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- Piano Sonata #14,
Op. 27 #1 (I-II-III)
- Bagatelle "Für Elise"
- Rooks in the Elm Tree
- 2 German Dances
- Symphonies
- #1, Op. 21 (I-III)
- #2, Op. 36 (I)
- #3 "Eroica", Op. 55
(I-II-IV)
- #4, Op. 60 (I )
- #5, Op. 67 (II-III-IV)
- #6 "Pastorale", Op. 68
(I-II-III-IV-V)
- #7, Op. 92
(I-II-III-IV)
- #8, Op. 93 (I-II-III)
- #9 "Choral", Op. 125
(I-II-IVa-IVb-IVc)
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 - 1827)
Concertos for Piano (1-3, 4, 5)
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Piano Concertos #1-5 and Triple Concerto/Sony Essential Classics SB3K48397
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Leon Fleisher (piano), George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
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Piano Concertos #1-5/Sony Essential Classics S3K44575
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Murray Perahia (piano), Bernard Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Piano Concertos #1-5/Deutsche Grammophon 427237-2
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Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Ferdinand Leitner/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Piano Concertos #1-5/London Decca 443723-2
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Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Sir Georg Solti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Piano Concertos #1-5/Philips 422149-2
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Claudio Arrau (piano), Sir Colin Davis/Dresden State Orchestra
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Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor" with Rachmaninoff/RCA Living Stereo 9026-61961-2
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Van Cliburn (piano), Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Piano Concertos #1-5/L'Oiseau-Lyre 421408-2
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Steven Lubin (fortepiano), Christopher Hogwood/Academy Of Ancient Music
Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 61
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Violin Concerto with Mendelssohn/RCA Living Stereo 61391 Hybrid SACD
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Jascha Heifetz (violin), Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Violin Concerto/EMI 66952-2
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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Carlo Maria Giulini/Philharmonia Orchestra
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Violin Concerto with Bruch/Pentatone Hybrid SACD PTC5186120
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Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Sir Colin Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
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Violin Concerto with Bernstein/Sony SK60584
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Hilary Hahn (violin) David Zinman/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Violin Concerto/Denon 33C37-7508
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Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Antoni Ros-Marba/Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello, Op. 56
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Concerto "Triple" with Overtures/Deutsche Grammophon 415276-2
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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Concerto "Triple" with Brahms/EMI CDM566902-2
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David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Concerto "Triple"/Teldec 4509-97447-2
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Trio Fontenay, Eliahu Inbal/Philharmonia Orchestra
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Concerto "Triple" with Romance/Denon 33CO-1407
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Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Mari Fujiwara (cello), Jacques Rouvier (piano), Emanuel Krivine/Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Diabelli Variations for Piano in C Major, Op. 120
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33 Variations "Diabelli"/Deutsche Grammophon 459645-2
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Maurizio Pollini (piano)
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33 Variations "Diabelli"/Virgin Classics VC545468-2
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Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
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33 Variations "Diabelli" with Mozart/Regis RRC1140
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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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33 Variations "Diabelli"/Philips 416295-2
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Claudio Arrau (piano)
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33 Variations "Diabelli" with Bagatelles Op. 119 (rec. 1957)/Sony 12866
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Rudolf Serkin (piano)
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33 Variations "Diabelli"/Vox Music Group PVT7200 or reissue
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Alfred Brendel (piano)
Eroica Variations for Piano, Op. 35
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17 Variations "Eroica"/Naxos 8.550676
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Jénö Jandó (piano)
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17 Variations "Eroica"/Philips 412227-2
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Alfred Brendel (piano)
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17 Variations "Eroica"/Teldec 9031-74782-2
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Cyrien Katsaris (Piano)
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17 Variations "Eroica"/Deutsche Grammophon 423136-2
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Emil Gilels (Piano)
Fidelio (opera), Op. 72
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Fidelio/Deutsche Grammophon 474420-2
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Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna Staatsopernchor
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Fidelio/EMI CMS769290-2
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Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltan Kélémen, Karl Ridderbusch, Helen Donath, Horst Laubenthal, José Van Dam, Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
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Fidelio/EMI CDC557555-2
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Alan Held, László Polgár, Thomas Quasthoff, Jon Villars, Angela Denoke, Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chorus
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Fidelio/Naxos 8.660070/71
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Alan Titus, Gösta Winbergh, Inga Nielsen, Kurt Moll, Edith Lienbacher, Herwig Pecoraro, Wolfgang Glashof, Michael Halász/Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Hungarian Radio Chorus
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Fidelio (Highlights)/Philips 426308-2
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Jessye Norman, Reiner Goldberg, Kurt Moll, Bernard Haitink/Staatskapelle Dresden & Staatsopernchor Dresden
Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123
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Missa Solemnis/Deutsche Grammophon Galleria 469546-2
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Edda Moser (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (alto), Rene Kollo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Leonard Bernstein/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Rundfunkchor Hilversum
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Missa Solemnis/Teldec 0630-18945-2
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Eva Mei (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (alto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra Of Europe & Arnold Schoenberg Choir
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Missa Solemnis/Telarc CD-80150
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Sylvia McNair (soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzosoprano), John Aler (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Robert Shaw/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
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Missa Solemnis/Archiv 429779-2
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Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Catherine Robbin (mezzosoprano), William Kendall (tenor), Alastair Miles (baritone), John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
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Missa Solemnis/EMI CDM567546-2
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Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (mezzosoprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (baritone), Otto Klemperer/New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Overtures
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Overtures:: Leonore #1-3; Fidelio; Coriolan; Egmont; Creatures of Prometheus; Ruins of Athens/Teldec 0630-13140-2
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Overtures: Leonore #3; Fidelio; Coriolan; Egmont; Creatures of Prometheus; Ruins of Athens; etc./Naxos 8.550072
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Stephen Gunzenhauser/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
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Overtures & Incidental Music: Leonore #1-3; Fidelio; Coriolan; Egmont; Creatures of Prometheus; Ruins of Athens; etc./Vox Music Group CDX5099
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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski/Minnesota Orchestra & Bach Society of Minnesota
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Complete Quartets #1-16 & "Grosse Fuge"/Philips 454062-2
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Quartetto Italiano
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5 Quartets #12-16 & "Grosse Fuge" - "Late Quartets"/Philips 50 464684-2
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Quartetto Italiano
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5 Quartets #7-11 "Middle Quartets"/RCA Red Seal 60462-2-RC
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Tokyo Quartet
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5 Quartets #12-16 & "Grosse Fuge" - "Late Quartets"/RCA Red Seal 09026-60975-2
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Tokyo Quartet
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Complete Quartets #1-16 & "Grosse Fuge"/Calliope CAL3633/9
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Talich Quartet
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5 Quartets #12-16 & "Grosse Fuge" - "Late Quartets"/Deutsche Grammophon Trio 474341-2
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Emerson Quartet
Quintet for Piano & Winds in E Flat Major, Op. 16
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Quintet with Mozart/Sony SMK42099
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Murray Perahia (piano)/Members of the English Chamber Orchestra
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Quintet with Mozart/Telarc CD-80114
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André Previn (piano)/Vienna Wind Soloists
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Quintet with Septet/Praga PRD250194
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Ivan Klánský (piano)/Members of the Czech Nonet
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Quintet with Mozart/Testament SBT1091
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Walter Gieseking (piano)/Philharmonia Wind Quartet
Serenade & Trios for Strings
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Trio Op. 3, Serenade Op. 8 & 3 Trios Op. 9/Philips Duo 456317-2
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Mozart String Trio
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Trio Op. 3, Serenade Op. 8 & 3 Trios Op. 9/Deutsche Grammophon 427687-2 or 453757-2
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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Bruno Giuranna (viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
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Trio Op. 3, Serenade Op. 8 & 3 Trios Op. 9/EMI CDS754198-2
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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Lynn Harrell (cello)
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Trio, Op. 3 and Serenade, Op. 8/Sony Vivarte SK53961
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L'Archibudelli
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3 Trios, Op. 9/Sony Vivarte SK48190
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L'Archibudelli
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Trio, Op. 3 and Serenade, Op. 8/Denon CO-2251-EX
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Mozart String Trio
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3 Trios, Op. 9/Denon 8175723032
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Mozart String Trio
Sextet for Winds in E Flat Major, Op. 71
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Sextet; Octet for Winds/Amon Ra CD-SAR26
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Classical Winds
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Sextet/Supraphon 111445-2
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Václav Kyzivát & Zdenek Tesar (clarinets), Zdenek & Bedrich Tylsar (horns), Frantisek Herman & Vilém Horák (bassoons)
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Sextet; Octet for Winds, etc./Sony SK53367
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Charles Neidich/Mozzafiato
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Sextet; Octet for Winds, etc./AS&V CDCOE807
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
Sonatas for Piano (All, especially 8, 14, 21, 23, 29)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete except for #1, 9, 22 & 24)/Deutsche Grammophon 453221-2
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Emil Gilels (piano)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)/Philips 432301-2
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Claudio Arrau (piano)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)/Deutsche Grammophon 447966-2
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Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)/Nonesuch 7559-79328-2
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Richard Goode (piano)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)/EMI CZS572912-2
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Daniel Barenboim (piano)
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)/Vox Music Group CDX5056
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Alfred Brendel (piano)
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3 Piano Sonatas #8 "Pathétique", 13 and 14 "Moonlight"/Deutsche Grammophon 400036-2
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Emil Gilels (piano)
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3 Piano Sonatas #21 "Waldstein", 23 & 26/Deutsche Grammophon 419162-2
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Emil Gilels (piano)
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2 Piano Sonatas #8 "Pathétique", #29 "Hammerklavier" & Fantasia/Sony Essential Classics SBK47666
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Rudolf Serkin (piano)
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3 Piano Sonatas #8, 14 & 23/Philips Concert Classics 422970-2
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Claudio Arrau (piano)
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7 Piano Sonatas ##8 "Pathétique", #14 "Moonlight", #15 "Pastoral", #17 "Tempest", #21 "Waldstein", #23 "Appassionata", #26 "Les adieux"/Philips Duo 438730-2
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Alfred Brendel (piano)
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7 Piano Sonatas ##8 "Pathétique", #14 "Moonlight", #15 "Pastoral", #17 "Tempest", #21 "Waldstein", #23 "Appassionata", #26 "Les adieux"/London Double Decca 452952-2
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Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Sonatas for Cello & Piano #1-5
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5 Cello Sonatas #1 & 2 Op. 5, #3 Op. 69, #4 & 5, Op. 102, and Variations/Sony Theta SM2K89870 or CBS Masterworks S2K42446
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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
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5 Cello Sonatas #1 & 2 Op. 5, #3 Op. 69, #4 & 5, Op. 102, and Variations/Hyperion CDD22004
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Anthony Pleeth (cello), Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
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5 Cello Sonatas #1 & 2 Op. 5, #3 Op. 69, #4 & 5, Op. 102, Minuets and Variations/Pearl GEMMCDS9461 or Naxos Historical 8.110949/50
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Pablo Casals (cello), Mieczysław Horszowski (piano)
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5 Cello Sonatas #1 & 2 Op. 5, #3 Op. 69, #4 & 5, Op. 102/Philips 50 464677-2
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Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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5 Cello Sonatas #1 & 2 Op. 5, #3 Op. 69, #4 & 5, Op. 102/Nonesuch 79152 & 79236
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Anner Bylsma (cello), Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano)
Sonatas for Violin & Piano #1-10 (5, 9)
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10 Sonatas including #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/Philips 468406-2
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David Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano)
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2 Sonatas, #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/Philips 412255-2
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David Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano)
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10 Sonatas including #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/London-Decca Ovation 421453-2
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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
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2 Sonatas, #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/London-Decca Legends 458618-2
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Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
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10 Sonatas including #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/Deutsche Grammophon 471495-2
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Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria João Pires (piano)
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2 Sonatas, #5 "Spring" and #9 "Kreutzer"/Naxos 8.550283
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Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jenõ Jandó (piano)
Symphonies (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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9 Symphonies (complete)/Deutsche Grammophon 429036-2 or 453701-2 or Hybrid SACD 474600-2
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Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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9 Symphonies (complete) with Overtures/Deutsche Grammophon 423481-2
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Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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9 Symphonies (complete)/Teldec 2292-46452-2
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
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9 Symphonies (complete)/Virgin Classics VC561943-2
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Roger Norrington/London Classical Players
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Symphonies #1 & 2 with Haydn & Mozart/Sony Masterworks MK93087
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Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Symphonies #1 & 6 "Pastorale"/Sony Essential Classics 89838
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George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
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Symphonies #3 "Eroica" & #9 "Choral" with Overtures/Deutsche Grammophon Double 437368-2
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Dame Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, Karl Ridderbusch, Karl Böhm/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Opera Chorus
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Symphonies #3 "Eroica" & #8/Sony Essential Classics 89832 or SBK46328
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George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra
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Symphonies #3 "Eroica" & #8/RCA Red Seal 82876-60858-2
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Günter Wand/North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Symphonies #4 & 5/RCA Red Seal 74321-89105-2
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Günter Wand/North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Symphonies #5 & 7/Deutsche Grammophon Originals 447400-2 or Hybrid SACD 471630-2
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Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
