Classical Recordings
Alphabetical by Composer or Performer
Composer or Performer Title Format Era Nationality Conductor & Orchestra Notes
Anonymous 4   An English Ladymass CD Performers of Early & Medieval Music America N/A      
The Lily and the Lamb CD N/A
    1000: A Mass for the End of  Time CD     N/A      
Hildegaard Von Bingen : 11,000 Virgins - Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula CD N/A
Johann Sebastian Bach   Concertos for 2, 3, and 4 Harpsichords CD Baroque: 1685 - 1750 Germany Conductor: Jörg Farber, The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra      
Organ Works: Fugues in C Minor, G Major, A Minor, and C Major CD Organist: Michael Murray at St. Andreas-Kirche, Hildesheim
    Organ Works: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor CD     Organists: Hannes Kästner & Gabor Lehotka This is a compilation of various Bach Preludes, Fugues, and Organ Chorales.    
Brandenberg Concertos 1-6 CD Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt, various different orchestras. These were not all recorded at once, but over time with different musicians, between 1976 and 1977, all in Holland.
    Bach on Guitar: Segovia and John Williams CD     Just 2 guitarists: John Williams & Andres Segovia      
Goldberg Variations: Glenn Gould CD Pianist: Glenn Gould
    Chaconne: Baroque Lute Recital CD     Luter: Toyohiko Satoh      
Magnificat CD Conductor: Michel Corboz, The Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
    Segovia, All Bach   CD     Just Andres Segovia and his guitar.      
St. John Passion CD Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists
    Toccata & Fugue in D Minor   LP     Organ: Daneil Chorzempa      
Three Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba and Harpsichord   LP Cello: Paul Tortelier, Harpsichord: Robert Veyron-Lacroix
    Fugues and Harpsichord Music   LP     Harpsichord: Helma Elsner      
Béla Bartók   Violin Concerto No. 2 LP 20th Century: 1881 - 1945 Hungary Conductor: Simon Rattle, The Philharmonia Orchestra      
Ludwig van Beethoven   Piano Sonatas Nos. 2,3,7,8 “Pathetique”, 11, 12 “Funeral March" CD Classical / Romantic: 1770 - 1827 Germany Pianist: Alfred Brendel      
Hector Berlioz   Symphonie Fantastique CD Romantic: 1803 - 1869 France Conductor: Igor Markevitch, The Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris      
Requiem (Grand Messe Des Morts) LP Conductor: Robert Shaw, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Leonard Bernstein   West Side Story LP 20th Century: 1918 - 1990 America Conductor: Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras, Tatiana Toyanos, & Kurt Ollmann      
Andrea Bocelli   Sacred Arias CD Opera singer, born: 1958 Italy Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung, The Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia      
Anton Bruckner   Symphony No. 9 in D Minor LP Romantic: 1824 - 1896 Austria Conductor: Eugen Jochum, The Bavarian Radio Symphony      
Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” LP Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser, The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Chanticleer   Psallite! A Renaissance Christmas CD Choral Singers, Modern America N/A      
Magnificat CD N/A
Frédéric Chopin   14 Waltzes, and Piano Sonata No. 3 CD Romantic: 1810 - 1849 Poland Pianist: Alexander Brailowsky      
Choralscola des Klosters Einsiedeln   Codex 121 Einsiedeln: Gradualien und Sequenzen CD Bendictine Monks of Abbey Einsiedeln Switzerland Led by P. Roman Bannwart & P. Theo Flury This is a Benedictine Abbey in Switzerland, the "Abbey Einsiedeln". The monks sing the ancient Codex 121 from 10th Century. (CD purchased in Zurich).    
Arcangelo Corelli   12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 CD Baroque: 1653 - 1713 Italy Conductor: Neville Marriner, The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields      
Guillaume Dufay   Chansons CD Medieval: 1400 - 1474 France Director: Michael Posch, The Ensemble Unicorn      
Sir Edward Elgar   Violin Concerto LP Romantic: 1857 - 1934 Britain Conductor: Vernon Handley, The London Philharmonic Orchestra      
George Gershwin   Rhapsody in Blue, and An American in Paris LP 20th Century: 1898 - 1937 America Conductor: Arthur Fiedler, The Boston Pops      
Philip Glass   Music from The Screens CD 20th Century: born 1937 America Conductor: Martin Goldray, various musicians ( Soundtrack to film ).      
Glassworks CD Conductor: Michael Riesman, various musicians.
    Dance Pieces CD     Conductor: Michael Riesman, various musicians ( Soundtrack to film )      
Koyaanisqatsi CD Conductor: Michael Riesman, various musicians.
    Naqoyqatsi CD     Conductor: Michael Riesman, various musicians. Yo-Yo Ma on Cello. ( Soundtrack to film )      
The Photographer CD Conductor: Michael Riesman, various musicians.
    Heroes Symphony CD     Conductor: Dennis Russel Davies, The American Composers Orchestra This is Phillip Glass's interpretation of the avant-garde album "Heroes" by David Bowie, Brian Eno, and Robert Fripp, which they recorded in Berlin in 1977.    
Glen Gould   Thirty Two Short Films About Glen Gould CD 20th Century: 1932 - 1982 Canada Pianist: Glenn Gould   ( Soundtrack to film )      
The Art of Glen Gould CD Pianist: Glenn Gould
Evard Grieg   Piano Concerto in A Minor, Symphony in C Minor CD Romantic: 1843 - 1907 Norway Conductor: Dmitri Kitajenko, The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra      
The English Brass Ensemble, Lyric Brass Grieg CD The English Brass Ensemble
Franz Joseph Haydn   Symphony No. 100 in G major, No. 101 in D major, No. 35 in E Flat major  CD Classical: 1732 - 1809 Austria Conductor: Eugene Duvier, The Camerata Romana      
Symphonies Nos. 44, 45, 49 CD Conductor: Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
La Nef   Montsegur: La tragedie cathare                        ( Music of the Cathars ) CD Performers of Medieval Music Canada The ensemble La Nef The Medieval ensemble "La Nef" tries to recreate the music of the 11th Century Cathar Religious Sect (whose music, if they created any, nothing is known),    
by choosing contemporary 11th Century music by Perotin, Sylvain Bergeron, and others. The music is pretty memerizing, even if it is fiction.
Franz Liszt   An Introduction to the Complete Piano Recordings. Leslie Howard, Piano CD Classical: 1811 - 1886 Hungary Pianist: Leslie Howard      
Guillame de Machaut   La Messe de Nostre Dame CD Medieval: 1300 - 1377 France Director: Jeremy Summerly, The Oxford Camerata      
Gustav Mahler   Symphonie No. 1 LP Romantic: 1860 - 1911 Austria Conductor: Claudio Abbado, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra      
Symphonie No. 2 LP Conductor: Otto Klemperer, The Vienna Symphony Orchestra
    Symphonie No. 5 CD     Conductor: Leonard Bernstein, The Wiener Philharmoniker      
Symphonie No. 6 CD Conductor: George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra
Stephanie Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin              
For All Seasons CD Just Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grappeli, and a few lesser musicians.
Claudio Monteverdi   Vespers of 1610 CD Baroque: 1567 - 1643 Italy Director: Martin Pearlman, The Boston Baroque      
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Coronation Mass, Mass in C “Orgelsolo”, Exsultate jubilate CD Classical: 1756 - 1791 Austria Conductor: Janos Ferencsik, The Slovak Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra      
Symphonies No. 38 & 39 CD Conductor: James Conlon, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Symphonies No. 39 & 40 CD     Conductor: Leonard Bernstein, The Wiener Philharmoniker      
Mozart for Your Mind CD Various Conductors and Orchestras This is a collection of pieces by Mozart, that is supposed to make babies smart by playing it for them. Who knows, but it's fun to listen to.
Modest Mussorgsky   Pictures at an Exhibition CD Romantic: 1839 - 1881 Russia Pianist: Dénes Várjon      
Carl Orff   Carmina Burana CD 20th Century: 1895 - 1982 Germany Conductor: André Previn, The Wiener Philharmoniker      
Ensemble PAN: Project Ars Nova   The Island of St. Hylarion: Music of Cyprus, 1413 - 1422 CD Performers of Early & Medieval Music Switzerland The Ensemble PAN      
Pérotin   The Hilliard Ensemble CD Medieval: 1100? - 1240 France Director: Paul Hillier, the Hilliard Ensemble      
Johann Pachelbel   Canon and Gigue in D CD Classical: 1653 - 1706 Germany Conductor: Pinchas Zuckerman, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, with Zuckerman on Violin.      
Giovanni Palestrina   Missa Dum Complerentur CD Renaissance: 1525 - 1594 Italy Conductor: Martin Baker, The Westminster Cathedral Choir      
Arvo Pärt   Alina CD 20th Century: born 1935 Estonia Various Pianists and Violinists. ( No conductor listed on CD )      
Te Deum CD Conductor: Tönu Kaljuste, The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev   Romeo und Julia CD 20th Century: 1891 - 1953 Russia Conductor: Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra      
Jean-Pierre Rampal   Japanese Folk Melodies LP 20th Century Flautist. 1922 - 2000 France Flautist: Rampal      
Maurice Ravel   The Ravel Collection, Bolero, etc. CD 20th Century: 1875 - 1937 France Conductor: Samo Hubad, The Radio Symphony Orchestra      
Bolero, and Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition LP Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Steve Reich   Tehillim CD 20th Century: born 1936 America Conductor: George Manahan, "Performed by Steve Reich and Musicians" ( says so on the CD )      
Proverb, Nagoya, Marimbas, City Life CD Conductor Bradley Lubman, The Steve Reich Ensemble
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Scheherazade LP Romantic: 1844 - 1908 Russia Conductor: Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra      
Erik Satie   Piano Works CD Atonal / 20th Century: 1866 - 1925 France Pianist: Pascal Rogé      
Gnossiennes, Gymnopedies CD Piano & Klavier: Reinbert De Leeuw
Domenic Scarlatti   Keyboard Sonatas CD Baroque: 1685 - 1757 Italy Harpsichord & Clavichord: Igor Kipnis      
Franz Schubert   Symphony No. 9 “The Great” LP Romantic: 1797 - 1828 Germany Conductor: Karl Münchinger, The Klassische Philharmonie, Stuttgart      
Sequentia   Dante and the Troubadours CD Performers of Medieval Music Germany Directors: Barbara Thornton & Benjamin Bagby, The Ensemble Sequentia      
Richard Strauss   Don Juan LP Romantic: 1864 - 1949 Germany Conductor: George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra      
Emperor’s Waltz, Beautiful Blue Danube, Wine Women & Song  CD Conductor: Paul Kantschieder, The Orchestra of the Viennese Popular Opera
    Also Spake Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Don Juan CD     Conductor: Sir George Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra      
The Tallis Scholars   Russian Orthodox Music CD Performers of Renaissance Sacred Music Britain Director: Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars      
Palestrina, Missa Benedicta Es CD Director: Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars
Piotr Tchaikovsky   Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom CD Romantic: 1840 - 1993 Russia Conductor: Valeri Polyansky, The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir      
Romeo & Juliet, Francesca da Rimini CD Conductor: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, The USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
    Yolanta LP     Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovitch, The Orchestre de Paris & The Groupe Vocal de France      
Georg Philipp Telemann   6 Paris Quartets CD Baroque: 1681 - 1767 Germany Flute: Wilbert Hazelzet, Violin: Monica Huggett, Viola: Sarah Cunningham, Harpsichord: Mitzi Meyerson      
Giuseppe Verdi   Messa da Requiem CD Romantic: 1813 - 1901 Italy Conductor: Richard Hickox, The London Symphony Orchestra      
Antonio Vivaldi   L’Amoroso CD Baroque: 1678 - 1741 Italy Conductor: Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert      
Concerti per Liuto e Mandolino CD Conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico, Milano  ( CD purchased in Venice )
    6 Bassoon Concertos CD     Bassoon: Klaus Thunemann      
The Four Seasons LP Conductor: Jörg Faerber, The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra
Richard Wagner   Parsifal LP Romantic: 1813 - 1883 Germany Conductor: Leopold Stokowski, The Houston Symphony Orchestra      
Charles-Marie Widor   Symphonie No. 5, Carillon de Westminster CD Romantic: 1844 - 1937 France Organist: Simon Preston, at Westminster Abbey      
Vaughan Williams   Concertos for Tuba and Oboe - The Lark Ascending LP 20th Century: 1872 - 1958 Britain Conductor: Daniel Barenboim, The English Chamber Orchestra      
Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin   Hush CD           (Performers)   Yo-Yo on Cello, McFerrin on his Voice.      
Classical Collections
Masters of the Opera, Vol. 9  (1876 – 1892) CD Collection of Opera excerpts          
Harpestry   A Contemporary Collection CD Various Harpists          
Heavy Classix   Collection of bombastic Opera overtures CD Various Orchestras   1991, EMI Electrola      
In a Quiet Cathedral   The Aeolian-Skinner Organ, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta CD Organ: Todd Wilson   1994, Delos International      
Gregorian Chants   Chant, The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos CD     1993, Angel Records      
Gregorian Chant, Gregorianischer Choral CD Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle 1983, Phonogram International
    Gregorian Chant LP     Conductor: Wim van Gerven, The Schola Cantorum of Amsterdam Students      
Easter Sunday Mass LP Director: Fr. Maurus Pfaff, The Monks' Choir of the Benedictine Abbet of St. Martin, Beuron
For My Love   Collection of romantic piano pieces CD Various pianists   2002, Universal Classics Group      
Piano Dreams   Love Dream CD Various pianists   1996, Delta Music, Inc.      
Aries Brass Quintet   Pieces by Bach, Byrd, Debussy, Grainger, Handel, Mahler, Mouret, & Pachelbel CD The Aires Brass Quintet   1987, Centaur Records      
Best of Canadian Brass     CD The Canadian Brass Canada 1989, CBS Records      
Baroque Beauties   Various pieces by Handel, Bach, & Albinoni CD Various N/A 1993, Innovative Music      
Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603   CD     1998, Alia Vox      
The Renaissance Album     CD     1998, Windham Hill Records. Various: George Winston, Michael Hedges, The Ensemble Medici, etc.      
The Earliest Songbook in England, Gothic Voices CD Songs from circa 1200 AD   Director: Christopher Page, The Gothic Voices. 1999, Hyperion Records.      
Early Baroque Recorder Music   Frans Brüggen Edition, Vol. 4 CD Frans Brüggen   1966, Warner Music      
Mandolines Napolitaines   Serenades & Tarentellas CD Angelo Petisi and his Neapolitan Mandolins   1993, EMP recording label.      
Richard Searles Scarborough Faire   A Musical Feast evoking images of Royal Pageantry, Country Festivals, etc. CD     1997, Earth Dance Music, Inc.      
Songs and Dances of the Middle Ages   CD Various singers   1993, Sonus recording label.      
Sacred Treasures II, Choral Masterworks from the Sistine Chapel CD   www.hos.com 1999, Hearts of Space Records. Director: Johannes Rahe, The Osnabrück Youth Choir      
Songs of Love and War, Music of the Crusades LP 12th Century. Recorded in 1970, a bit later…   Director: David Munrow, The Early Music Consort of London  (1971, Decca Record)