100 CDs You Must Own M to R

David Mellor previews the 100 CDs you must own. Here are his picks from M to R...

MAHLER: SYMPHONY No 2
Auger/Baker/City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/ Rattle
EMI CLASSICS: 0946 3 45794 2 1
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MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO 4
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra/Judith Raskin/George Szell
CBS MYK 37225
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MAHLER; Symphony No.5    
New Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli
EMI Classics 7243 5 669102
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MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO 9
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink
PHILIPS: 464 714-2
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MOZART - Symphonies Nos.25 and 29/Serenata Notturna
English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
Decca 476 7102
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MOZART: DON GIOVANNI
Soloists/Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 67869 2 9
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MOZART: MAGIC FLUTE
Roschmann/Miklosa/Strehl/Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Arnold Schoenberg Choir/Claudio Abbado
DG: 00289 477 5789
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MOZART: MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Cast/Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
EMI: 0946 3 58602 2 1
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MOZART: HORN CONCERTOS
Dennis Brain/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
EMI: 7243 5 66898 2 4
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MOZART: HORN CONCERTOS & QUINTET
Dennis Brain/ Gieseking/Philharmonia Orchestra & Wind Ensemble/Karajan
NAXOS: 8111070

MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO No 22
Sviatoslav Richter, piano/English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
BBC: BBCB 8010-2
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NEW YEARS DAY CONCERT 1987
Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan
DG: 477 6336
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PROKOFIEV ROMEO AND JULIET
London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn
EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 68607 2 8
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PUCCINI; La Boheme     
Victoria de Los Angels/Jussi Borgling/RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra/Beecham
EMI Classics 7243 5 677502 2
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PUCCINI - La Rondine
Gheorghiu/Alagna/LSO/Pappano
EMI Classics 7243 5 56338 2 8
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PUCCINI: TOSCA
Callas/Di Stefano/Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala/De Sabata
EMI Classics 7243 5 85644 2 6
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RACHMANINOV: Piano Concertos/Paganini Rhapsody
Stephen Hough/Dallas SO/Andrew Litton
Hyperion CDA 67501/2
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RACHMANINOV: SYMPHONY NO 2
London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn
HMV CLASSICS 5 86753 2
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RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G/Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
Deutsche Grammophon DG 00289 477 5345
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RAVEL Orchestral Works (Great Artists of the Century)
Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic/Orchestra de Paris
EMI: 7243 4 76859 2 7

RESPIGHI (Pines of Rome) & DEBUSSY
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
SONY BMG (Living Stereo) 82876 716142
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Sheherezade
Kirov Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Philips 470 840-2

ROSSINI: OVERTURES
Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
HMV 5 86759 2
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