Great Classical Music CDs 

Below you will find a selection of highly-regarded classical music performances on CD. These CDs make great gifts for the music lovers and music students in your life. The selections are categorized to speed your search. Any purchase you make from these links helps to defray the costs of maintaining the dictionary. Thanks.

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Early Music

• Missa Pange Lingua
  Author(s): Josquin Desprez
  Performer(s): Ensemble Organum and Ensemble Clément Janequin
• Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland
  Author(s): Dowland
  Performer(s): David Douglass, King's Noyse, Paul O'Dette, lute
• Vespers of the Blessed Virgin
  Author(s): Monteverdi
  Performer(s): Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
• Missa Papae Marcelli, Miserere, Vox Patris Caelestis
  Author(s): Palestrina, Allegri, Mundy
  Performer(s): The Tallis Scholars
• Music for a while - O Solitude
  Author(s): Purcell
  Performer(s): Alfred Deller, counter-tenor
• Musikalische Exequien - The Seven Words of Christ
  Author(s): Schütz
  Performer(s): Peter Schreier, Siegfried Vogel, Theo Adam, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rudolf Mauersberger, conductor
• Chant Cistercien
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Ensemble Organum

Baroque

• A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations (1955 & 1981)
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Glenn Gould
• Six Cello Suites
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Pierre Fournier, cello
• Six Trio Sonatas for Organ
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Ton Koopman, organ
• St. Matthew Passion
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Prégardien, Goerne, Schäfer, Röschmann, Fink, von Magnus, Schade, Schäfer, Henschel, Widmer, Harnoncourt (with enhanced CD-ROM)
• The Well-Tempered Clavier (I and II)
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Bernard Roberts
• Violin Concertos
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Elizabeth Wallfisch, Alison Bury, et. Al.
• Messiah
  Author(s): Handel
  Performer(s): Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
• Water Music
  Author(s): Handel
  Performer(s): English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
• Hippolyte et Aricie
  Author(s): Rameau
  Performer(s): Padmore, Panzarella, hunt, naouri, E. James, Petibon, Mechaly, Delunsch, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
• Keyboard Sonatas
  Author(s): Scarlatti
  Performer(s): Pierre Hantaï harpsichord
• Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
  Author(s): Vivaldi
  Performer(s): The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, conductor

Classical

• Missa Solemnis (with Mozart Coronation Mass)
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Piano Concerto no 5; L'Emprereur - Piano Sonata no 8 & 23
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Edwin Fischer, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
• Piano Sonatas no 27-32
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Solomon, piano
• Symphonies no 5 and 7
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos Kleiber, conductor
• Violin Concerto (with Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Lalo on recording)
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Leonid Kogan, violin, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Constantin Silvestri, conductor
• Six Haydn Piano Sonatas, Nos 42, 48-52
  Author(s): Haydn
  Performer(s): Glenn Gould, piano
• The 12 "London" Symphonies (nos 93 - 104)
  Author(s): Haydn
  Performer(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum, conductor
• The Creation
  Author(s): Haydn
  Performer(s): Gundula Janowitz, Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Don Giovanni
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Cesare Siepi, Lisa Della Casa, Suzanne Danco, Fernando Corena, Anton Dermota, Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Kurt Böhme, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips, conductor
• "Legendary Interpretations" - Piano Concertos no 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, and 27
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Rudolf Serkin, piano, Philadelphia Orchestra, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, Alexander Schneider
• Piano Sonatas K.333 and K.545; Rondo K.494; Allegro K.533
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Sviatoslav Richter, piano
• Requiem
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Edith Mathis, Julia Hamari, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, conductor
• Symphonies 40 and 41
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Josef Krips, conductor
• The Magic Flute
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor

Romanticism (French)

• La Damnation de Faust
  Author(s): Berlioz
  Performer(s): Nicolai Gedda, Josephine Veasey, Jules Bastin; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, conductor
• Requiem; Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
  Author(s): Berlioz
  Performer(s): Leonard Bernstein
• Symphonie Fantastique
  Author(s): Berlioz
  Performer(s): Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
• Carmen
  Author(s): Bizet
  Performer(s): Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ileana Cotrubas; Ambrosian Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
• Piano Sonata no 2 and 3 - Barcarolle
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Vlado Perlemuter, piano
• Recital (Mazurkas, Ballade no 1, Prélude op. 45, Scherzo no 2
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
• The 21 Nocturnes, The 26 Preludes (including Op. 28)
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Adam Harasiewicz, piano
• Requiem - Messe Basse - Elégie
  Author(s): Faure
  Performer(s): Alain Clément, Philippe Huttenlocher; Maîtrise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens; Orchestre Symphonique de Berne; Michel Corboz, conductor
• Faust
  Author(s): Gounod
  Performer(s): Richard Leech, Cheryl Studer, José van Dam, Thomas Hampson; Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor
• Piano Concertos no 1 and 2
  Author(s): Liszt
  Performer(s): Sviatoslav Richter, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
• The Complete Etudes
  Author(s): Liszt
  Performer(s): Claudio Arrau and Nikita Magaloff, piano
• Havanaise (with Brahms, Faure, Prokofiev, and Sarasate)
  Author(s): Saint-Saens
  Performer(s): Jascha Heifetz, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra; John Barbirolli, conductor

Romanticism (German)

• Complete Chamber Music
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Bernard Greenhouse, Daniel Guilet, et al.
• Piano Concerto no 1 (with Franck, Litolff)
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Clifford Curzon, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell, conductor
• Piano Pieces op.117, 118, 119 - Rhapsodies op. 79
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Radu Lupu, piano
• Symphony no 3 - Tragic Overture - Schicksalslied
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Ernst-Senff Chor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, conductor
• Symphony no 7
  Author(s): Bruckner
  Performer(s): Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, conductor
• Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
  Author(s): Mendelssohn
  Performer(s): Edith Wiens, Christiane Oertel, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur, conductor
• An Equal Music - Quintet in C - Quartettsatz (with Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi, & Vaughan Williams
  Author(s): Schubert
  Performer(s): Weller Quartet, Dietfried Gürtler (second cello)
• Impromptus op. 90 and 142
  Author(s): Schubert
  Performer(s): Edwin Fischer, piano
• Symphonies no 8 Unfinished and no 9
  Author(s): Schubert
  Performer(s): The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, conductor
• Winterreise
  Author(s): Schubert
  Performer(s): Hans Hotter, bass-baritone, Michael Raucheisen, piano
• Scenes from Childhood - Abegg Variations (with Mozart, Beethoven)
  Author(s): Schumann
  Performer(s): Clara Haskil, piano
• The four Symphonies - Overture, Scherzo and Finale
  Author(s): Schumann
  Performer(s): Staatskapelle Dresden, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
• Nonet op. 31 - Octet op. 32
  Author(s): Spohr
  Performer(s): Gaudier Ensemble
• The Flying Dutchman
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick; Chorus of the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor
• The Valkyrie
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Birgit Nilsson, Theo Adam, Leonie Rysanek, James King; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): René Kollo, Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll; Staatskapelle Dresden; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Covent Garden performance with Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad under the musical direction of Fritz Reiner

Romanticism (Russia and Eastern Europe)

• Cello Concerto no 2
  Author(s): Dvorak
  Performer(s): Mstislav Rostropovitch, cello; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra;Vaclav Talich, conductor
• Symphony no 9 "From the New World"
  Author(s): Dvorak
  Performer(s): Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Karel Ancerl, conductor
• Boris Godunov
  Author(s): Mussorgsky
  Performer(s): Mark Reizen, Maria Maksakova, Georgy Nelepp, Elena Kruglikova, Ivan Kozlovsky, Maxim Mikhaélov, Vassili Lubenzov; Bolshoi Chorus and Orchestra; Nicolai Golovanov
• Pictures at an Exhibition (with Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Schumann, Weber)
  Author(s): Mussorgsky
  Performer(s): Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
• Shéhérazade - Capriccio Espagnol - Russian Easter Festival Overture
  Author(s): Rimsky-Korsakov
  Performer(s): Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam; Kirill Kondrashin, Igor Markevitch
• Nutcracker Ballet - Serenade for Strings
  Author(s): Tchaikovsky
  Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica; Antal Dorati, conductor
• Piano Concerto no 1 (with Mussorgsky)
  Author(s): Tchaikovsky
  Performer(s): Vladimir Horowitz, piano; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• Symphonies no 4, 5, and 6
  Author(s): Tchaikovsky
  Performer(s): Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny mravinsky, conductor

Romanticism (Spain)

• Iberia (with Granados)
  Author(s): Albéniz
  Performer(s): Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Post Romanticism

• Enigma Variations - Cello Concerto excerpt, etc.
  Author(s): Elgar
  Performer(s): Arto Noras, cello; Sir Andrew Davis, Jukka-Pekka Saraste conductors
• Symphony no 2 "Resurrection"
  Author(s): Mahler
  Performer(s): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Ileana Cotrubas, Christa Ludwig; Conducted by Zubin Mehta
• Symphony no 6 (with Strauss: Ein Heldenleben)
  Author(s): Mahler
  Performer(s): New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
• Piano Concertos no 2 and 3
  Author(s): Rachmaninoff
  Performer(s): Byron Janis, piano; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
• Sonata-Fantasia no 2 - 24 Préludes - Poème Satanique - 3 Etudes op. 65 - Sonata no 10
  Author(s): Scriabin
  Performer(s): Kun Woo Paik, piano
• Symphonies no 1, 2, 4, and 5
  Author(s): Sibelius
  Performer(s): Sir Colin Davis, Conductor
• Don Juan - Till Eulenspiegel - Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) - Also Sprach Zarathoustra - Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) - Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
  Author(s): Strauss
  Performer(s): Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe, conductor
• Four Last Songs - Songs for Soprano and orchestra
  Author(s): Strauss
  Performer(s): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; George Szell, conductor

20th Century (Americas)

• Appalachian Spring, Adagio for Strings, Rhapsondy in Blue (respectively)
  Author(s): Copland, Barber, Gershwin
  Performer(s): Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
• "Minimalist" Facades - Company, Eight Lines, Shaker Loops, The Frontier (respectively)
  Author(s): Glass, Reich, Adams, Heath
  Performer(s): London Chamber Orchestra
• Violin Concerto
  Author(s): Menotti
  Performer(s): Jennifer Koh; Richard Hickox, conductor
• Bachinanas Brasileiras no 1, 2, 5, and 9
  Author(s): Villa-Lobos
  Performer(s): Victoria de los Angeles, soprano; Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française; Heitor Villa-Lobos, conductor

20th Century (Britain)

• Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Les Illuminations - Nocturne
  Author(s): Britten
  Performer(s): Peter Pears, tenor; Barry Tuckwell, horn; London Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Benjamin Britten, conductor
• Intimations of Immortality
  Author(s): Finzi
  Performer(s): Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Philip Langridge; Conducted by Richard Hickox

20th Century (France)

• Images I and II - Children's Corner
  Author(s): Debussy
  Performer(s): Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
• La Mer - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Nocturnes - Marche Ecossaise - Berceuse Héroïque - Musiques pour Le Roi Lear
  Author(s): Debussy
  Performer(s): Orchestre National de l'ORTF; Jean Marinon, conductor
• Boléro - La Valse - Rhapsodie Espagnole - Pavane pour une infante défunte - Ma Mère l'Oye
  Author(s): Ravel
  Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux conductor
• Piano Concerto in G major - Piano Concerto for the left hand
  Author(s): Ravel
  Performer(s): Samson François, piano; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; André Cluytens, conductor

20th Century (Russia and Eastern Europe)

• Music for strings, percussion and celesta - Concerto for orchestra
  Author(s): Bartok
  Performer(s): Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
• Sinfonietta - Taras Bulba
  Author(s): Janacek
  Performer(s): Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor; Supraphon
• Passacaglia and Fugue, for string trio; Study for String Orchestra; Partita für Streicher; Sonata for piano No 7; Sonata for piano No 2 ("27 April 1945")
  Author(s): Krasa, Haas, Klein, Ullmann, Hartmann
  Performer(s): Conductor: Maffeo Scarpis
• Piano Concerto no 3 - Toccata (with Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 1)
  Author(s): Prokofiev
  Performer(s): Byron Janis, piano; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
• Symphony no 5
  Author(s): Shostakovich
  Performer(s): Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor
• The Firebird (complete ballet and rehearsals)
  Author(s): Stravinsky
  Performer(s): New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, conductor
• The Rite of Spring - Petrushka
  Author(s): Stravinsky
  Performer(s): Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor

20th Century (Spain)

• El Amor brujo (L'Amour sorcier) original version, 1915 - Les Tréteaux de Maïtre Pierre
  Author(s): Falla
  Performer(s): Ginesa Ortega, cantaora; Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure; Josep Pons, conductor

20th Century (Vienna)

• Orchestral Works
  Author(s): Berg, Schoenberg, Webern
  Performer(s): Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Don Juan - Till Eulenspiegel - Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) - Also Sprach Zarathoustra - Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) - Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
  Author(s): Strauss
  Performer(s): Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe, conductor

Opera Lovers CD

• Norma
  Author(s): Bellini
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Tullio Serafin, conductor
• La Damnation de Faust
  Author(s): Berlioz
  Performer(s): Nicolai Gedda, Josephine Veasey, Jules Bastin; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, conductor
• The Magic Flute
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor
• La Bohème
  Author(s): Puccini
  Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Tosca
  Author(s): Puccini
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Victor de Sabata, conductor
• The Barber of Seville
  Author(s): Rossini
  Performer(s): Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi AlvaHermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
• Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Everyone
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s):
• La Traviata
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Sereni; Chorus & Orchestra of the San Carlos Theater, Lisbon; Franco Ghione, conductor
• "Manzoni" Requiem - Te Deum
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Herva Nelli, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Cesare Siepi; Robert Shaw Chorale; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• Otello
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Placido Domingo, Malcolm King, Jean Kraft, Frank Little, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka, Renata Scotto, Peter Crook; Conducted by James Levine
• Rigoletto
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, DeCorato, Cotrubas, Doming, Gullino; Vienna Philharmonic/Giulini
• The Flying Dutchman
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick; Chorus of the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor
• The Valkyrie
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Birgit Nilsson, Theo Adam, Leonie Rysanek, James King; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Covent Garden performance with Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad under the musical direction of Fritz Reiner
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): René Kollo, Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll; Staatskapelle Dresden; Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Piano Lovers CD

• The Well-Tempered Clavier (I and II)
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s): Bernard Roberts
• Piano Sonatas no 27-32
  Author(s): Beethoven
  Performer(s): Solomon, piano
• Piano Concerto no 1 (with Franck, Litolff)
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Clifford Curzon, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell, conductor
• Piano Pieces op.117, 118, 119 - Rhapsodies op. 79
  Author(s): Brahms
  Performer(s): Radu Lupu, piano
• Piano Sonata no 2 and 3 - Barcarolle
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Vlado Perlemuter, piano
• Recital (Mazurkas, Ballade no 1, Prélude op. 45, Scherzo no 2
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
• The 21 Nocturnes, The 26 Preludes (including Op. 28)
  Author(s): Chopin
  Performer(s): Adam Harasiewicz, piano
• Images I and II - Children's Corner
  Author(s): Debussy
  Performer(s): Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
• Six Haydn Piano Sonatas, Nos 42, 48-52
  Author(s): Haydn
  Performer(s): Glenn Gould, piano
• Piano Concertos no 1 and 2
  Author(s): Liszt
  Performer(s): Sviatoslav Richter, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor
• The Complete Etudes
  Author(s): Liszt
  Performer(s): Claudio Arrau and Nikita Magaloff, piano
• "Legendary Interpretations" - Piano Concertos no 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, and 27
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Rudolf Serkin, piano, Philadelphia Orchestra, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, Alexander Schneider
• Piano Sonatas K.333 and K.545; Rondo K.494; Allegro K.533
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Sviatoslav Richter, piano
• Pictures at an Exhibition (with Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Schumann, Weber)
  Author(s): Mussorgsky
  Performer(s): Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
• Piano Concertos no 2 and 3
  Author(s): Rachmaninoff
  Performer(s): Byron Janis, piano; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
• Piano Concerto in G major - Piano Concerto for the left hand
  Author(s): Ravel
  Performer(s): Samson François, piano; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; André Cluytens, conductor
• Impromptus op. 90 and 142
  Author(s): Schubert
  Performer(s): Edwin Fischer, piano
• Scenes from Childhood - Abegg Variations (with Mozart, Beethoven)
  Author(s): Schumann
  Performer(s): Clara Haskil, piano
• Piano Concerto no 1 (with Mussorgsky)
  Author(s): Tchaikovsky
  Performer(s): Vladimir Horowitz, piano; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Beginners CD

• Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Everyone
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s):

Composer Collections

• Bach 2000
  Author(s): Bach
  Performer(s):
• The Complete Symphonies
  Author(s): Mahler
  Performer(s): New York Philharmonic, Bernstein
• Complete Symphonies
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Mariner, Krips
• Ballet, Stage, and Orchestral Works
  Author(s): Stravinsky
  Performer(s): Various
• Viva Verdi! A 100th Anniversary Celebration
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Various

Historical Interest

• Legendary Recordings: The Originals from The Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue [Box Set]
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various

Holiday Gems CD

• A Toolbox Christmas
  Author(s): Woody Phillips
  Performer(s):

Humorous CD

• The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach
  Author(s): P.D.Q. Bach
  Performer(s):
• Comedy in Music
  Author(s): Victor Borge
  Performer(s):
• Toolbox Classics
  Author(s): Albert Ellmenreich
  Performer(s):

Interesting Sets

• Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music: Classic to Modern (6-CD set)
  Author(s): Donald Jay Grout, compiler
  Performer(s):
• A to Z of Classical Music
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various
• A to Z of Opera
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various
• Dies Irae-The Essential Choral Collection
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various
• Les Lumières du Baroque: Une Encyclopédie Musicale
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various
• The Instruments of Classical Music
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s): Various