RECOMMENDATIONS - Recordings that will stand the test of time

ADAMS - Shaker Loops / Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Marin Alsop (Conductor) - Bournemouth SO - Naxos 8.559031

ALFVEN - Symphony No. 4 (From the Outermost Skerries) - Niklas Willen (Conductor) - Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Naxos 8.557284

ARNOLD - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 - Richard Hickox (Conductor) - London Symphony Orchestra - Chandos 9385

BACH - Cello Suites (Complete) - Pablo Casals (Cello) - 2CD - EMI 5099996592120

BACH - Organ Works of Bach - Including the Goldberg Variations - Jean Guillou (Organ) - 6CD - Dorian 92104

BACH - Great Organ Works - Peter Hurford (Organ) - 2CD - Decca 443485

BACH - Brandenburg Concertos - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - 2CD - Harmonia Mundi 501634/35

BACH - Lute Works Vol. 1 - Paul O'Dette (Lute) - Harmonia Mundi 907438

BACH - Piano Concertos - Glenn Gould (Piano) - Vladimir Golschmann (Conductor) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Sony 074645259123

BARTOK - The Orchestral Masterpieces - Sir Georg Solti (Conductor) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Decca 028947051626

BEETHOVEN - Symphonies 5 & 6 - David Zinman (Conductor) - Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich - Arte Nova 723721077556

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 9 - Christoph Von Dohnanyi (Conductor) - Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus - Telarc 089408012020

BEETHOVEN - Missa Solemnis - John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) - English Baroque Soloists - Monteverdi Choir - Archiv 429779

BEETHOVEN - Violin Concerto - Isabelle Faust (Violin) - Jirí Belohlávek (Conductor) - Harmonia Mundi 901944

BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonatas (Complete) - Paul Lewis (Piano) - 10CD - Harmonia Mundi 794881915620

BEETHOVEN - Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano - Isabelle Faust (Violin) - Alexander Melnikov (Piano) - Harmonia Mundi 902025/27

BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 5 - Hélène Grimaud (Piano) - Vladimir Jurowski (Conductor) - Staatskapelle Dresden - DG 4776595

BEETHOVEN - Quintet for Piano & Winds - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet - Stephen Hough (Piano) - Bis 7318590015520

BERLIOZ - Symphonie Fantastique / Harold in Italy - Charles Dutoit (Conductor) - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - 2CD - Decca 4553612

BERNSTEIN - Mass - Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) - 2CD - Sony 074646308929

BERNSTEIN - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein (Conductor) - Sony 827969272824

BIZET - Carmen Suites - L'Arlésienne Suites - Symphony in C - Charles Dutoit (Conductor) - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Decca 028947519027

BRAHMS - A German Requiem - Otto Klemperer (Conductor) - Philharmonia Orchestra - EMI 5099996592526

BRITTEN - War Requiem - Benjamin Britten (Conductor) - London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Decca 028947575115

BRUCKNER - Symphonies 1-9 - Eugen Jochum (Conductor) - Berlin Philharmonic - 9CD - DG 028946981023

CHOPIN - 21 Mazurkas - Vassily Primakov (Piano) - Bridge 9289

DEBUSSY - La Mer & Other Works - Charles Dutoit (Conductor) - Montreal Symphony Orchestra - 2CD - Decca 4602172

DVORAK - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 "From the New World" - Rafael Kubelik (Conductor) - Berlin Philharmonic - DG 4474122

GORECKI - Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) - David Zinman (Conductor) - Dawn Upshaw (Soprano) - London Sinfonietta - Nonesuch 79282

GROFE - Grand Canyon Suite - Antal Dorati (Conductor) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Decca 4307122

HAYDN - Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 & 8 - Hanover Band - Roy Goodman (Conductor) - Hyperion (Helios Series) CDH55112

KRENEK - Symphonic Elegy - Works for String Orchestra - Ernst Kovacic (Conductor) - Leopoldinum Orchestra - Capriccio 5033

LINDBERG - The Baroque Trombone - Christian Lindberg (Trombone) - Australian Chamber Orchestra - BIS CD1688

LISZT - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Krystian Zimerman (Piano) - Seiji Ozawa (Conductor) - DG 423571

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

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

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

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

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

MENDELSSOHN - Songs Without Words - Daniel Barenboim (Piano) - 2CD - DG 4530612

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

MESSIAEN - The Organ Works - Jennifer Bate (Organ) - 6CD - Regis 6001

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

MOZART - Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet - Thea King (Basset Clarinet) - Jeffrey Tate (Conductor) - English Chamber Orchestra - Hyperion 054571161990

PACHELBEL - Canon and other Baroque Favorites - Jean Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra - RCA 65468

RACHMANINOV - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 - Krystian Zimerman (Piano) - Seiji Ozawa (Conductor) - Boston Symphony Orchestra - DG 4596432

RAMEAU - Keyboard Pieces - Alexandre Tharaud (Piano) - Harmonia Mundi 901754

RILEY - In C - Various Performers - Sony 884977039719

ROTT - Symphony in E major - Gerhard Samuel (Conductor) - Hyperion (Helios Series) CDH55140

RUTTER - Gloria - The Sacred Music of John Rutter - The Cambridge Singers - Collegium CSCD515

SAVALL - Les Voix Humaines - Alia Vox AV9803

SCHUMANN - Complete Symphonies (Mahler Edition) - Ricardo Chailly (Conductor) - Gewandhaus Orchestra - 2CD - Decca 4780037

TALLIS - Spem in Alium - Chapelle du Roi - Alistair Dixon (Director) - Brilliant 94005

TALLIS SCHOLARS - The Essential Tallis Scholars - Gimell CDGIM201

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Mass in G minor - Corydon Singers - Matthew Best (Conductor) - Hyperion (Helios Series) CDH55220

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasias / The Lark Ascending - Neville Marriner (Conductor) - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Argo 414595