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Ludwig van Beethoven
Period-instrument
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Anne Schumann
1994 · Archiv Produktion
Movement or excerpt
John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in the Fifth's Scherzo.
Source: Archiv Produktion: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 / Gardiner · Checked
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Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic
1974 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Carlos Kleiber and the Vienna Philharmonic play the finale of the Fifth.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 / Kleiber · Checked
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Teodor Currentzis, musicAeterna
2018 · Sony Classical
Movement or excerpt
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna perform the Fifth's third movement.
Source: Teodor Currentzis: Beethoven Symphony No. 5 · Checked
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Period-instrument
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
1992 · Archiv Produktion
Movement or excerpt
John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in the Ninth's Adagio.
Source: Universal Music: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 / Gardiner · Checked
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Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic
Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
Movement or excerpt
Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Ninth's Adagio.
Source: Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings: Kirill Petrenko, the beginning of a partnership · Checked
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Period-instrument
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
1984 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in the opening Kyrie.
Source: Archiv Produktion: Bach Mass in B minor / Gardiner · Checked
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Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor
1961 · Belart
Movement or excerpt
Karl Richter leads the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra in “Et incarnatus est”.
Source: Universal Music: Bach Mass in B minor / Richter · Checked
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Alternative interpretation
Raphaël Pichon
2024 · harmonia mundi
Movement or excerpt
Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion perform “Et in terra pax” from the Mass in B minor.
Source: harmonia mundi: Bach Mass in B minor / Pygmalion, Pichon · Checked
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Igor Stravinsky
Alternative interpretation
Teodor Currentzis, musicAeterna
2015 · Sony Classical
Movement or excerpt
Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna perform “Jeu du rapt” from The Rite of Spring.
Source: Teodor Currentzis: The Rite of Spring on Sony Classical · Checked
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Period-instrument
Gustav Leonhardt
1972 · Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Movement or excerpt
Gustav Leonhardt plays the E-major Prelude and Fugue, BWV 854, on harpsichord.
Source: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: Gustav Leonhardt Plays Bach · Checked
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Edwin Fischer
1933 · EMI
Movement or excerpt
Edwin Fischer plays the A-minor Prelude and Fugue, BWV 865, from Book I.
Source: Warner Classics: Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier / Edwin Fischer · Checked
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Alternative interpretation
András Schiff
2011 · ECM New Series
Movement or excerpt
András Schiff plays the G-minor Prelude, BWV 861, on piano in his ECM account.
Source: ECM 2270–73: Bach, Das Wohltemperierte Clavier / András Schiff · Checked
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Period-instrument
Kenneth Gilbert
1986 · harmonia mundi
Movement or excerpt
Kenneth Gilbert plays the returning Aria on harpsichord in his harmonia mundi account.
Source: harmonia mundi HMA1951240: Bach Goldberg Variations / Kenneth Gilbert · Checked
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Glenn Gould
1981 · Sony Music
Movement or excerpt
Glenn Gould plays the returning Aria in his second studio account of the Goldberg Variations.
Source: Sony Classical: Glenn Gould, the complete 1981 Goldberg studio sessions · Checked
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András Schiff
2001 · ECM New Series
Movement or excerpt
András Schiff plays the opening Aria on piano in his ECM Goldberg Variations.
Source: ECM 1825: Bach Goldberg Variations / András Schiff · Checked
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sourced recording
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Chi-chi Nwanoku
1992 · Archiv Produktion
Movement or excerpt
John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique open Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony.
Source: Archiv Produktion 447 062: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 / Gardiner · Checked
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sourced recording
Maurizio Pollini
2002 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Maurizio Pollini plays the opening Grave and Allegro of Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: Beethoven Favourite Piano Sonatas / Pollini · Checked
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sourced recording
Maurizio Pollini
1991 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Maurizio Pollini plays the opening Adagio sostenuto of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: Beethoven Favourite Piano Sonatas / Pollini · Checked
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sourced recording
Yo-Yo Ma
2017 · Sony Classical
Movement or excerpt
Yo-Yo Ma opens Bach's First Cello Suite with the Prélude from Six Evolutions.
Source: Yo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions, Bach Cello Suites · Checked
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sourced recording
Yevgeny Mravinsky, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
1960 · Мелодия
Movement or excerpt
Evgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic in the first movement of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon 419 745: Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6 / Mravinsky · Checked
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Antonín Dvořák
Sourced recording
Rafael Kubelík, Berlin Philharmonic
1972 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Rafael Kubelík conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the opening movement of Dvořák's New World Symphony.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon 447 412: Dvořák Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 / Kubelík · Checked
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sourced recording
Gustávo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yuja Wang
2023 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Yuja Wang joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the opening Moderato of Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon 486 4759: Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos / Wang, Dudamel · Checked
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Johannes Brahms
Sourced recording
Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic
1980 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Carlos Kleiber and the Vienna Philharmonic perform the opening Allegro non troppo of Brahms's Fourth Symphony.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: Brahms Symphony No. 4 / Kleiber · Checked
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Franz Schubert
Sourced recording
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Gerald Moore
1971 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore begin Schubert's Winterreise with “Gute Nacht”.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: Schubert Winterreise / Fischer-Dieskau, Moore · Checked
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Robert Schumann
Sourced recording
Hubert Giesen
1965 · Polydor
Movement or excerpt
Fritz Wunderlich and pianist Hubert Giesen open Schumann's Dichterliebe with “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon 449 747: Schumann Dichterliebe / Wunderlich, Giesen · Checked
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sourced recording
Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Giuliano Carmignola
1999 · Sony Classical
Movement or excerpt
Giuliano Carmignola, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra perform the opening Allegro of Vivaldi's Spring.
Source: Sony Classical on Apple Music: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons / Carmignola, Marcon · Checked
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sourced recording
Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Giuliano Carmignola
1999 · Sony Classical
Movement or excerpt
Giuliano Carmignola, Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra perform the opening movement of Vivaldi's Winter.
Source: Sony Classical on Apple Music: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons / Carmignola, Marcon · Checked
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Gustav Holst
Sourced recording
William Steinberg, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1970 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
William Steinberg conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in “Mars, the Bringer of War” from Holst's The Planets.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon: William Steinberg and Boston Symphony Orchestra recordings · Checked
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Claude Debussy
Sourced recording
Maurizio Pollini
1998 · Deutsche Grammophon
Movement or excerpt
Maurizio Pollini plays “Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir” from Debussy's First Book of Préludes.
Source: Deutsche Grammophon 445 187: Debussy Préludes, Book I / Pollini · Checked
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