cond.)
San Francisco Symphony
SFS Media 60036

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Lieder
Bernarda Fink (Mezzo)
Andres Orozco-Estrada (Conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 902173
3149020217320
Released : May 2014

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Georg Solti (Conductor)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Decca 4758230
028947582304

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
Claudio Abbado (Conductor)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DG 4455132

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Antoni Wit (Conductor)
Warsaw Ntl Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 8.550533/34

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Julius Patzak (Tenor)
Bruno Walter (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Decca 4665762

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne
François-Xavier Roth (Conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM905285
3149020528525
Released : December 2017

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (Conductor)
Harmonia mundi HMM902366
3149020935583
Released : October 2018

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 9
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (Conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 902258
3149020225820
Released : March 2018

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 3
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne
François-Xavier Roth (Conductor)
Harmonia mundi HMM905314.15
3149020936658
Released : February 2019

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 10
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgards (Conductor)
BIS BIS-2376
7318599923765
Released : April 2019

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8
Dortmund Philharmonic
Gabriel Feltz (Conductor)
Dreyer Gaido DGCD21118
4260014871188
Released : January 2020

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Lieder: Erinnerung
Christiane Karg (Soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Harmonia mundi HMM905338
3149020942284
Released : October 2020

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 4
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hruša (Conductor)
Accentus Music ACC30532
4260234832433
Released : January 2021

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphonies 9/10 (fragment)
Dortmund Philharmonic
Gabriel Feltz (Conductor)
Dreyer Gaido DGCD21133
4260014871331
Released : September 2021

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (Conductor)
Pentatone PTC5187021
8717306260213
Released : October 2022

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony
David Bernard (Conductor)
Recursive Classics RC5956731
19692560132
Released : December 2022

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (Conductor)
Pentatone PTC5186992
827949099267
Released : April 2023

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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov (Conductor)
Pentatone PTC5187043
8717306260435
Released : September 2023

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MARIN MARAIS
Pièces de Viole
Josh Cheatham (viola da gamba)
Julien Léonard (viola da gamba)
Skip Sempé (harpsichord)
Paradizo PA0006

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GEORGE MARTIN
Film Scores and Orchestral Music
Berlin Music Ensemble
Craig Leon (Conductor)
Atlas Realisations ARCD008
0754436665226
Released : December 2017

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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Violin Concertors 1 and 2
Rhapsody - Concerto for Viola
Joseph Suk (Violin)
Vaclav Neumann (Conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU3967

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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Suite from the Opera Juliette
Three Fragments from Juliette
Magdalena Kozená (Soprano)
Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon SU3994

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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Violin Concerto No. 2
Isabelle Faust (Violin)
Jiri Belohlavekák (Conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 901951
794881868926

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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Works for Cello and Orchestra
Petr Nouzovsky (Cello)
Tomás Brauner (Conductor)
MDG 6012041-2
760623204123
Released : January 2018

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JOSEPH MARX
Orchestral Works Vol. 1
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane (Conductor)
Naxos 8.573831
747313383177
Released : December 2018

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JOSEPH MARX
Piano Concertos
David Lively (Piano)
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.573834
747313383474
Released : June 2019

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JULES MASSENET
Complete Solo
Piano Works
Stefan Irmer (Piano)
MDG 6181729
760623172927
Released : January 2012

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W.T. MATIEGKA
Six Sonatas, Op. 31
David Starobin (Guitar)
Bridge Records 9567
090404956720
Released : April 2022

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EMILIE MAYER
Symphonies 1 & 2
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Leo McFall (Conductor)
CPO 555293-2
761203529322
Released : July 2020

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CECILIA McDOWALL
Choral Music
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
Stephen Layton (Conductor)
Hyperion CDA68251
034571282510
Released : April 2021

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EDWIN MCLEAN
Works for Harpsichord
Elaine Funaro (Harpsichord)
Aliénor ARCD84239
061297842391
Released : April 2023

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LANSING McLOSKEY
Prex Penitentialis
Andrea Fullington (Soprano)
Brad Lubman (Conductor)
HGNM Chamber Orchestra
Albany 1258
Released : April 2011

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
Louis Lortie (Piano - Conductor)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Atma ACD22617

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Complete String Symphonies
Lev Markiz (conductor)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
BIS-SACD 1738

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70
Christoph Spering (Conductor)
Das Neue Orchester
Chorus Musicus Köln
MDG 6021656
Released : November 2010

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4
Heinz Holliger (Conductor)
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Hybrid SACD
MDG 9011663
Released : September 2011

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets (Complete)
Talich Quartet
3-Disc Set
Calliope CAL3311/13
794881758524

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Songs Without Words
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
DG 4530612
028945306124

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Seiji Ozawa (Conductor)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
DG 4398972
028943989725

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Jan Lisiecki (Piano)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
028948364718
Released : February 2019

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Works for Cello & Piano
Joël Marosi (Cello)
Esther Walker (Piano)
First Hand Records FHR81
5060216341781
Released : December 2020

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Eclairs sur l'Au-Delà
Ingo Metzmacher (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Kairos 0012742KAI

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Various Organ Works
Louis Thiry (Organ)
Calliope CAL1527

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Livre du Saint Sacrement
Michael Bonaventure (Organ)
Delphian DCD34076
801918340765

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
L'Ascension &
Other Organ Works
Tom Winpenny (Organ)
Naxos 8.573471
747313347179
Released : March 2016

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
The Organ Works
Jennifer Bate (Organ)
Regis 6001

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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Turangalîla-Symphonie
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno (Conductor)
Harmonia mundi HMM905336
3149020948736
Released : February 2024

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WOLFGANG MITTERER
Stop Playing
Wolfgang Mitterer (Organ)
Col legno WWE20296
9120031340713
Released : January 2011

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BERNHARD MOLIQUE
Chamber Music Vol. 1
Piano Trios Op. 27 & 52
Trio Parnassus
MDG 3032116-2
760623211626
Released : May 2019

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FEDERICO MOMPOU
Musica callada
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Hyperion CDA68362
034571283623
Released : February 2023

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MICHEL PIGNOLET
DE MONTÉCLAIR
Concerts for Flute and continuo
The Opus Project
Navona NV6533
896931008334
Released : June 2023

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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Vespers of 1610
Tenet Vocal Artists
Dark Horse Consort
Olde Focus Recordings FCR918
767223520004
Released : September 2020

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ALEXANDER MOSOLOV
Symphony No. 5
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Arnold (Conductor)
Naxos 8.574102
747313410279
Released : December 2020

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FRANZ XAVER MOZART
Variations
Andriy Dragan (Piano)
Claves CD50-3033
7619931303321
Released : June 2021

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Complete Piano Concertos
Murray Perahia (piano)
Murray Perahia (conductor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sony 12CD set 87230

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Trios (complete)
The Gryphon Trio
Analekta AN29827/8

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Exsultate jubilate
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Robert King (conductor)
Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort
Hyperion CDA30012

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Requiem
Peter Schreier
Leipzig Radio Chorus
Dresden Staatskapelle
Philips 4752052 or 4114202

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Requiem
Teodor Currentzis (Conductor)
The New Siberian Singers
MusicAeterna
Alpha 661
Released : April 2011

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sinfonia Concertante K.364
Concertone
Itzhak Perlman/Pinchas Zukerman
Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
DG 415486

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet
Thea King (Basset Clarinet)
Jeffrey Tate (Conductor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Hyperion 034571161990

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MOZART-BEETHOVEN
Quintet for Piano & Winds K452
Quintet for Piano & Winds Op. 16
Ensemble Dialoghi
Harmonia Mundi HMM905296
3149020934371
Released : August 2018

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20 / Sonatas
Seong-Jin Cho (Piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4835522
Released : November 2018

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concertos Vol. 1
Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano)
Scott Yoo (Conductor)
Bridge BRIDGE9518
090404951824
Released : September 2019

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Sonatas Vol. 1
Orli Shaham (Piano)
Canary Classics CC19
8921180014026
Released : October 2020

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 & 3
Orli Shaham (Piano)
2-Disc Set
Canary Classics CC21
5060133300069
Released : August 2022

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Sonatas Vol. 4
Orli Shaham (Piano)
Canary Classics CC-23
5060133300120
Released : June 2023

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin
Aleksandra Bryla (Violin)
Monika Wozniak (Fortepiano)
Prelude Classics PCL2300501
5904734074038
Released : March 2023

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart and the Organ
Anders Eidsten Dahl (Organ)
LAWO Classics LWC1257
7090020182797
Released : August 2023

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Overtures
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens
BIS BIS-2062
7318599920627
Released : January 2024

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HENRI MULET
Complete Organ Works
Friedhelm Flamme (Organ)
Mühleisen Organ (2000)
CPO 555040-2
761203504022
Released : September 2018

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Berlin Philharmonic
EMI 17582

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Peng Peng (piano)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Naxos 8.570716

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition
Leif Ove Andsnes (Piano)
EMI 698360

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Russian Piano Music Vol. 8
Anthony Goldstone (Piano)
Divine Art DDA25100
809730510021
Released : July 2011

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition
Paul Lewis (Piano)
Harmonia Mundi 902096
3149020209622
Released : January 2015

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NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin (Conductor)
Alto ALC1421
5055354414213
Released : March 2020

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