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#ReleaseArtistFormatTracksDate/Country
4001Symphony no. 8Mahler; Joyce Barker, Hatt, Giebel, Meyer, Watts, Neate, Orda, van Mill, London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein2×CD13 + 13
  • 1999-03 GB
4002Shostakovich: Symphony no. 8 / Mozart: Symphony no. 33Shostakovich, Mozart; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky2×CD5 + 4
  • 1999-03-23 GB
4003Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Schubert: Symphony no 5Brahms, Schubert; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf KempeCD8
4004Symphony no. 3Mahler; Kerstin Meyer, Ladies of the Hallé Choir, Boys of Manchester Grammar School, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli2×CD10 + 8
  • 1999-03-23 GB
4005Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Falla: El amor brujoBeethoven, Britten, Falla; Gloria Lane, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiCD32
4006La Damnation de FaustBerlioz; Crespin, Turp, Roux, Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pierre Monteux2×CD14 + 16
4007Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Respighi: Pini di RomaTchaikovsky, Respighi; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin SilvestriCD8
4008Mass in B minorJ. S. Bach; Danco, Ferrier, Pears, Boyce, BBC Chorus, Boyd Neel Orchestra, George Enescu2×CD12 + 14
4009Brahms: Piano Quintet / Schubert: ‘Trout’ QuintetBrahms, Schubert; Amadeus Quartet, Clifford Curzon2×CD4 + 5
  • 1999-03-23 GB
4010Piano Sonatas D 575, D 625, D 664 / Moment Musical, D 780 no.1Schubert; Sviatoslav RichterCD12
  • 1998-09-11 GB
4011Grande Messe des MortsBerlioz; Richard Lewis, Royal Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD10
4012Symphony no. 7 / plus encores and speeches by Sir Thomas BeechamBeethoven; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD16
  • 1999-03-16 GB
4013Elgar: In the South / Walton: Partita / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Sinfonia da RequiemElgar, Walton, Britten; Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD22
  • 1999-03-15 GB
4014Mahler: Symphony no. 4 / Berlioz: Overture Le CorsaireMahler, Berlioz; Heather Harper, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD5
4015Schumann: Piano Sonata no. 1 / Scarlatti: 5 Keyboard Sonatas / Bach / Tchaikovsky / ProkofievSchumann, Scarlatti, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev; Emil GilelsCD24
  • 1999-03-16 GB
4016Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Symphony no. 7 / Mozart: Symphony no. 35Beethoven, Mozart; Zinka Milanov, Kerstin Thorborg, Koloman von Pataky, Nicola Moscona, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini2×CD10 + 4
4017Symphony no. 9 / Symphony no. 8Bruckner; BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein2×CD4 + 3
4018Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extaseBerlioz, Scriabin; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiCD7
4019Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Mozart: Sinfonia ConcertanteBeethoven, Mozart; Yehudi Menuhin, David & Igor Oistrakh, Moscow Philharmonic OrchestraCD6
4020Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor" / Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 26 "Coronation"Beethoven, Mozart; Clifford Curzon, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre BoulezCD6
  • 1999-11-16 GB
4021Debussy: Preludes / L'isle Joyeuse / Chopin: Ballade No. 3 / Scherzo No. 4 / Mazurkas, Op. 24 / BarcarolleFryderyk Chopin, Claude Debussy; Sviatoslav Richter2×CD17 + 23
  • 1999-09 GB
4022Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”Mahler; Sheila Armstrong, Anna Reynolds, Münchner Philharmoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe2×CD5 + 5
  • 1999-11-16 GB
4023Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionTchaikovsky, Mussorgsky; Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria GiuliniCD19
4024Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Trio no. 2 / Haydn: Piano Trio no. 16Shostakovich, Haydn; RostropovichCD11
4025Schubert / Mozart / Dvořák / Mahler / R StraussSchubert, Mozart, Dvořák, Mahler, R Strauss; Lucia Popp, Geoffrey Parsons, Irwin GageCD22
4026Fauré: Requiem / Boulanger: Pie Jesu / Psalm 24 / Du fond de l'abîmeGabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger; BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Nadia BoulangerCD10
  • 1999-10-19 GB
4027Symphony no. 35 / Symphony no. 29 / Symphony no. 38Mozart; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD13
4028Piano Concerto no. 5 / Piano Concerto no. 2Beethoven; Dame Myra Hess, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm SargentCD7
4029Verdi: Messa da Requiem / I vespri siciliana Overture / Schubert: Mass in E-flat, D. 950Verdi, Schubert; Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini2×CD16 + 21
4030Debussy: Suite bergamasque / Pagodes / La Soirée dans Grenade / Reflets dans l'eau / L'Isle joyeuse / Ravel: Sonatine / La Vallée des cloches / Schumann: KreislerianaDebussy, Ravel, Schumann; Walter GiesekingCD20
4031Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Piano Concerto no. 2 / Hungarian Fantasia / Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande PolonaiseLiszt, Chopin; Sviatoslav Richter, London Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill KondrashinCD10
4033Symphony No. 5Anton Bruckner; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jascha HorensteinCD4
4034Mahler: Symphony no. 7 / Bruckner: Symphony no. 9Mahler, Bruckner; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli2×CD4 + 4
4035Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit / Rückert-LiederMahler; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Karl EngelCD17
4037Double Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 27 / Sonata for 2 PianosMozart; Clifford Curzon, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel BarenboimCD9
  • 1999-12-30 GB
4038A Viennese Evening at the PromsJoseph Haydn, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Franz Lehár; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD11
  • 2000-07-10 GB
4039Schubert: Symphony no. 8 / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2 / Sibelius: Symphony no. 7Schubert, Ravel, Sibelius; Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultCD11
4040Brahms / Schubert / WolfBrahms, Schubert, Wolf; Irmgard Seefried, Erik WerbaCD24
4041Symphony no. 4 / Pelléas & Mélisande / Tapiola / Swanwhite / Symphony no. 7Jean Sibelius; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham2×CD13 + 13
4042Das Lied von der ErdeMahler; Alfreda Hodgson, John Mitchinson, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Jascha HorensteinCD7
4043Grieg: Piano Concerto / Debussy: Préludes Book 1Grieg, Debussy; Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosCD15
4044Schubert: Symphony no. 3 / Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker SuiteSchubert, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD18
4045Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue / Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 22 / Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces, D946Bach, Beethoven, Schubert; Wilhelm KempffCD12
4046War RequiemBritten; Stefania Woytowicz, Peter Pears, Hans Wilbrink, Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria GiuliniCD18
4048Beethoven: Horn Quintet, op. 16 / Mozart: Horn Quintet, K. 407 / Brahms: Horn Trio, op. 40Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms; Dennis Brain, English String Quartet, Dennis Brain Wind EnsembleCD12
4049Haydn: Arianna a Naxos / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben / Schubert / Wolf / R. StraussHaydn, Schumann, Schubert, Wolf, Strauss; Janet BakerCD21
4050Brahms: Double Concerto / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Bach: Violin Concerto in EBrahms, Mendelssohn, Bach; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm, Yehudi Menuhin, Msitislav RostropovichCD9
4051Symphony no. 7Mahler; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jascha HorensteinCD5
4052Sonata no. 29 "Hammerklavier" / Sonata no. 3 / Bagatelles, op. 126Beethoven; Sviatoslav RichterCD11
4053Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini / Mussorgsky: 6 Songs / Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printempsTchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky; Galina Vishnevskaya, London Symphony Orchestra, Igor MarkevitchCD21
4054Brahms: Piano Sonata no. 3 / Bartók: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs / Liszt: 2 Etudes / Dohnányi: Rhapsody no. 3Brahms, Bartók, Liszt, Dohnányi; Annie FischerCD23
4055Mozart: Symphony no. 36 / R. Strauss: Ein HeldenlebenMozart, R. Strauss; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD13
4056Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 / Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges - Suite / Dvořák: Symphony no. 9Beethoven, Prokofiev, Dvořák; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf KempeCD11
4057Nocturnes / Ballades / Waltzes / ScherziChopin; Shura CherkasskyCD12
4058Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Schumann: Symphony no. 4Brahms, Schumann; BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre MonteuxCD10
4059Liszt: Mephisto Waltz / Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Nielsen: Symphony no. 6Liszt, Tippett, Nielsen; London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiCD9
4060Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto no. 2 / Ysaÿe: Amitié for 2 ViolinsShostakovich, Ysaÿe; David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gennady RozhdestvenskyCD9
  • 2001-02-05 GB
4061Mozart: Clarinet Quintet / Franck: Piano Quintet / R. Strauss: Prelude to "Capriccio"Mozart, Franck, R. Strauss; Amadeus Quartet, Gervase de Peyer, Sir Clifford Curzon, Cecil Aronowitz, William PleethCD8
4062Mass in B minorBach; Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini2×CD12 + 16
  • 2001-04-04 GB
4063Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 / Borodin: String Quartet no. 2 / Ravel: String Quartet in FShostakovich, Borodin, Ravel; Borodin QuartetCD13
4064Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 12 in A-flat / Piano Sonata no. 4 in E-flat / Debussy: Images: Hommage à Rameau / Ravel: Gaspard de la nuitBeethoven, Debussy, Ravel; Arturo Benedetti MichelangeliCD12
4065Le Corsaire Overture / Ouverture du Roi Lear / Harold en Italie / Marche troyenneBerlioz; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD7
  • 2001-04-04 GB
4066Beethoven: Sextet, op. 81b / Schubert: “Auf dem Strom” / Haydn: Horn Concerto no. 1Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn; Dennis Brain, Alan Civil, Peter Pears, Noel Mewton-Wood, Léo Wurmser, Dennis Brain Wind QuintetCD23
4067Symphony no. 8Bruckner; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD4
4068Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture & Venusberg Music / Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite / Delius: Irmelin Act 2 - ScenesWagner, Bizet, Delius; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Women's Chorus, Sir Thomas BeechamCD10
4069Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince IgorTchaikovsky, Scriabin, Borodin; John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiCD11
4070Lieder / Sehnsucht / Das Rosenband / Abendstern / Der MusensohnSchubert; Janet Baker, Graham Johnson, Martin Isepp, Geoffrey ParsonsCD19
4071The Otto Klemperer Memorial Concert: Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music / Beethoven: Symphony no. 9Mozart, Beethoven; New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Price, Minton, Hollweg, Bailey, Rafael KubelíkCD6
4072Schubert: Symphony no. 9 / Cherubini: Anacréon Overture / Cornelius: The Barber of Baghdad OvertureSchubert, Cherubini, Cornelius; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultCD6
4073Khachaturian: Concerto Rhapsody / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo VariationsKhachaturian, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky; Mtislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, George Hurst, Sir Colin DavisCD12
  • 2001-10-23 XW
4074Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5Rachmaninov, Beethoven; Benno Moiseiwitsch, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm SargentCD6
4075Symphony no. 9 / KindertotenliederMahler; Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein2×CD3 + 6
4076Mozart: Symphony no. 35 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Wagner: Siegfried IdyllMozart, Beethoven, Wagner; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD9
4077Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer / Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / Schoenberg: Song of the Wood DoveChausson, Berlioz, Schoenberg; Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov, Carlo Maria Giulini, Norman Del MarCD10
4078Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet 104 / Berceuse / Valse oubliée no. 1 / Sonata in B minor / Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor / Schubert: Three ImpromptusLiszt, Haydn, Schubert; Clifford CurzonCD18
4079Symphony no. 3Bruckner; Philharmonia Orchestra, Lovro von MatačićCD4
  • 2001-10 GB
4082Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 283 / Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux / Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 9 / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 4Mozart, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev; Sviatoslav RichterCD13
  • 2001-08-10 GB
4083Haydn: Violin Sonata in G / Debussy: Violin Sonata / Schubert: Violin Sonata in A / Fantasy in CHaydn, Debussy, Schubert; Yehudi Menuhin, Benjamin BrittenCD13
  • 2002-01-22 GB
4084Balakirev: Symphony no. 1 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from Le Coq d’or / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince IgorBalakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD9
  • 2001-11-07 GB
4085Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor / Schumann: Papillons / Fantasie in CBrahms, Schumann; Wilhelm KempffCD21
4086Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 / Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act I / Wesendonck LiederBruckner, Wagner; Janet Baker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Reginald Goodall2×CD3 + 7
4087Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 / Debussy: Rhapsody no. 1 / Janáček: SinfoniettaTchaikovsky, Debussy, Janáček; London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gervase de Peyer, Rudolf KempeCD10
4088Die Meistersinger (Excerpts) / Götterdämmerung (Excerpts) / Rienzi OvertureWagner; Berit Lindholm, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold StokowskiCD8
4089Piano Concerto no. 1 / Piano Concerto no. 2 / Mephisto Waltz / Fantasy on La Clochette / Transcendental Study no. 11Liszt; John Ogdon, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin DavisCD10
4090Haydn: Piano Sonata no. 37 / Chopin: Nocturne op. 72 no. 1 / Nocturne op. 15 no. 1 / Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 11 / Eroica Variations / Schumann: Études symphoniques / Rachmaninov: 12 PreludesHaydn, Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninov; Sviatoslav Richter2×CD27 + 31
4091The Sleeping BeautyTchaikovsky; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky2×CD29 + 34
4092Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 2Rachmaninov, Prokofiev; BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Schwarz, Kent Nagano, Shura CherkasskyCD7
4093Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Schubert: Symphony no. 4Beethoven, Schubert; Teresa Żylis‐Gara, Marga Höffgen, Robert Tear, Raffaelle Arié, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini2×CD4 + 5
4096Wagner: Meistersinger Overture / Siegfried Idyll / Debussy: Ibéria / Stravinsky: Symphony of PsalmsWagner, Debussy, Stravinsky; Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & ChorusCD10
4097Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1Walton; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Donald McIntyre, Christ Church Harmonic Choir, Sir William WaltonCD14
4098Cello Concerto / Coronation Te Deum / The Twelve / Variations on a Theme by Hindemith / Excerpts from Façade SuitesWalton; Pierre Fournier, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir William WaltonCD20
4099Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 2Brahms, Beethoven; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas BeechamCD8
  • 2002-07-25 GB
4100Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 8 / Bax: Oboe Quintet / Rawsthorne: Street Corner Overture / Elgar: Land of Hope and GloryVaughan Williams, Bax, Rawsthorne, Elgar; Kathleen Ferrier, Evelyn Rothwell, Hallé Choir and Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD12
4101Spanish Songs / Berlioz: Excerpts from Les nuits d'étéScarlatti, Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky, Ravel, Duparc, Brahms, Berlioz; Victoria de los Ángeles, Gerald Moore, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf SchwarzCD21
4102Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Brahms: Violin ConcertoTchaikovsky, Brahms; David Oistrakh, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Sir Malcolm SargentCD6
4103Schumann: Bunte Blätter / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Debussy: Cloches à travers les feuillesSchumann, Mussorgsky, Debussy; Sviatoslav RichterCD31
  • 2002-09-23 GB
4104Schubert: Symphony no. 2 / Brahms Symphony no. 2Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms; London Symphony Orchestra, Karl BöhmCD8
4105Piano Concerto no. 2Chopin; Arthur Rubinstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria GiuliniCD11
  • 2002-10-22 GB
4106Introduction and Allegro for Strings / Symphony no. 1Elgar; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliCD5
  • 2002-10-14 GB
4107Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenStrauss, Mahler, Brahms; Sena Jurinac, Christa Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra, André CluytensCD16

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