Great Recordings of the Century
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Special offer. Mahler: Song Cycles
Janet Baker Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Barbirolli
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Building a Library, November 2001, Runner-Up
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Chopin: Waltzes
Dinu Lipatti (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 6
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, December 2022, Historic Recording
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Special offer. Szymanowski - Choral Works
Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, John Connell & Jon Garrison CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Engineering
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Bruce Hubbard, Marietta Simpson & Gregg Baker Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Kern: Show Boat
Frederica von Stade (Magnolia), Teresa Stratas (Julie), Jerry Hadley (Gaylord), Bruce Hubbard (Joe), Karla Burns (Queenie) Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Music Theatre
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Mahler - Symphonies
Lucia Pop, Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen & Hans Sotin Tiffin School Boy’s Choir, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Debussy: Images pour piano - Books 1 & 2, etc.
Peter Lloyd (flute) London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Schubert: 15 Lieder
Christa Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, Gervase de Peyer, Gerald Moore
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Special offer. Debussy: La Mer, etc.
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20, etc.
Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe
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Building A Library, August 2023, Recommended Recording (Don Juan)
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Special offer. Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20, etc.
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rudolf Schock, Rita Streich, Karl Dönch, Irmgard Seefried, Hugues Cuenod Philharmonia, Herbert von Karajan
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Victoria de los Angeles, Luigi Alva, Ian Wallace, Carlo Cava Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui
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Building a Library, February 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wachter, Josef Knapp, Nicolai Gedda, Hanny Steffek Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Chopin: Nocturnes & Scherzi
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Wolf: Lieder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Busch Quartet
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Building a Library, January 2009, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, January 2017, Recommended recording (historic/mono)
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Special offer. Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica', etc.
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Special offer. Elgar: Violin Concerto & Enigma Variations
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar
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Building a Library, July 2001, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana
Thomas Allen (baritone), Gerald English (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano) St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Suthaus, Blanche Thebom, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Josef Greindl, Rudolf Schock Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Special offer. Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral', etc.
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Special offer. Monteverdi - Vespers
Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Winner
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Special offer. Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1901 version)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell
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Special offer. Falla: La vida breve, etc.
Victoria de los Angeles Orquesta Nacional de España & Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos & Carlo Maria Giulini
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Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice (1925 version)
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Special offer. Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24, etc.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore, Hertha Klust
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, etc.
Alban Berg Quartett
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Bax: Tintagel, etc.
London Symphony Orchestra & Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre: excerpts, etc.
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Building a Library, September 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Building a Library, October 2007, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Schubert - String Quartets
Busch Quartet
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Building a Library, March 2012, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, etc.
Emil Gilels (piano) Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens
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Special offer. Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69, etc.
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-Soprano) & Kim Borg (bass) London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, John Barbirolli
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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Special offer. Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22
Annie Fischer (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, May 2002, Budget Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke', etc.
Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud & Pablo Casals
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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Special offer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, etc.
Jacques Jansen, Irène Joachim, Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry, Germaine Cernay, Paul Cabanel & Leila ben Sedira, Maggie Teyte & Alfred Cortot / Mary Garden & Claude Debussy Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné & Orchestre Symphonique, Roger Désormière
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Building A Library, December 2025, Top Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Late String Quartets
Alban Berg Quartett
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Special offer. Schubert: Winterreise D911
Hans Hotter (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Victoria de los Angeles & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48, etc.
Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts & John Butt Sir Philip Ledger & Sir David Willcocks
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Luisa Villa, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Mario Carlin, Plinio Clabassi & Enrico Campi Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Belinda), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Arda Mandikian (Sorceress), Sheila Rex (First Witch), Anna Pollak (Second Witch), David Lloyd (Sailor) The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones
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Special offer. Kreisler: Original Compositions & Arrangements
Fritz Kreisler (violin)
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Special offer. Mahler: Song Cycles
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Daniel Barenboim (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Rudolf Kempe
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Special offer. Enrico Caruso - Opera Arias and Songs Milan 1902-04
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
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Special offer. Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10, etc.
Claudio Arrau (piano)
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Special offer. Victoria de los Angeles sings Ravel, Debussy and Duparc
Victoria de los Angeles Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre
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Special offer. Mozart: Opera Arias
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) John Pritchard, Josef Krips, Herbert von Karajan & Warwick Braithwaite
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Special offer. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Kathleen Ferrier Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
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Special offer. Puccini: Turandot
Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi, Nicola Zaccaria, Mario Borriello Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
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Special offer. Russian Opera Arias & Songs | Works by Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov & Tchaikovsky
Boris Christoff (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Trovatore
Maria Callas (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Renato Ercolani (Un messo/Ruiz), Luisa Villa (Ines) Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3
Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek & Sigurd Björling Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951, Herbert von Karajan
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