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1. 25 Classical Favorites (2004)
performed by Alexander Pervomaysky (violin), Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Ernst Mühlbacher (horn), Frank Morelli (bassoon), Guiomar Novaës (piano), Humbert Lucarelli (oboe), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Jack Wellbaum (piccolo), New York Philomusica Winds, Susan Jolles (harp)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss II, Johannes Brahms, John Philip Sousa, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
2. The Very Best of Poulenc (2008)
performed by Anne Queffélec (piano), Brigitte Fournier (vocals), Catherine Dubosc (soprano), Catherine Dubosc (vocals), Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Helene Perraguin (vocals), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Marie Boyer (vocals)
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3. RCA Red Seal Century: Soloists and Conductors (2001)
performed by Albert Hirsh (piano), Alfred Cortot (piano), Artur Rubinstein (piano), Brooks Smith (piano), Carl Lamson (piano), Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Evelyn Glennie (marimba), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
composed by Aaron Copland, Anton Arensky, Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Evelyn Glennie, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Fritz Kreisler, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz -
4. Simply the Best Classical Anthems (2000)
performed by English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, François-René Duchâble (piano), I Solisti Veneti, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, London Brass Virtuosi, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Piero Toso (violin), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Benjamin Britten, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Hector Berlioz, Hubert Parry -
6. 100 Years: A Celebration in Music (2007)
performed by Anthony Fogg (piano), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Jiri Tancibudek (oboe), Kaori Kimura (piano), Leonard Dommett (violin), Nancy Simons (cor anglais), Takashi Harada (ondes martenot), Vernon Hill (flute), Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
composed by Barry Conyngham, Béla Bartók, Brett Dean, Bruce Smeaton, César Franck, Charles Ives, Dmitry Shostakovich, Dorian Le Gallienne, Franz Lehár, Fritz Hart, Gabriel Fauré, George Dreyfus, George William Lewis Marshall-Hall, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi -
7. Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky
performed by Adrienne Albert (soprano), Adrienne Albert (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Gleghorn (flute), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano), Charles Brady (cornet), Charles Rosen (piano), Charles Russo (clarinet), Columbia Chamber Ensemble
composed by Igor Stravinsky, John Stafford SmithThis nine-CD box was a lot more attractive when it first showed up in 1999, before Sony Music introduced its Direct Stream Digital mastering and ... More
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8. Boulez Conducts Stravinsky (2010)
performed by Alain Damiens (clarinet), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Gérard Caussé (viola), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michel Arrignon (clarinet), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Berlin Radio Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Igor StravinskyThe years have seen Pierre Boulez record for CBS, Erato, EMI, and Philips, among other labels, but his most consistent and critically praised work ... More
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9. Ovation, Vol. 1 (2002)
performed by Andrew Dawes (violin), Bergen Woodwind Quintet, Campbell Trowsdale (violin), Elmer Iseler Singers, Erik Abbink (sax), Gary Karr (bass), Gerry Mulligan (sax), Gerry Mulligan (sax), Guy Few (trumpet), Hannaford Street Silver Band, James Campbell (clarinet)
composed by Harry Freedman, Jacques Hétu, Jean Coulthard, John Weinzweig, Murray Adaskin -
10. Best Classics 50
performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Cécile Ousset (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), David Bell (organ), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Heinz Hoppe (tenor), Henriette Puig-Roget (organ), Horacio Gutiérrez (piano)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe VerdiDespite the skepticism its title may engender, EMI's Best Classics 50 is a decent sampler of what many consider to be the greatest hits of classical ... More
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11. Musical Handyman
performed by Alison Morgan (soprano), Australian Army Band, David Hobson (tenor), Dene Olding (violin), Ian Munro (piano), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Karin Schaupp (guitar), Li Wei (cello), Michael Dudman (organ), Rosario La Spina (tenor)
composed by Aram Khachaturian, Bernardino Monterde, Brian May, Carl Orff, Edward Elgar, Eric Coates, Felix Mendelssohn, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Henry Litolff, Irish Traditional -
12. The Melody Shop (1998)
performed by Grimethorpe Colliery Band
composed by Aram Khachaturian, Barrie Gott, Charles Gounod, Cole Porter, Emmanuel Chabrier, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Harry James, Herbert L. Clarke, Jimmy Webb, Johann Sebastian Bach, Karl L. King, Richard Rodgers, Richard Wagner, Sergey Rachmaninov -
13. Complete Beethoven Edition Sampler
performed by Amadeus Quartet, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), BBC Singers (synthesizer), Bruno Giuranna (viola), Colin Campbell (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Emerson String Quartet, Gianluca Cascioli (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin)
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14. The World's Most Beautiful Melodies, Vol. 5 (1994)
performed by Phillip McCann (cornet), Sellers Engineering Band, Simon Lindley (organ), Huddersfield Choral Society (choir, chorus), Major Peter Parkes (conductor)
composed by Alan Murray, Brian Couzens, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Edward MacDowell, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederick Delius, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jules Massenet, Scottish Traditional, Sergey Rachmaninov -
15. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Vol. 2: Classic to Romantic
performed by Adrian Thompson (vocals), Alessandro Corbelli (vocals), Ambache Chamber Ensemble (chamber ensemble), Anastasios Vrenios (vocals), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Artur Rubinstein (piano), Beaux Arts Trio, Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Bo Skovhus (vocals)
composed by Amy Beach, Antonin Dvorák, Arthur Sullivan, Carl Maria von Weber, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Clara Wieck Schumann, Domenico Scarlatti, Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert -
17. Beethoven (2011)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), David Bell (organ), Erich Schellow (speech/speaker/speaking part), Fritz Kreisler (candenza), Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
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18. Copland: Orchestral & Ballet Works, 1936-1948 (1990)
performed by Abba Bogin (piano), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Columbia Symphony Strings, Henry Fonda, Laura Newell (harp), Michael Winfield (horn), New England Conservatory Chorus, William Lang (trumpet), Aaron Copland (conductor)
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21. Classical Greatest Hits (2003)
performed by Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Marian Pivka (piano)
composed by Aaron Copland, Alexander Borodin, Aram Khachaturian, Carl Orff, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Holst, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Sergey Rachmaninov -
22. Neeme Järvi: Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career (2012)
performed by Boris Berman (piano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Irina Mishura (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kaptain (cimbalom), Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano), Melina Madozzi (violin), Suzanne Murphy (soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Neeme Järvi (conductor)
composed by Alexander Scriabin, Antonin Dvorák, Arvo Pärt, Carl Maria von Weber, Dmitry Shostakovich, Duke Ellington, Ferruccio Busoni, Franz von Suppé, Giovanni Bolzoni, Gustav Mahler, Heino Eller, Johan Halvorsen, Johan Svendsen, Johannes Brahms, Maurice RavelList of all editionsEstonia's Neeme Järvi has been a prolific recording artist and a well-loved conductor in many countries, including the U.S. He has amassed a large ... More
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23. Encore! (1996)
performed by George Silfies (clarinet), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Anatol Lyadov, Antonin Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, George Gershwin, Johann Strauss II, John Philip Sousa, Manuel de Falla, Mikhail Glinka, Niccolò Paganini, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Percy Grainger -
24. Classical 2012 (2012)
performed by Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Andreas Scholl (counter tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone)
composed by Alessandro Striggio, Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Ariel Ramírez, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Claude Debussy, Francesco Cilèa, Franz Lehár, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Friedrich von Flotow, Fritz Kreisler, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe VerdiList of all editionsDecca has culled an attractive assortment of performances from its vast archive or recordings for its collection, Classical 2012. The album may be ... More
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25. The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
performed by Andreas Muehlen-Wester (piano), Camerata Antonio Luco, Capella Istropolitana, Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Emanuel Abbühl (oboe), Emmy Berhey (violin), Finghin Collins (piano), Hans Fagius (piano), Harald Feller (organ), Karl Stanberg (flute)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Béla Bartók, Benedetto Marcello, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Erik Satie, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Hector Berlioz

