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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound A Gershwin Celebration I Got Rhythm Variations For Piano & , 1998 Sheffield Lab Sheffield Lab Gold Remaster Kitayenko H H H H H H H Rhapsody In Blue, Promenade (Walking The Dog), Three Preludes, Two Waltzes in C, Rialto Ripples (Rag), Impromtu In Two Keys, Lullaby For String Quartet, Summertime (Impromtu Jam) All Star Percussion The All Star Percussion Ensemble 1982 Golden String Gold Remaster Farberman H H H H H H H H H Ensemble The All Star Percussion Ensemble II 1995 Golden String Gold Farberman H H H H H H H H The All Star Percussion Ensemble III 1996 Golden String Gold Farberman H H H H H H H H Anna The Best Of Anna Netrebko Sampler 2009 DG CD Div. H H H H H H H H Arnold Overtures 1991 Reference Rec. CD Arnold H H H H H H H H Atrium Musicae de La Spagna – A Tune Through Three Centuries 1980 BIS BIS SACD Remaster Paniagua H H H H H H H H H H Madrid La Folia 1982 Harmonia Mundi Harmonia Mundi SACD Remaster Paniagua H H H H H H H H H H Bach Suites For Solo Cello, 1963/65 Mercury Decca 2 SACD Remaster H H H H H H H H H Sonatas In G & D Major For Cello And Piano The Art Of Fuguing 1995 Sheffield Lab Sheffield Lab Gold Remaster Foss H H H H H H H H Balalaika Favorites Fantasy On Two Folk Songs (Budaskin), At Sun- 1962 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Gutnov H H H H H H H H rise (Gorodovskaya), Evening Bells (Mossolov), The Linden Tree (Kulikov), Fantasy On Volga Melodies (Mikhailov/Shalayev), The Living Room (Shishakov), My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me (Popnov), The Flight Of The Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov), Dance Of The Comedians (Tchaikovsky), In The Moonlight (Andreyev), Midnight In Moscow (Soloviev/Sedoy), Waltz Of The Faun (Andreyev), Under The Apple Tree (Andreyev), Kamarinskaya (Osipov) Bartók Concerto For Orchestra, Hungarian Sketches, 1956 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Concerto For Orchestra, Hungarian Sketches, 1956 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H H Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major Op. 73 1960/61 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H “Emperor“, Piano Concerto In A (Schumann) Violin Concerto In D, 1958 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H H Violin Concerto In E Minor (Mendelssohn) Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op. 125 1962 DG DG CD Remaster Karajan H H H H H H H H Triple Concerto, EMI EMI 2 SACD Remaster Richter, H H H H H H H H Double & Violin Concerto (Brahms) Karajan, Szell Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 1975 DG DG SACD Remaster Kleiber H H H H H H H H Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 1975 DG Universal Japan SHM-SACD Remaster Kleiber H H H H H H H H H Benediktine Monks Of Chant 1994 EMI MFSL Gold Remaster H H H H H H H H Santo Domingo De Silos Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 1954 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H Requiem 1959 RCA Sony/BMG 2 SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H Symphonie Fantastique 1989 Reference Rec. CD Kojan H H H H H H H H H H Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 & 2, Peer Gynt (Grieg) 1979 Telarc First Impression M. CD Remaster Slatkin H H H H H H H H H Boccherini Fandango, Sinfonie 2006 Alia Vox SACD Savall H H H H H H H H H H

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Borodin Symphony No. 2 In B Minor, Symphony No. 3 In 1954 Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H H A Minor, Prince Igor Overture Brahms Concerto In D Op. 77, 1955/57 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H Concerto In D Op. 35 (Tchaikovsky) Concerto In D Op. 77, 1955/57 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H Concerto In D Op. 35 (Tchaikovsky) Symphony No. 1, The Flying Dutchman: Over- 1962 RCA Chesky Gold Remaster Horenstein H H H H H H H H ture (Wagner), Tannhäuser (Wagner) Symphony No. 4 In E Minor Op. 98 1962 RCA Chesky Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H Sonata No. 1 In G Minor, åSonata No. 2 In 1996 Clarity Gold H H H H H H H H A Major, Sonata No. 3 In D Minor Julian Bream Popular Classics For Spanish Guitar 1964 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix H H H H H Britten The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, 2010 Reference Rec. SACD Stern H H H H H H H H H Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia (Grimes) Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 1961/63 EMI EMI 2 SACD Remaster Schuricht H H H H H H H Symphony No. 4 1973 Decca Universal Japan SHM-SACD Remaster Böhm H H H H H H H H H Calamus The Splendour Of Al-Andalus 1994 M·A Recordings Gold H H H H H H H H H Cantate Domino Cante Domino (Bossi), Konsert För Orgel 1976 Proprius Gold H H H H H H H H H (Walther), Advent (Olsson), Dotter Sion (Händel), Hosianna (Vogler), Fröjda Dig Du Kristi Brud (Vogler), Lullaby (Vogler), Il Est Né Le Devin Enfant (Vogler), Julsång (Adam), Den Signade Dag (Adam), Marie Wiegenlied (Reger), Jul (Vogler), Zither Carol (Vogler), White Christmas (Berlin) Cante Domino (Bossi), Konsert För Orgel 1976 Proprius Proprius SACD Remaster H H H H H H H H H H (Walther), Advent (Olsson), Dotter Sion (Händel), Hosianna (Vogler), Fröjda Dig Du Kristi Brud (Vogler), Lullaby (Vogler), Il Est Né Le Devin Enfant (Vogler), Julsång (Adam), Den Signade Doag (Adam), Marie Wiegenlied (Reger), Jul (Vogler), Zither Carol (Vogler), White Christmas (Berlin) Carmen-Fantasie Misc. 1993 DG Universal Japan SHM-SACD Remaster Levine H H H H H H H (Anne-Sophie Mutter) Carreras / Domingo / In Concert · The Three Tenors Live 1971 Decca MFSL Gold Remaster Metha H H H H H H Pavarotti Center Stage Olympic Fanfare, Cowboys, Selections From 1988 Wilson Audiophile Gold Graham H H H H H H H “Oklahoma“, Selections From “Barnum“, Selections From “Mary Poppins“, Selections From ”West Side Story“ Chabrier Espana, Suite Pastorale, Fête Polonaise, 1959/60 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Paray H H H H H H H H H Overture To Gwendoline, Danse Slave, Joyeuse Marche, Bourrée Fantasque, Suite in F Op. 33 (Roussel) Chopin Played By Naum Starkman 1997 Pope Music Gold H H H H H H H H Christmas Music Hall Christmas Holidays From Radio City Music Hall 1958 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Paige H H H H H H Symphony Orchestra

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Copland Billy The Kid, Rodeo, 1957/60 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Gould H HH H H H H H H H Grand Canyon Suite (Grofé) Appalachian Spring Suite, An Outdoor 1986 Reference Rec. CD Clark H H H H H H H H H Overture, Eight Poems Of Emily Dickinson Debussy Images Pour Orchestre: Gigues, 1958 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Argenta H H H H H H H H Rondes De Printemps, Iberia Ibéria (Debussy), Valses Nobles et Sentimen- 1958 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H tales, Alborada del Graciosa (Ravel) La Boîte A Joujoux, Printemps 1959 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H H Dvorak Concerto in B Minor Op. 104, 1957/60 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H H Cello Concerto (Walton) Symphony No. 9 “From The New World“, 1958 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H Carnival Overture, Op. 92, The Bartered Bride: Overture (Smetena), Schwanda: Polka And Fugue (Weinberger) Cello Concerto In B Minor Op. 104, 1962 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Kol Nidrei (Bruch), Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (Tchaikovsky) Symphony No. 9 “From The New World“, 1962 RCA Chesky CD Remaster Horenstein H H H H H H H H The Flying Dutchman Overture (Wagner), Siegfried-Idyll (Wagner) The Slavonic Dances Op. 46 & 72 1962/65 Columbia Sony (Japan) SACD Remaster Szell H H H H H H H H H Symphony No. 9 “From The New World“, 1966/67 Decca Decca CD Remaster Fjeldstad H H H H H H H H H Othello Overture, Karneval Overture Symphony No. 9 “From The New World“ 1966 Decca Stereo Sound SACD/CD Remaster Kertesz H H H H H H H H H Symphony No. 9 “From The New World“, 2005 Telarc SACD Järvi H H H H H H H H H H Symphony No. 2 (Martinu) Elgar Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85, 1963/65 EMI EMI Music Japan SACD Remaster Barbirolli H H H H H H H H Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Enesco Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, 1960/63 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Hungarian Rhapsody Nos. 1- 6 (Liszt) Ensemble Galilei From The Isles To The Courts 2003 Telarc SACD H H H H H H H H H Entangled Devotions Emperor, Moonlight (Beethoven) 1995 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Espana Espana Rhapsody (Chabrier), Spanish Dances 1957 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Argenta H H H H H H H H (Moszkowski), Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky- Korsakov), Andalusia (Granados) Espana Rhapsody (Chabrier), Spanish Dances 1957 Decca Universal Japan SHM-SACD Remaster Argenta H H H H H H H H H (Moszkowski), Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky- Korsakov), Andalusia (Granados) Falla The Three Cornered Hat 1957 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H H Farewell Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” (Tchaikovsky), 1996 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Francesca Da Rimini (Tchaikovsky) Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto In F 1959/61 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Fiedler H H H H H H H H H An American In Paris, Catfish Row, Promenade, 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Slatkin H H H H H H H H H Rhapsody In Blue, Cuban Overture Goundod Music From ”Faust”, 1960 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Gibson H H H H H H H H Carmen Suite (Berlioz) Grieg Peer Gynt 1958 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Fjeldstad H H H H H H H H Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, 2003 BIS SACD Ruud H H H H H H H H H Symphonic Dances Op. 64, Lyric Suite Op. 54 Peer Gynt Suites 2006 BIS 2 SACD Ruud H H H H H H H H H H

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Händel Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks 1993 Alia Vox Alia Vox SACD Remaster Savall H H H H H H H H H H Haydn Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, 1967 EMI EMI Music Japan SACD Remaster Barenboim, H H H H H H H H H Cello Concerto In B Flat (Boccherini) Barbirolli Heifetz Concertos Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 (Sibelius), 1959/63 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Hendl H H H H H H H H Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 63 (Prokofiev), Violin Concerto in A Minor Op. 82 Herold-Lanchberry La Fille Mal Gardée 1962 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Lanchberry H H H H H H H H Hi-Fi Fiedler Le Coq D’Or Suite (Rimsky-Korsakov), 1958/59 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Fiedler H H H H H H H H Rákóczy March (Liszt), Hungarian Rhapsody 1960 No. 2 (Liszt), Overture (Rossini), Marche Slave (Tchaikovsky), Espana (Chabrier) Hi-Fi A La Espanola Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Faith), Andalucia 1957/59 Mercury Universal Japan K2 HD Remaster Fennell H H H H H H H H (Lecuona), Malaguena (Lecuona), Batuque (Fernandéz), Amparito Roca (Texidor), Hora Stacato (Dinicu), Polka From ”The Golden Age” (Shostakovich), Ritual Fire Dance (Falla), The Bullfighter’s Prayer (Turina), Finlandia (Sibelius), Liebestraum (Liszt), Love’s Dream After The Ball (Czibulka), Clair De Lune (Debussy), Rumba (Benjamin), Intermezzo From ”Goyescas” (Granados), Brazilian Dance (Guarnieri) Hindesmith Violin Concerto, Scottish Fantasy (Bruch) 1962 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster H H H H H H H H Holst The Planets 1971 Decca Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Metha H H H H H H H H The Planets 1971 Decca JVC XRCD24 Remaster Metha H H H H H H H H H The Planets 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Susskind H H H H H H H H Khatchaturian The Masquerade Suite, 1960 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Kondrashin H H H H H H H H H The Comedians (Kabalevsky) Kodály Háry János Suite, Dances Of Gálanta, 1956/58 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Marrosszék Dances, Roumanian Folk Dances (Bartók), Hungarian Sketches (Bartók) Erich Kunzel Round-Up 1986 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H H & Cincinnati Pops Mancini‘s Greatest Hits 1989 Telarc CD Kunzel H H H H H H H H Chiller 1989 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H H H H Fantastic Journey 1990 Telarc CD Kunzel H H H H H H H Bond And Beyond 1991 Telarc CD Kunzel H H H H H H H The Great Fantasy Adventure Album 1994 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H Puttin’ On The Ritz – The Great Hollywood 1995 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H Musicals Russian Nights 2007 Telarc SACD Kunzel H H H H H H H H H La Folia 1490 -1701 · Corelli, Marais, Martin y Coll, 1998 Alia Vox Alia Vox SACD Remaster Savall H H H H H H H H H H Ortiz & Anonimos Antonio Lysy Music From Argentina 2009 Yarlung Records CD H H H H H H H H H Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G-Dur 1960 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H Massenet Le Cid Ballet Music, The Last Sleep Of The 1971 EMI Klavier Records Gold Remaster Fremaux H H H H H H H H H H Virgin From La Vierge, Scenes Pittoresques, Minuet Of The Will-O-The Wisps (Berlioz), Dance Of The Sylpts (Berlioz), La Belle Helene (Offenbach) Nathan Milstein Masterpieces For Violin And Orchestra 1960 Capitol Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Susskind H H H H H H H H H

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1959 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Maag H H H H H H H H ”Scotch” Symphony, Hebrides Symphony 1960 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Maag H H H H H H H H Mozart Symphonien Nos. 35 - 41 1959-66 DG DG 2 CD Remaster Böhm H H H H H H H H Symphony Nos. 25, 19 & 40 1996 Pope Music Gold Rachlevsky H H H H H H H H Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Adagio & Fugue In C 2003 Harmonia Mundi SACD Manze H H H H H H H H H H Minor K. 525; Menuet & Trio In C Major K. 485a, Serenata Notturna, A Musical Joke Mussorgsky Pictures At An Exhibition 1958 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H Pictures At An Exhibition, A Night On Bald 1958/60 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H Mountain, Marche Slave (Tchaikovsky), Marche Miniature (Tchaikovsky), Prince Igor: Polovtsian March (Borodin), Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture (Glinka), Colas Breugnon: Overture (Kabalevsky) Pictures At An Exhibition, A Night On Bald 1958/60 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H Mountain, Marche Slave (Tchaikovsky), Marche Miniature (Tchaikovsky), Prince Igor: Polovtsian March (Borodin), Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture (Glinka), Colas Breugnon: Overture (Kabalevsky) Pictures At An Exhibition 1958 RCA JVC XRCD2 Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H Pictures At An Exhibition, Etude In F Major 1958/61 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H (Chopin), Waltz In A Minor (Chopin) 1962 Pictures At An Exhibition, 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Slatkin H H H H H H H H H H Night On Bald Mountain, Khovanshchina, In The Steppes Of Central Asia (Borodin) Pictures At An Exhibition, Three Dances From 1989 Dorian Gold Organ H H H H H H H H ”Petrouchka” (Stravinsky) Pictures At An Exhibition, 1990 Wilson Audiophile CD Piano H H H H H H H H H Sonata No. 1 (Ginastera) New World Consort Pulse: Works For Percussion And Strings 1975 New World Rec. Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster H H H H H H H Offenbach Gaite Parisienne, 1954/56 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Fiedler H H H H H H H H H La Boutique Fantasque (Rossini/Respighi) Gaite Parisienne, 1954/56 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Fiedler H H H H H H H H H H La Boutique Fantasque (Rossini/Respighi) Begona Olavide Salterio 1994 M·A Recordings CD H H H H H H H H H Orff Carmina Burana 1981 Telarc SACD Remaster Shaw H H H H H H H H H Carmina Burana 1984 Decca CD Chailly H H H H H H H H H Leontyne Price Aida, Il Trovatore (Verdi), Madame Butterfly 1959/60 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix H H H H H H H H (Puccini), La Rondini (Puccini), Tosca (Puccini), Turandot (Puccini) Poulenc Concerto For Organ, Strings And Timpani In G 2001 Linn Records SACD Hill, Leppard H H H H H H H H H H Minor, Concertino For Organ, Strings And Per- cussion (Petit), Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 (Barber) Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije, 1957 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H Songs Of The Nightingale (Stravinsky) Love For Three Oranges Suite, Scythian Suite 1957 Mercury Stereo Sound SACD/CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Scythian Suite, Suite From ”The Love For Three 1957/59 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H Oranges”, Symphony No. 5 Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 3, Toccata, 1962/63 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Kondrashin H H H H H H H Three Dances From ”Childhood” (Pinto), Songs Without Words (Mendelssohn), Variations On A Theme By Clara Wieck (Schumann)

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kije 1979 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Slatkin H H H H H H H H Ivan The Terrible 1979 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Slatkin H H H H H H H H Peter und der Wolf, 1982/85 DG CD Barenboim H H H H H H H Der Karneval der Tiere (Saint-Saëns) Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kije, 1994 DG DG CD Remaster Abbado H H H H H H H H H Scythian Suite Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 3 1960/61 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H

Concerto In C Minor For Piano And Orchestra, 1965 RCA Chesky Gold Remaster Horenstein H H H H H H H H The Isle Of Dead Symphonic Dances for Orchestra, 1967 Vox Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Johanos H H H H H H H H H Vocalise for Orchestra, Op. 34, No. 14 Ramirez Misa Criolla, Navidad En Verano, 1988 Philips First Impression M. K2HD Remaster Ocejo, H H H H H H H H H Navidad Nuestra Sanchez Ravel Daphnis & Chloé 1955 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H H Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, 1955/57 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H H Images For Orchestra (Debussy) Ma Mère L‘Oye, Nocturnes (Debussy) 1961 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H H H Bolero, Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte, 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Skrowaczewski H H H H H H H H H H Rapsodie Espagnole, La Valse, Daphnis Et Chloé (Suite No. 2), Daphnis Et Chloe (Suite No. 2, Segment, Chloe Is Accosted) Daphnis Et Chloé (Ballet) Suite No. 1, 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Skrowaczewski H H H H H H H H H H Interlude Suite No. 2, Ma Mère l‘Oye, Valse Nobles Et Sentimentales Redemption Symphony No. 5 1996 Pope Music Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Respighi , Brazilian Impressions, 1957 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H The , The Fountains Of Rome Ancient Dances And Airs For Lute, 1958 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Suite Nos. 1– 3 The Pines Of Rome, The Fountains Of Rome, 1960/61 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H La Mer (Debussy) Belkis - Queen of Sheba, 2001 Reference Rec. CD Oue H H H H H H H H H H Dance Of The Gnomes, The Pines Of Rome Overture, Belkis - Queen of Sheba, 2007 Exton SACD Ashkenazy H H H H H H H H H Four Symphonic Impressions “Church Windows“ Rhapsodies Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt), 1960/61 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Stokowski H H H H H H H H The Bartered Bride: Overture (Smetena), The Moldau (Smetena), Tristan & Isolde: Prelude To Act III (Wagner), Tannhäuser: Overture And Venusberg Music (Wagner) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt), 1960/61 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Stokowski H H H H H H H H H The Bartered Bride: Overture (Smetena), The Moldau (Smetena), Tristan & Isolde: Prelude To Act III (Wagner), Tannhäuser: Overture And Venusberg Music (Wagner) Ricci Carmen Fantaisie Op. 25 (Bizet-Sarasate), 1960 Decca JVC XRCD24 Remaster Gamba H H H H H H H H H Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 (Bizet-Sarasate), Havanaise (Saint-Saëns), Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso (Saint-Saëns)

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade 1960 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H Scheherazade, 1960 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H The Song Of The Nightingale (Stravinsky) Scheherazade, 1960 RCA JVC XRCD2 Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H The Song Of The Nightingale (Stravinsky) Scheherazade, 1960 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H The Song Of The Nightingale (Stravinsky) Tale Of Tsar Saltan, May Night-Overture, 1960 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H Russian Easter Festival Overture Scheherazade 1980 Universal Decca CD Remaster Kondrashin H H H H H H H H H Symphony No. 2 In B Minor (Borodin) Live Rodriguez Concierto De Aranjuez, Concierto Andaluz 1967 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Ward H H H H H H H H For Four Guitars And Orchestra, Concerto In B Minor Op. 2 (Vivaldi), Concerto in C, Concerto In G (Vivaldi) Concierto De Aranjuez, 1993 Naxos CD Ward H H H H H H H H H Concerto For Guitar And Concerto (Villa-Lobos), Concerto For Guitar And Concerto No. 1 Op. 99 (Castelnuovo-Tedesco) Concierto De Aranjuez, Fantasia Para Un 1994 Philips Philips CD Remaster Marriner H H H H H H H H H Gentilhombre, Cançoneta, Trois Petites Pièces Rossini Overtures The Thieving Magpie, The Silken Ladder, 1961 Decca JVC XRCD24 Remaster Gamba H H H H H H H H H , , William Tell Russian Pops Romance (Shostakovich), The Street 1997 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H (Shostakovich), Tahiti-Trot (Shostakovich), Agadio (Khrennikov), Overture “Free Wind“ (Dunajevsky), Overture “The Kids Of Captain Grant“ (Dunajevsky), Romance (Sviridov), Grand Waltz (Sviridov), Tarantella (Gavrilin), Grand Waltz (Gavrilin), Waltz (Khachaturian), Grand Adagio (Khachaturian), Gavotte fr. “Classical“ Symphony“ (Prokofiev), Waltz fr. “Cinderella“ (Prokofiev) Russian Violin Concertos Violin Concerto In D Minor (Khachaturian), 2004 PentaTone SACD Kreizberg H H H H H H H H H H (Julia Fischer) Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Op. 19 (Prokofiev), Violin Concerto In A Minor Op. 82 (Glazunov) Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2, Symphonic Variations (Frank), 1957/58 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Wallenstein H H H H H H H H Concerto No. 1 (Liszt) Symphony No. 3 “Organ“, 1959 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H H La Mer (Debussy), Escales (Ibert) Schnittke Gogol Suite, (Kein) Sommernachtstraum, 1996 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Love For Love (Khrennikov) Schoenberg Five Pieces For Orchestra, 1961/62 Mercury Philips Classics CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H Three Pieces For Orchestra (Berg), Lulu Suite (Berg), Five Pieces For Orchestra (Weber) Schubert Symphony No. 7 In B Minor “Unfinished“, 1955/58 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Munch H H H H H H H Symphony No. 8 In C Major “The Great“ Symphony No. 9 1958 Decca Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Krisp H H H H H H H H H Symphonien Nos. 3 & 8 ”Unvollendete“ 1979 DG Esoteric SACD Remaster Kleiber H H H H H H H H H Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello In E Flat, 1994 Clarity Gold H H H H H H H H Sonatina In G Minor

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Schubert The “Trout“ Quintet 1958 Decca Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster H H H H H H H H H Forellen Quintet, 2009 PentaTone SACD H H H H H H H H H H Variations On “Trockne Blumen“, Notturno Schumann Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129, 1962/64 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati, H H H H H H H H H Concerto In D Minor (Lalo), Skrowaczewski Concerto In A Minor Op. 33 (Saint-Saëns) Scriabin Symphony No. 2 1998 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Andres Segovia My Favorite Works, Vol. 3 Sampler 1988 MCA MCA Gold Remaster H H H H H H H Shostakovich The Age Of Gold Ballet Suite Op. 22, 1959 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Martinon H H H H H H H H Symphony No. 1 Op. 10 Symphonien Nos. 6 & 9 1987 DG CD Bernstein H H H H H H H H Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15 2009 Mariinsky SACD Gergiev H H H H H H H H H The Nose 2009 Mariinsky 2 SACD Gergiev H H H H H H H H H Sibelius Symphony No. 2 1962 RCA Chesky Gold Remaster Barbirolli H H H H H H H H Symphony No.1 In E Minor Op.39, 1963 Decca Esoteric SACD Remaster Maazel H H H H H H H H H Karelia Suite Op. 11 Symphony No. 5, Karelia Suite Op. 11 1971 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Gibson H H H H H H H H H Smetana Má Vlast 1975 Vox MFSL SACD Remaster Susskind H H H H H H H H Spain El Amor Brujo (Falla), The Three Cornered Hat: 1958/64 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H Dances (Falla), La Vida Breve: Interlude And Dance (Falla), Iberia: Fête-Dieu A Seville (Falla), Goyescas: Intermezzo (Granados), Navarra (Albeniz), Iberia: Turina (Albeniz) El Amor Brujo (Falla), The Three Cornered Hat: 1958/64 RCA BMG/Sony SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H Dances (Falla), La Vida Breve: Interlude And Dance (Falla), Iberia: Fête-Dieu A Seville (Falla), Goyescas: Intermezzo (Granados), Navarra (Albeniz), Iberia: Turina (Albeniz) Stravinsky The Firebird (Complete Ballet), 1959/64 Mercury Decca SACD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H H Fireworks, Scherzo A La Russe, Tango, The Song Of The Nightingale Petrushka 1958 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Monteux H H H H H H H H H Le Sacre Du Printemps 1975 Decca JVC XRCD24 Remaster Solti H H H H H H H H H H L’Histoire Du Soldat, Capriccio Espagnol 1985 Reference Rec. CD H H H H H H H H H Petrushka, The Soldier’s Tale 1992 Clarity Gold Kujawsky H H H H H H H H H Rite Of Spring, Les Noces 1993 Clarity Gold Kujawsky H H H H H H H H H Johannes Strauss Ein Straussenfest! 1985 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H H Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben 1954 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H Also sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben 1954 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H H Ein Heldenleben, Der Rosenkavalier 1997 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Tchaikovsky ”1812” Overture, Capriccio Italien, 1955/58 Mercury Mercury CD Remaster Dorati H H H H H H H H H Wellington’s Victory (Beethoven) 1960 ”1812” Overture, Capriccio Italien, 1958 London Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Alwyn H H H H H H H H Marche Slave Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, Capriccio Espagnol 1959 Decca JVC XRCD24 Remaster Kondrashin H H H H H H H H H Op. 34 (Rimsky-Korsakov) Concerto In D, Capriccio Italien, 1960/64 RCA Chesky Gold Remaster Wallenstein, H H H H H H H H Andante Cantible, Marche Slave 1967 Freccia, Gibson

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, 1962 RCA BMG Classics SACD Remix Kondrashin, H H H H H H H H H Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Reiner Serenade For String, Op. 48, Francesca Da 1974 EMI PentaTone SACD Remaster Stokowski H H H H H H H H H Rimini, Op. 32 ”1812” Overture, Capriccio Italien, 1979 Telarc Gold Kunzel H H H H H H H H Cossack Dance From ”Mazeppa”, Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin), An American In Paris (Gershwin) ”1812” Overture, Capriccio Italien, 1979 Telarc Telarc SACD Remaster Kunzel H H H H H H H H Cossack Dance From ”Mazeppa”, Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin), An American In Paris (Gershwin) Romeo & Juliet (Fantasy Overture), 1997 Pope Music Gold Rachlevsky H H H H H H H H Romeo & Juliet Suites (Prokofiev), Westside Story Symphonic Dances (Bernstein) The Seasons Op. 37b, After Chopin Op. 1998 Pope Music Gold H H H H H H H H 72, Sentimental Waltz Op. 51, Meditation Op. 72 Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 35, Sérénade 2006 PentaTone SACD Kreizberg H H H H H H H H H H Mélanconique Op. 26, Valse Scherzo Op. 34, Souvenir D‘un Lieu Cher Nutcracker · Favorite Excerpts 2007 Telarc SACD Kunzel H H H H H H H H The Perlman Edition Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major Op. 6 2003 EMI EMI Classics CD Remaster Foster H H H H H H H H H (Paganini), Carmen Fantasy (Sarasate), Introduction And Tarantella Op. 43 (Sarasate), Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 (Sarasate) The Reiner Sound Rapsodie Espagnole (Ravel), Isle Of Dead 1956/57 RCA JVC XRCD2 Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H H H (Rachmaninoff), Totentanz (Liszt), 1959 Pavan For A Dead Princess (Ravel), Invitation To The Dance (Weber) Gala Performances: Conducts Music From Bou- 1957 RCA Classic Compact D. 2 Gold Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H tique Fantasque, Carneval, Giselle, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylphides Gala Performances: Conducts Music From Bou- 1957 RCA Analogue Prod. 2 SACD Remaster Ansermet H H H H H H H H tique Fantasque, Carneval, Giselle, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylphides The Romantic Organ Sonata in A (Mendelssohn), Prelude & Fugue 1995 Epiphany Rec. Copper H H H H H H H H In C Minor (Beethoven), 4 Chorale Preludes (Brahms), Prelude & Fugue On The Name B.A.C.H. (Liszt), Pièce Héroique (Frank), Cantible (Frank), Andante Sostenuto (Widor) The Sheffield / Leinsdorf Excerpts From The Ballet Romeo And Juliet 1998 Sheffield Lab Sheffield Lab Gold Remaster Leinsdorf H H H H H H H H Sessions Volume I (Prokofiev), Afternoon Of A Faun (Debussy The Sheffield / Leinsdorf Firebird Suite (Stravinsky), Tristan And Isolde 1998 Sheffield Lab Sheffield Lab Gold Remaster Leinsdorf H H H H H H H H Sessions Volume II (Wagner), Die Walküre (Wagner), Götterdämmerung (Wagner) Thomson The Plow That Broke The Plains, The River 1960 Everest Vanguard Classics SACD Remaster Stokowski H H H H H H H H H H Turina Danzas Fantasticas, Sinfonia Sevillana, 2002 Telarc SACD Cobos H H H H H H H H H La Procesion Del Rocio, Iberia From “Images“ (Debussy) Unlikely Shilhouettes Carmen Ballet For Strings & Percussion (Bizet), 1994 Pope Music Gold Gorenstein H H H H H H H H Bolt Op. 27A (Shostakovich) Various Artists Classical Sampler Compact Disc Sampler 1987 Misc. Labels MFSL Gold Remaster H H H H H H H H

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Künstler Album Jahr Label Reissue Label Format Info Dirigent Musik Sound Various Artists Das Mikrofon Sampler 1991 Tacet Tacet SACD Remaster H H H H H H H H H H Various Artists Die Röhre · The Tube 2003 Tacet SACD H H H H H H H H H H Various Artists Sophisticated Art By Denon Sampler 1993 Denon (Japan) 5 Gold Cobos, Inbal H H H H H H H H H Various Artists Tutti! · Orchestral Sampler Sampler 1997 Reference Rec. Reference Rec. SACD Remaster H H H H H H H H H Venice La Traviata: Prelude To Act I & III (Verdi), 1959 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Solti H H H H H H H H L‘Italiana In Algeri: Overture (Rossini), The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (Offenbach), Semiramide: Overture (Rossini), La Gioconda: Dance Of The Hours (Ponchielli) Vienna Roses From The South (Strauss), On The 1957 RCA BMG Classics Gold Remaster Reiner H H H H H H H Beautiful Danube (Strauss), Thunder And Lightning (Strauss), Invitation To The Dance (Weber), Morning Papers (Strauss), Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes (Strauss), Emperor Waltz (Strauss), Treasure Waltz (Strauss), Vienna Blood (Strauss) Roses From The South (Strauss), On The 1957 RCA Sony/BMG SACD Remix Reiner H H H H H H H H Beautiful Danube (Strauss), Thunder And Lightning (Strauss), Invitation To The Dance (Weber), Morning Papers (Strauss), Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes (Strauss), Emperor Waltz (Strauss), Treasure Waltz (Strauss), Vienna Blood (Strauss) Villa-Lobos Little Train Of The Caipiria, Corroboree (Antill), 1958/60 Everest Vanguard Classics SACD Remaster Goossens H H H H H H H H H Estancia (Ginastera), Panambi (Ginastera) Vivaldi The Four Seasons 1988 BIS CD Sparf H H H H H H H H H The Four Seasons, Harpsichord Concerto, 1992 Chesky Gold Kipnis H H H H H H H H H The Flute Concerto In D ”Il Gardellino” La Stravaganza 2006 Channel Classics 2 SACD Suonatori H H H H H H H H H H Wagner The ”Ring” Without Words 1998 Telarc CD Maazel H H H H H H H H Walton Facade, Mamzelle Angot 1959 RCA Analogue Prod. SACD Remaster Fistoulari H H H H H H H H H Facade, 1985 Reference Rec. CD H H H H H H H H H Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! (Strauss/ Hasenöhrl), Waltz In A Flat (Scriabin/Elliot), Serenato In Vano (Nielsen) Winds Of War And Peace Liberty Fanfare, Commando March, Festival 1988 Wilson Audiophile Gold Graham H H H H H H H Fanfare March, Victory At Sea, El Camino Real, A Santa Cecilia, Symphonic Dance No. 3 Witches‘ Brew Overture To ”Tam O‘Shanter“ (Arnold), 1958 RCA Classic Compact D. Gold Remaster Gibson H H H H H H H H Gnomus From Pictures At An Exhibition (Mussorgsky), A Night On Bare Mountain (Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov), Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns), Witches‘ Ride From “Hansel And Gretel“ (Humperdink), Mephisto Waltz (Liszt) Le Streghe (Paganini), Tzigane (Ravel), Menuett 1997 Clarity Gold H H H H H H H H (Kreisler), Tambourin Chinois (Kreisler), Introduction And Variations On A Theme Of Sussmayr’s “Il Noce Di Benvenuto“ (Paganini), Meditation From “Thais“ (Massenet), Scherzo-Tarentelle (Wieniawski), Sonatensatz (Brahms), Concerto No. 2 (Paganini)

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