Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture – Daniel Barenboim/Chicago Symphony Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 419 407 “Imago 2 – “1812” Overture”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 – Alicia de Larrocha, piano RCA: 60709 “Mozart: Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545”

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61: Funeral March – André Previn/Vienna Philharmonic PHILIPS: 420 161 “Mendelssohn · A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Wiener Philharmoniker · Previn”

Gavin Bryars: A Native Hill – Donald Nally/The Crossing NAVONA: 6347 “Gavin Bryars: A Native Hill”

Gabriel Fauré: After a Dream, Op.7/1 – Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano DECCA: 15249 “Janine Jansen: Beau Soir”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 – James Galway/I Solisti di Zagreb; James Galway, flute RCA: 63433 “James Galway · Sixty Years · Sixty Flute Masterpieces · Volume 1 · The Baroque Era”

Francisco Tárrega: Remembrance of the Alhambra – Dejan Ivanovic, guitar NAXOS: 557038 “Dejan Ivanovic: Guitar Recital”

Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid Suite – John Farrer/Bournemouth Symphony Orchest IMP MASTERS: 75 “Copland: Rodeo/Billy the Kid · Gershwin: Porgy & Bess”

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21 – Jun Märkl/Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Ingrid Fliter, piano LINN: 455 “Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concertos”

Nancy Van de Vate: A Night in the Royal Ontario Museum – Michelle Vought, soprano; (tape) VMM: 2028 “Nancy Van de Vate: Chamber Music, Vol. V”

Richard Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III – Marek Janowski/Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra VIRGIN: 59689 “Wagner: Siegfried Idyll”

Antonio Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D, RV 93 – [unnamed ensemble]; Rolf Lislevand, lute NAÏVE: 30429 “Vivaldi: Musica per mandolino e liuto”

László Lajtha: Capriccio, Suite de ballet, Op.39 – Nicolás Pasquet/Pécs Symphony Orchestra MARCO POLO: 223668 “Lajtha: Capriccio – Suite de ballet”

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 for Piano in D-flat, S.244/R.106 – Mauro Bertoli, piano MAURO BERTOLI: 2011.3 “Mauro Bertoli: From Mozart to Khachaturian”

George Frederic Handel: Samson, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim – Raymond Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra; Edita Gruberova, CBS: 39061 “Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Music for Trumpet”

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 9 – Claudio Abbado/Vienna Philharmonic DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 410 615 “Brahms: 21 Ungarische Tänze”

George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm Variations – JoAnn Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestr NAXOS: 559705 “Gershwin: Concerto in F · Rhapsody No. 2”

Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2 – Seiji Ozawa/National Orchestra of Fran EMI: 86089 “Bizet: Symphony in C/Carmen Suites, etc.”

Mathieu Lussier: Double Concerto for trumpet and bassoon – Kevin Mallon/Toronto Chamber Orchestra; Guy Few, trumpet; Na MSR: 1201 “Bacchanale: Music for Trumpet & Bassoon”

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat, Op.110 – H.J. Lim, piano EMI: 464952

Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus and Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Paul Davies, flut EMI: 47027 “The Academy – By Request”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe Concerto in F, BWV 1053 – Helmut Müller-Brühl/Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Ch NAXOS: 554602 “J. S. Bach: Concertos for oboe & oboe d’amore”

Frédéric Chopin: Prelude No.15 in D-flat, Op.28 “Raindrop” – Hung-Kuan Chen, piano MUSICMASTERS: 7063 “Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28”

Maurice Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes – Eliahu Inbal/National Orchestra of France DENON: 71799 “Mussorgsky/Ravel: Tableaux d’une Exposition”

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.61: Scherzo – Kurt Masur/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra WARNER CLASSICS: 517453 “The Mendelssohn Experience”

Alessandro Marcello: La Cetra Concerto No.5 in B-flat – Simon Standage/Collegium Musicum 90 CHANDOS: 744 “Marcello: La Cetra/Concerto in B flat”

Edward Elgar: Morning Song, Op.15/2 – Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta CHANDOS: 2021

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.46 in B – Trevor Pinnock/The English Concert ARCHIV: 429 756 “Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 42 · 44 · 46”

Franz Schubert: Rosamunde, D.797: Entr’acte No.3 in B-flat – Frans Brüggen/Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century PHILIPS: 434 135 “Gala Concert: 10th Anniversary of the Orchestra of the 18th Century”

Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C – Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; TELARC: 80112 “American Piano Classics”

Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 6 in D, Op.46/6 – Adam Fischer/Hungarian State Orchestra CAPRICCIO: 10 229 “Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances”

Leonard Bernstein: On the Town: Lonely Town – Leonard Bernstein/Israel Philharmonic Orchest DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 11878 “Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No.3 in E-flat, K.447 – Iona Brown/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Timothy HÄNSSLER: 98.316 “W. A. Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4”

Mikhail Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture – Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra RCA: 68511 “Encore!”

Richard Addinsell: The Isle of Apples – Kenneth Alwyn/BBC Concert Orchestra MARCO POLO: 223732 “British Light Music: Richard Addinsell”

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 – Gerard Schwarz/Seattle Symphony NAXOS: 572788 “Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol”

Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in B-flat, Op.7/3 – Vladislav Czarnecki/Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, EBS: 6051 “Baroque Virtuos”

Pauline Alpert: Piano Poker – Sara Davis Buechner, piano eOne: 7770 “Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music of Dana Suesse”

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64 – Kurt Masur/National Orchestra of France NAÏVE: 5040 “Tchaïkovski: Symphonie N°5”

Eric Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl – Stephen Layton/Polyphony HYPERION: 67543 “Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works”

Cécile Chaminade: Etude Mélodique in G-flat, Op.118 – Joanne Polk, piano STEINWAY & SONS: 30037 “The Flatterer: Piano Music of Cécile Chaminade”

Antonio Lauro: Venezuelan Waltz No.3 in E minor “Natalia” – Odair Assad, guitar NW FOCUS LIVE: 03.01.12

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 – Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra BR KLASSIK: 900121 “Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique · Varèse: Ionisation”

Traditional (arr. Henry Thacker Burleigh): Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Anthony Brown, baritone; Lisa Bergman, piano BROWN/SMITH: 1995 “Anthony Brown: Spirituals”

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture, Op.21 – Claus Peter Flor/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra RCA: 57905 “Mendelssohn Overtures”

Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez – José Serebrier/New York Philharmonic; Shar WARNER CLASSICS: 60296 “Rodrigo · Villa-Lobos · Ponce: Guitar Concertos”

Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op.60 – Hélène Grimaud, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 4048 “Rachmaninov · Chopin: Piano Sonatas etc.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Salzburg Symphony No.1 in D, K.136 – Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra VIRGIN: 61132 “Mozart: Symphony No. 29/Violin Concerto No. 5”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin, BWV 1060 – Portland Baroque Orchestra; Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe; Monica Huggett, vio AVIE: 2324 “Bach · Concertos for Oboe and Oboe’damore · Portland Baroque · Ruiz”

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Péter Katona): Lute Suite No.1 in E minor, BWV 996 – Katona Twins; Péter Katona, guitar; Zoltán Katona, guita CHANNEL CLASSICS: 34713 “Katona Twins: JS Bach”

Chiquinha Gonzaga: Corta-Jaca – Luciana Soares, piano CENTAUR: 2680 “Brasileira: Piano Music by Brazilian Women”

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-flat, Wq.165, H.468 – Max Pommer/New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Burkhard Gla CAPRICCIO: 10 069 “CPE. Bach: Die Oboenkonzerte”

Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 – Michael Stern/Kansas City Symphony REFERENCE: 120 “Britten’s Orchestra”

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 – Awadagin Pratt, piano EMI: 55290 “Awadagin Pratt: Beethoven Piano Sonatas”

Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco: Chamber Concerto in D, Op.5/6 – Concerto Cologne TELDEC: 22166 “E. F. Dall’Abaco: Concerti”

Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance No.3, Op.64 – Eduardo Mata/Dallas Symphony Orchestra PRO ARTE: 477 “Symphonic Dances · Mata / Dallas S.O.”

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue – Andrew Litton/Dallas Symphony Orchest DELOS: 1606 “The Only American Album You’ll Ever Need!”

Bedrich Smetana: My Country: The Moldau – Neeme Järvi/Detroit Symphony Orchestra CHANDOS: 9230 “Fibich: Symphony No.1/Smetana: Vysehrad, Vltava”

Guillaume Dumanoir: Stockholm Ballet Suite – Jordi Savall/The Concert of Nations FONTALIS: 9908 “Dumanoir: Suites d’Orchestre”

Alexander Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.42/5 – Maria Thompson Corley, piano TROUBLED WATER: 26720 “Maria Thompson Corley: Music from Letting Go”

Francesco Antonio Rosetti: Notturno in E-flat, M.B27, K.I:58 – Johannes Moesus/Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic CPO: 999 734 “Rosetti: Concertos for 2 Horns”

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op.45 – Daniel Barenboim/Chicago Symphony Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 400 035 “Tschaikowsky: Ouverture Solennelle »1812« · Capriccio Italien”

Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor – Catalyst Quartet; Michelle Cann, piano AZICA: 71346 “Uncovered: Vol.2, Florence B. Price”

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.88 in G – Jane Glover/London Mozart Players RESONANCE: 203 “Haydn Symphonies Nos. 80, 83, 84 & 87-89”

Hans Gál: Serenade for Strings, Op.46 – Georg Tintner/Symphony Nova Scotia CBC: 5167 “Late Romantics”

Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat, Op.61 – Eugéne Mursky, piano PROFIL: 4069 “Frédéric Chopin Edition, Vol. 3: Polonaises”

Gretchen Yanover: Myth – Gretchen Yanover, cello CDBABY: 70704110 “Bow and Cello”

Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov): Khovanshchina: Prelude “Dawn on the Moscow River” – Zdenek Macal/New Jersey Symphony Orchestra DELOS: 3217 “Heaven and Hell: Music of Mussorgsky”

Claude Debussy: La plus que lente, L.121 – Martin Jones, piano NIMBUS: 7702 “Debussy: ‘Clair de Lune’ and other Piano Favourites | Martin Jones”

Franz Schubert (orch. Leopold Stokowski): Serenade, D.957/4 – Matthias Bamert/BBC Philharmonic CHANDOS: 9349 “Stokowski Encores”

François Couperin: Keyboard Pieces, Book III, Suite No.18: Le Tic-Toc Choc – Elizabeth Hainen, harp AVIE: 2378 “Home: Works for Solo Harp”

Antonín Dvorák: Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op.55/4 – Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano SONY: 510316 “Yo-Yo Ma: Songs from the Arc of Life”

Henry Purcell (ed. Benjamin Britten): Chacony in G minor, Z.730 – Gavin Sutherland/Royal Ballet Sinfonia NAXOS: 557753 “English String Miniatures, Vol.6”

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.11 – Neeme Järvi/London Symphony Orchestra CHANDOS: 7072 “Brahms: Hungarian Dances”

Arvo Pärt: For Alina – Alexander Malter, piano ECM: 1591 “Arvo Pärt: Alina”

Anatol Liadov: A Music Box, Op.32 – Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orch RCA: 68511 “Encore!”

Ludovico Roncalli: Guitar Sonata No.1 in G – Richard Savino, guitar SONO LUMINUS: 90804 “Richard Savino: Sonatas for Baroque Guitar”

Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59 “Für Elise” – Richard Tilling, piano RESONANCE: 3098 “The Best of Beethoven”

Tomaso Albinoni (arr. Remo Giazotto): Adagio for Strings in G minor – Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fiel EMI: 17626 “Best Children’s Classics 100”

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 “Italian” – Claudio Abbado/London Symphony Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 415 353 “Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonien”

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso – Lionel Bringuier/Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 479 5524 “Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works”

Adolphus Hailstork: Three Spirituals – JoAnn Falletta/Virginia Symphony Orch NAXOS: 559722 “Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook: Musette in D – João Carlos Martins, piano LABOR: 7013 “Bach/Martins: The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook/Little Preludes/Italian Concerto”

Christian Sinding: Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.21 – Øivin Fjeldstad/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra NORWEGIAN: 50016 “Christian Sinding: Piano Concerto in D Flat Major, Op. 6 · Symphony in D Minor,

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Prologue and Variations – Mark Mandarano/Sinfonietta of Riverdale ALBANY: 1623 “New World Serenade”

Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud – Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Sandra Ri CBS: 39133 “Cho-Liang Lin: Bravura”

Joseph Martin Kraus: Symphony in C, VB 139 – Werner Ehrhardt/Concerto Cologne PHOENIX EDITION: 424 “Joseph Martin Kraus: Symphonies”

Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman: Overture – Lorin Maazel/Philharmonia Orchestra CBS: 36699 “Wagner Overtures”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B-flat, K.361 “Gran Partita” – Marcel Moyse/Marlboro Alumni Ensemble BOSTON: 1038 “Marcel Moyse conducting Marlboro Alumni Ensemble”

Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C-sharp minor – Olga Kern, piano HARMONIA MUNDI: 907336 “Rachmaninov · Olga Kern · Transcriptions/Variations”

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op.64/5 “The Lark” – The Lindsays RESONANCE: 407 “Haydn: Popular String Quartets”

Hector Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust, Op.24: D’amour l’ardente flamme – Marc Soustrot/Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Denyce Graves, mezzo-sopra VIRGIN: 62277 “Denyce Graves: French Opera Arias”

Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in A minor, RV 108 – Claudio Scimone/I Solisti Veneti; James Galway, flute RCA: 7928 “Vivaldi-6 Concertos”

Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op.26 “Fingal’s Cave” – Armin Jordan/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande WARNER CLASSICS: 517453 “The Mendelssohn Experience”

Hugo Alfvén: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.11 – Niklas Willén/National Symphony Orchestra of I NAXOS: 555072 “Alfvén: Symphony No.2 · The Prodigal Son”

Teresa Carreño: String Quartet in B minor – Joseph Roche, violin; Robert Zelnick, violin; VOX: 5029 “Chamber Music by Women Composers”

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