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1. Elgar: Cello Concerto; "Enigma" Variations (1999)
performed by Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar
This isn't the Jacqueline du Pré recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto. The du Pré recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto is the 1965 studio recording ... More
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3. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris
performed by Leonard Bernstein (piano), New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
composed by George Gershwin
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4. J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites (2007)
performed by Alan Loveday (violin piccolo), Alastair Ross (organ), Alastair Ross (continuo), Alastair Ross (harpsichord), Anthony Jenkins (viola), Barry Davis (oboe), Caroline Marwood (oboe), Catherine Latham (recorder), Celia Nicklin (oboe)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
While most serious listeners already have their favorite sets of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and the Orchestral Suites, newcomers searching for ... More
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6. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris (2004)
performed by Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Jerome Simas (clarinet), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), New World Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
composed by George Gershwin
Most familiar in the lush arrangement for piano and full orchestra by Ferde Grofé, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is often exaggerated by ... More
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8. Telemann: Recorder Suite in A minor; Viola Concerto; Tafelmusik (1989)
performed by Alexander Jablokov (violin), Anna Hölbling (violin), Bedrich Tylsar (horn), Capella Istropolitana, Guido Hölbling (violin), Jirí Stivín (recorder), Ladislav Kyselak (viola), Zdenek Tylsar (horn), Richard Edlinger (conductor)
composed by Georg Philipp Telemann
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9. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (1993)
performed by Jonathan Feldman (piano), Sarah Chang (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Now one of the most frequently performed and most-loved violin concertos of all time, Tchaikovsky's D major Violin Concerto got off to a very rocky ... More
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10. Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade (1999)
performed by Hilary Hahn (violin), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
composed by Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven
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11. Adagio Albinoni (1997)
performed by Alison Alty (oboe), Anthony Camden (oboe), Capella Istropolitana, Julia Girdwood (oboe), London Virtuosi
composed by Tomaso Albinoni
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13. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Albinoni: Adagio in G; Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G
performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Eberhard Finke (cello), Emil Maas (violin), Horst Gobel (harpsichord), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Thomas Brandis (violin), Wardemar Doling (harpsichord), Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer (harpsichord)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Tomaso Albinoni
Since they are Baroque concertos for solo violin, strings, and continuo, Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons are most frequently played today with an ... More
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14. Toru Takemitsu: From me flows what you call Time; Twill by Twilight; Requiem (1998)
performed by Bob Becker (percussion), John Wyre (percussion), Nexus, Robin Engelman (percussion), Russ Hartenberger (percussion), William Cahn (percussion), Pacific Symphony Orchestra
composed by Toru Takemitsu
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15. Holst: St. Paul's Suite (1994)
performed by Stephen Tees (viola), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Gustav Holst
No matter how many works you listen to by Holst and no matter how many times you listen to them, it's still hard to get a fix on his compositional ... More
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16. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (2012)
performed by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
composed by Béla Bartók
Almost from its inception, and into the 1980s, Bartók's Concerto for orchestra was one of the few orchestral works of the 20th century regularly ... More
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17. Bernstein Century: Gershwin (1986)
performed by John Corigliano (violin), Leonard Bernstein (piano), Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
composed by Ferde Grofé, George Gershwin
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18. Previn: Violin Concerto; Bernstein: Serenade (2003)
performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), André Previn (conductor)
composed by André Previn, Leonard Bernstein
August 2002 witnessed a celebrity marriage not forecast in the crystal ball of any tabloid columnist; that of youthful, 40-ish violinist Anne-Sophie ... More
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19. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1991)
performed by Horacio Gutiérrez (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms
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20. Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland (1998)
performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze (violin)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
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21. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works (1999)
performed by Celia Nicklin (oboe), Iona Brown (violin), Tommy Reilly (harmonica)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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22. William Kraft: Contextures II: The Final Beast; Interplay; Of Ceremonies, Pageants, and Celebrations (1989)
performed by Jonathan Mack (tenor), Mary Rawcliffe (soprano), New Albion Ensemble, Warren Jr. Samples (cello), Pasadena Boys Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by William Kraft
Few modern composers can write convincingly in an apocalyptic manner without inviting criticism for pretentiousness and bombast, and it seems from ... More
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23. Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (2008)
performed by Catherine Moore (trumpet), David McCallum (trumpet), Jeffrey Biegel (piano), Jenny McLaren (clarinet), John Blackshaw (trumpet), Neville Graham (clarinet), BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
composed by Leroy Anderson
While American composer Leroy Anderson's music has never suffered for enthusiasm in concert halls, recordings of his work significantly declined in ... More
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24. Strauss: Don Quixote; Don Juan (1996)
performed by Antonio Janigro (cello), John Weicher (violin), Milton Preves (viola), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss
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25. Michael Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories; UFO (2004)
performed by Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
composed by Michael Daugherty
Undoubtedly one of the most technically accomplished composers of the post-modernist generation, Michael Daugherty is famed for his suggestive tone ... More
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