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100 CDs You Must Own S to Z

David Mellor previews the 100 CDs you must own, here are 25 more must haves.

SAINT-SAENS: SYMPHONY NO 3/CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Fremaux
EMI: 0946 3 82233 2 0
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SCHUBERT: THE TROUT QUINTET

Clifford Curzon, piano/Weiner Oktett
DECCA 417 459-2
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SCHUBERT: SYMPHONIES Nos 3, 5 & 6
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
EMI CDM 7 69750 2
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SCHUMANN SYMPHONIES
Staatskapelle Dresden/Wolfgang Sawallisch
EMI: 7243 5 67768 2 1
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SHOSTAKOVICH: FESTIVE OVERTURE/SYMPHONY NO 1, ETC

Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Andre Kostelanetz
SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS: SBK 62 642
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SHOSTAKOVICH: PIANO CONCERTOS/ASSAULT ON BEAUTIFUL GORKY
Dmitri Alexeev, piano/English Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk
EMI: 0946 3 82234 2 9
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R.STRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf/Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin/George Szell
EMI 7243 5 56241 2 3
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STRAUSS: DER FLEDERMAUS
Cast/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
DECCA: 475 8319
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RICHARD STRAUSS: DER ROSENKAVALIER
Elizabeth Schwartzkopf/Christa Ludwig, etc/Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
EMI: 0946 3 77357 2 5
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STRAUSS: ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE: 7243 5 87030 2 3
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TAVERNER: THE PROTECTING VEIL
Steven Isserlis, cello
HMV 5 86772 2

TCHAIKOVSKY/SIBELIUS/GLAZUNOV: VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Jascha Heifetz/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Beecham/Barbirolli
EMI: 0946 3 61590 2 7
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TSCHAIKOVSY: SYMPHONIES 4, 5 & 6
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling & Evgeny Mravinsky
DG: 447 423-2


TRUMPET AND ORGAN

Maurice Andre, trumpet/Jane Parker Smith, organ
(Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary)
EMI: 7243 5 86883 2 0
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TSCHAIKOWSKY: EUGENE ONEGIN

Cast/John Alldis Choir/Orchestra of the ROH Covent Garden/Solti
DECCA: 417 413-2

THE ART OF THE LINDSAYS
Lindsay String Quartet
RESONANCE: CD RSB 404
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THE BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS MUSIC SERIES (4 CDs)
The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp
HYPERION: CDS44261/4
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THE PIANO ALBUM
Stephen Hough
VIRGIN CLASSICS: 7243 5 61498 2 3
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WAGNER: PARSIFAL

Soloists/Bayreuther Festspiele/Hans Knappertsbusch
PHILIPS: 416 390-2
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WAGNER: THE RING WITHOUT WORDS

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Lorin Maazel
TELARC: CD-80154
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WAGNER: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

Cast/Choir & Orchestra of Bayreuther Festpiele/Joseph Keilberth
TESTAMENT: SBT2 – 1384

VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
Maria Callas/Guiseppe Di Stefano, etc/ Orch & Chorus of La Scala Milan/Giulini
EMI CLASSICS: 7243 5 66450 2 8
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VILLA-LOBOS: BACHIANAS BRASILERAS

Victoria de los Angeles/Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion France/Villa Lobos
EMI 7243 5 66912 2 3
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VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS
Guiliano Carmignola/Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon
SONY CLASSICAL: SK 51352
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THE BEST OF ANDREAS SCHOLL

Andreas Scholl/Various Orchestras
DECCA: 475 7667
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