Here are my favorite pieces (and performances, where noted) BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) ORCHESTRAL * Brandenburg Concerto #5 by Trevor Pinnock SOLO * Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gloud, 1955 recording ORGAN MUSIC * Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor MISCELLANEOUS * "Bist du bei mir" from the Anna Magdalena Notebook BARTOK, Bela (1881-1945) * Concerto for Orchestra by Fritz Reiner BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827) SOLO INSTRUMENT (tie) * Piano Sonata #27, op. 90 by Charles Rosen * Piano Sonata #30, op. 109 by Solomon DUO * Violin Sonata #7 in C Minor, op. 30, no. 2 by Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy TRIO * "Archduke" Piano Trio, op. 97 QUARTET * String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, op. 131 CONCERTO * Piano Concerto #4 in G SYMPHONY (tie) * Symphony #7 by Carlos Kleiber * Symphony #9 by Wilhelm Furtwangler, 1942 Berlin and 1951 Bayreuth BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869) * Symphonie Fantastique by Sir Colin Davis BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897) CONCERTO (tie) * Piano Concerto #2 by Sviatoslav Richter and Erich Leinsdorf * Violin Concerto in D by Jascha Heifetz and Fritz Reiner SOLO * Intermezzi op. 117-119 by Radu Lupu DUO * Cello Sonata #1 in E Minor TRIO * Piano Trio in B Major, op. 8 QUARTET * Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 by Artur Rubinstein and the Guarneri Quartet QUINTET * Piano Quintet, op. 34 by Jeno Jando and the Kodaly Quartet SEXTET * String Sextet "Agathe", op. 36 CHORAL * Ein Deutsches Requiem by Otto Klemperer SYMPHONY * Symphony #4 by Otto Klemperer BRUCKNER, Anton (1824-1896) * Symphony #8, "Apocalyptic" CHOPIN, Frederic (1810-1849) SOLO (tie) * Nocturnes by Artur Rubinstein *and* Ivan Moravec CORELLI, Archangelo (1653-1713) * Concerti Grossi (Op. 6) by Trevor Pinnock DVORAK, Antonin (1841-1904) * Symphony #9, "From the New World" by Rafael Kubelik ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934) * Enigma Variations by Sir Adrian Boult FAURE, Gabriel (1845-1924) * Requiem GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907) * Piano Concerto in A, op. 16 HANDEL, George Frederic (1685-1759) SOLO * the Eight Great Harpsichord Suites ORCHESTRAL * Water Music HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809) SYMPHONY (tie) * Symphony #82, "the Bear" by Leonard Bernstein * Symphony #102 MAHLER, Gustav (1860-1911) SYMPHONY (tie) * Symphony #2 "Resurrection" by Otto Klemperer * Symphony #6 "Tragic" SONG CYCLE * Songs of a Wayfarer MENDELSSOHN, Felix (1809-1847) SOLO * Variations Serieuses, op. 54 TRIO * Piano Trio #1 CONCERTO * Violin Concerto in E Minor SYMPHONY * Symphony #3 in A, "Scottish" by Peter Maag MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) CONCERTO * Piano Concerto #23 in A by Malcolm Bilson and John Eliot Gardiner SOLO * Piano Sonata, K. 333 by Walter Klien DUO * Piano Sonata for Four Hands, K. 448 by Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia CHORAL * Requiem, K. 626 by John Eliot Gardiner SYMPHONY * Symphony #38, "Prague" MUSSORGSKY, Modest (1839-1881) * Pictures at an Exhibition (piano) by Sviatoslav Richter PROKOFIEV, Sergei (1891-1953) * Symphony #1, "Classical" RACHMANINOFF, Sergei (1873-1943) * Piano Concerto #2 by Byron Janis RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937) * Pavane for a Dead Princess by Fritz Reiner RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai (1844-1908) * Scheherazade by Sir Charles Mackerras SAINT-SAENS, Camille (1835-1921) * Piano Concerto #2 by Artur Rubinstein SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828) SONG CYCLE * Die Schone Mullerin by Ian Bostridge and Graham Johnson SOLO (tie) * Piano Sonata in G, D. 894 by Radu Lupu * "Wanderer" Fantasy by Sviatoslav Richter QUARTET * String Quartet in A Minor, "Death and the Maiden", D. 810 QUINTET * String Quintet in C, D. 956 SYMPHONY * Symphony #8, "Unfinished" SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856) QUINTET * Piano Quintet by Jeno Jando and the Kodaly Quartet SOLO * Fantasy in C by Sviatoslav Richter SYMPHONY * Symphony #4 by Rafael Kubelik SIBELIUS, Jean (1865-1957) CONCERTO * Violin Concerto in D SYMPHONY * Symphony #2 SYMPHONIC POEM * The Swan of Tuonela SMETANA, Bedrich (March 1824-1884) * The Moldau, from "Ma Vlast" by George Szell STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971) * Firebird Suite TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893) QUARTET * String Quartet #1, op. 11 by the Hollywood String Quartet SYMPHONY * Symphony #6, "Pathetique" by Carlo Maria Giulini TONE POEM * Romeo and Juliet by Sir George Solti WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883) * Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" by George Szell