A List of Recommended Recordings (Weeks 1 Through 4) Week One: France François-Joseph Gossec Selected Symphonies Matthias Bamert conducts the London Mozart Players, on Chandos Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony, on RCA Victor Charles Munch conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on RCA Victor Harold in Italy Charles Munch conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on RCA Victor Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony, on Philips Romeo et Juliette Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Chicago Symphony, on DGG Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ) Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, on Ondine Edo De Waart conducts the San Francisco Symphony, on Philips César Franck Symphony in D Minor Pierre Monteux conducts the Chicago Symphony, on RCA Victor Vincent d’Indy Symphony on a French Mountain Air Charles Munch conducts the Boston Symphony, on RCA Victor Symphony No. 2, Op. 57 Pierre Monteux conducts the San Francisco Symphony, on Sony Classical (Pierre Monteux Edition, available from ArkivMusic.com as a low-cost reprint CD.) Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 20 Pierre Monteux conducts the San Francisco Symphony, on Sony Classical (Pierre Monteux Edition, available from ArkivMusic.com as a low-cost reprint CD.) Olivier Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony Riccardo Chailly conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra, on Decca Week Two: Bohemia The Symphonies of Antonin Dvořák Istvan Kertesz conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, on Decca Witold Rowicki conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, on Decca Individual Symphonies: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra, on Channel Classics Symphony No. 8 in G Major Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, on RCO Live Rafel Kubelik conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, on DGG Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (New World) Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on RCA Victor Rafael Kubelik conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, on DGG Bohuslav Martinů Complete Symphonies Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony, on Harmonia Mundi Bryden Thomson conducts the Royal Scottish Symphony, on Chandos Week Three: Russia, Part 1 Anton Rubinstein Symphony No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 107 Horia Andreescu conducts the George Enescu State Philharmonic, on Naxos Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 “Antar” Ernest Ansermet conducts L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, on Decca Neeme Jarvi conducts the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra, on DGG Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B Minor Gerard Schwarz conducts the Seattle Symphony, on Naxos Ernest Ansermet conducts L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, on Decca Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky All symphonies Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic, on Sony Classical Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra, on Channel Classics Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Evgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic, on DGG Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic, on DGG Pierre Monteux conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on RCA Victor Evgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic, on DGG Week Four: Russia, Part 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Mariss Jansons conducts the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, on Decca Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra, on Channel Classics Leonard Slatkin conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, on Naxos Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Igor Stravinsky conducts the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, on Sony Classical Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, on EMI Symphony of Psalms Igor Stravinsky conducts the CBC Symphony, on Sony Classical Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, on EMI Karl Ancerl conducts the Czech Philharmonic, on Supraphon Symphony in C Igor Stravinsky conducts the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, on Sony Classical Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, on Sony Classical Serge Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, on Decca James Levine conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on DGG Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 James Levine conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on DGG Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 Valery Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, on Naxos Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, on Ondine Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony, on SFS Media (Keeping Score Companions series) Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (Leningrad) Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, on RCO Live Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 Valery Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, on Naxos .