Here is a growing list of my current "Best Classical CD's." - There are 20 CD's in the list at the moment. If this page looks untidy it may be your browser doesn't support Tables.
If you are wondering why there isn't an extra column in the table below for my comments, it's because each cell would basically contain the same words - 'Great music, buy the disc!'
I've also used low quality scans of the covers to keep the page download size to a minimum.
Newest addition now added to TOP of Table.
Cover |
Label |
Composer(s) |
Artist(s) |
Details |
Cat.No./Price |
Naxos | Brahms Double Con. & Schumann Cello Con. | Cello - M Kliegel, Violin - I Kaler & NSO of Ireland Con, A Constantine | DDD Length-59:27 Rec.-1994 | Code-8.550938 Price-Budget | |
Naxos | Beethoven Violin Concerto, Romances Nos. 1 & 2 | Violin - Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Phil. Orch. | DDD Length-64:59 Rec.-1988 | Code-8.550149 Price-Budget | |
Naxos | Franck & Grieg Violin Sonatas; Grieg Lyric Pieces | Violin - Takako Nishizaki Piano - Jeno Jando | DDD Length-60:28 Rec.-1990 | Code-8.550417 Price-Budget | |
IMP | Tchaikovsky Sym.No6 'Pathetique' Op.74 &'The Storm' Overt. Op.76 | London Symphony Orch. Con. by G. Rozhdestvensky | DDD Length-59:57 Rec.-1987 | Code-PCD 878 Price-Mid | |
Naxos | Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op.30 Nos. 1-3 | Violin - Takako Nishizaki Piano - Jeno Jando | DDD Length-64:54 Rec.-1989 | Code-8.550286 Price-Budget | |
Decca 'Ovation' Disc | Beethoven Son. 14 (Moonlight) 23 (Appassionata) & 21 (Waldstein) | Piano - Vladimir Ashkenaky | ADD Length-66:13 Rec.-1973 to 1979 | Code-417 732-2 Price-Full | |
Deutsche Grammophon | Brahms Violin Con.Op.77 (in D major) & Op.102 (in A minor) | Anne-Sophie Mutter(Violin) & A. Meneses(Violocello) Berlin Phil. Con. by Herbert Von Karajan | DDD (OIBP) Length-75:11 Rec.-1982/83 | Code-439 000-2 Price-Full | |
RCA Victor 'Living Stereo' | Brahms Op.77 (Violin Con.in D) & Tchaikovsky Op.35 (Violin Con.in D) | Violin-Jascha Heifetz & Chicago Sym.Orch.Con.by Fritz Reiner | ADD Length-64:16 Rec.-1953 | Code-09026 61495 2 Price-Mid | |
Deutsche Grammophon '4D Audio' | The Berlin Recital (Brahms,Debussy,Frank & Mozart) | Violin - Anne-Sophie Mutter & Piano - Lambert Orkis | (4D)DDD Length-76:20 Rec.-1995 | Code-445 826-2 Price-Full | |
IMP Masters | Bruch Op.26 (Con.for Violin & Orch.No.1 in G) & Mendelssohn Op.64 (Con.for Violin & Orch.in E minor) | Directed from the Violin by Jaime Laredo | DDD Length-52:55 Rec.-1986 | Code-PCD 829 Price-Mid | |
EMI Digial | Elgar Violin Con.in B minor Op.61 | Violin-Nigel Kennedy & London Plil.Orch. Con.by Vernon Handley | DDD Length-54:00 Rec.1984 | Code-CD-EMX 2058 Price-Full | |
DG Galleria | The Firebird (Suite) & Le Sacre du Printemps | Claudio Abbado Con. the London Sym.Orch. | ADD Length-55:12 Rec.1975 | Code-415 854-2 Price-Mid | |
Naxos | Wieniawski (Violin Con. Nos.1 & 2 plus Faust Fantasy) | Violin - Marat Bisengaliev & Polish Nat.Radio Sym.Orch. Con.by Antoni Wit | DDD Length-70:10 Rec.1995 | Code- 8.553517 Price-Budget | |
Deutsche Grammophon | Jean Sibelius Violin Con. in D Op47 | Violin-Anne-Sophie Mutter Con.Andre Previn/Dresden | 4D Length-48:42 Rec.1995 | Code-447 895-2 Price-Full | |
Naxos | Haydon String Quartets Op.74 N0.1,2,3 | Kodaly Quartet | DDD Length-63:03 Rec.1989 | Code-8.550396 Price-Budget | |
Philips | Beethoven Piano Con.1 & 2 | Piano - Stephen Kovacevich BBC Sym.Orch./Colin Davis | ADD Length-67:10 Rec.1970/75 | Code- 422 968-2 Price-Mid. | |
Philips | Beethoven Piano Con.3 & 4 | Piano - Stephen Kovacevich BBC Sym.Orch./Colin Davis | ADD Length-69:45 Rec.1972/75 | Code- 426 062-2 Price-Mid. | |
Philips | Mozart Piano Con.21 & 25 | Piano - Stephen Kovacevich London Sym.Orch./Colin Davis | ADD Length-59:33 Rec.-1972 | Code-426 077-2 Price-Mid. | |
Decca | Mendelssohn & Brahms Piano Trios | Chung Trio | DDD Length-65:19 Rec.-1995 | Code-421 425-2 Price-Mid. | |
Naxos | Mozart Violin Son. K378,K376 & K296 | Violin-Takako Nishizaki Piano-Wolf Harden | DDD Length-52:10 Rec.-1983 | Code-8.550065 Price-Budget |