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Complete Essential Classics Catalogue (by Composer): Bach: The Art of the Fugue The Canadian Brass - SBK 89731 Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, Volume 1: Nos.1, 2 and 3 Brüggen, Kuijken, Bylsma, Leonhardt - SBK 61814 Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, Volume 2: Nos.4, 5 and 6 Brüggen, Kuijken, Bylsma, Leonhardt - SBK 61815 Bach: Cello Suites Nos.1, 2 and 3 Anner Bylsma - SBK 89960 Bach: The Cello Suites, Volume 2: Nos.4, 5 and 6 Anner Bylsma - SBK 61812 Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias Gustav Leonhardt - SBK 61869 Bach: Easter Oratorio; Magnificat Bernstein/Ormandy - SBK 60261 Bach: Lute Suites John Williams - SBK 89964 Bach: Lute Suites, Volume 2 John Williams - SBK 62973 Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Preludes & Fugues E.Power Biggs - SBK 89955 Bach: Violin Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Vivaldi: Violin Concerto Op.3 English Chamber Orchestra/P.Zukerman - SBK 48273 Barber: Adagio and Other American Masterpieces (Bernstein, Gershwin, Ives, more) Ormandy, Kostelanetz, et al - SBK 63034 Baroque Masterpieces E. Power Biggs, others - SBK 89847 Baroque and Renaissance Masterpieces: The Glorious Sound of Brass Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - SBK 63061 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin Suite; Deux Images, Op.10 Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48263 Bartók: Three Piano Concertos Yefim Bronfman, Los Angeles Philharmonic/Salonen - SBK 89732 Essential Beethoven Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - SBK 89958 Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53517 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 3 Fleisher, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 47658 Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 4 Fleisher, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 48165 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor"; "Triple" Concerto Fleisher, Istomin, Stern, Rose, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89961 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 and 29; Fantasie Op.77 Serkin - SBK 47666 Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70, No.1 "Ghost" and Op.97 "Archduke" Istomin, Stern, Rose Trio - SBK 53514 Beethoven: String Quartets Op.59, Nos.1 and 2 "Razumovsky" - SBK 46545 Beethoven: String Quartets Op.59, No.3 "Razumovsky"; Op.74 "Harp"; Große Fugue Budapest String Quartet - SBK 47665 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 and 6 "Pastoral", Egmont Overture Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89838 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.2 and 5 Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89844 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.4 and 7; King Stephen Overture - SBK 48158 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.3 "Eroica" and 8 Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89832 Beethoven: Symphony No.9; Fidelio Overture Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89959 Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto Francescatti, Columbia Symphony/Walter, Oistrakh, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 47659 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89833 The Essential Bernstein Selections from Candide; West Side Story; On the Town; Mass; more - SBK 66493 Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos.1 and 2; L'Arlésienne Suites; Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48159 Borodin: Symphonies Nos.1-3; Polovtsian Dances; In the Steppes of Central Asia - SBK 62406 Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1; Schumann: Intro & Allegro Serkin, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48166 Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2; R.Strauss: Burlesk Serkin, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53262 Brahms: String Quintets Nos.1 and 2 Juilliard String Quartet, Trampler - SBK 89737 Brahms: Symphony No.1; Variation on a Theme by Haydn; 5 Hungarian Dances Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 46534 Brahms: Symphonies Nos.2 and 3 Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 47652 Brahms: Symphony No.4; Academic Festival Overture; Tragic Overture Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 46330 Brahms: Violin Concerto; Concerto for Violin & Cello "Double" Stern, Rose, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89835 Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No.5 Zukerman, Los Angeles Philharmonic/Mehta - SBK 48274 Children's Classics - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals (Orchestral Version); Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra C.Ritchard, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 62638 The Essential Chopin Entremont, Watts, Ts'ong, Freire, Graffman, Sanders, Rose - SBK 89846 Chopin: 14 Waltzes; Piano Sonata No.3 Brailowsky - SBK 46346 Chopin: 24 Préludes Op.28; 4 Ballades Entremont, Freire - SBK 62415 Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 Gilels, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Watts, New York Philharmonic/Schippers - SBK 89836 A Christmas Festival: The World's Favorite Christmas Carols Biggs, Gregg Smith Singers, New York Brass & Percussion Ensemble, Curtin, Kostelanetz - SBK 64354 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo: 3 Dance Episodes; The Red Pony; Lincoln Portrait A.Stevenson, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Pops/Lane; St.Louis Symphony/Previn - SBK 62401 Debussy: Clair de lune; Deux Arabesques; Images I & II; Other Piano Works Entremont - SBK 48174 Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Danse; Nocturnes Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53256 Dvorák: Symphony No.9 "New World"; Serenade for Strings London Symphony/Ormandy, Munich Philharmonic/Kempe - SBK 46331 Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89845 Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto Stern, Rose, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 46337 Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pomp & Circumstance Military Marches Nos.1-5 London Symphony/Barenboim - SBK 48265 Falla: El Amor Brujo; other works Verrett, Philadelphia Orchestra/Stokowski; Entremont, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89291 Fauré/Duruflé: Requiem Popp, Te Kanawa, Davis, Toronto Symphony - SBK 67182 Franck: Symphony in D minor; Symphonic Variations Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 60287 Gerhswin: An American in Paris; A Symphony Picture of Porgy and Bess; Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 62402 Gregorian Chant: Sequences capella antiqua München/Ruhland - SBK 61868 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos.1 and 2; Lyric Pieces; Norwegian Dance No.2 New Philharmonia Orchestra/Davis, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53257 Grieg: Piano Concerto; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Konzertstück Entremont, Serkin, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 46543 Handel: Messiah (highlights) Farrell, Lipton, Warfield, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48172 Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Malgoire - SBK 48285 Haydn: Symphonies Nos.92 "Oxford", 92 "Surprise", and 96 "Miracle" Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 46332 Haydn: Trumpet Concerto; Flute Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Sinfonia concertante Johnson et al, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Rampal, Pierlot, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra/Rolla - SBK 62649 Holst: The Planets Op.32; Walton: Façade New York Philharmonic/Bernstein; Zorina, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 62400 Italian Opera Arias Cotrubas, Te Kanawa, Scotto, Domingo, Wixell - SBK 89843 Ives: Symphony No.1, Three Places in New England, Robert Browning Overture Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy; American Symphony Orchestra/Stokowski - SBK 89851 Scott Joplin's Rags Eaton - SBK 62833 Latin American Guitar Music by Barrios and Ponce John Williams - SBK 47669 Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Hungarian Fantasy Entremont, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48167 Liszt: Piano Sonata; Paganini Etudes; Don Juan Fantasy; Hungarian Rhapsody No.10 Watts, Rosen - SBK 62664 Mahler: Symphony No.1 "Titan"; Symphony No.10 (Adagio) New York Philharmonic/Mehta, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 53259 Mahler: Symphony No.4; Songs of a Wayfarer Raskin, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, von Stade, London Philharmonic/Davis - SBK 46535 Mahler: Symphony No.5 Vienna Philharmonic/Maazel - SBK 89850 Mahler: Symphony No.6 "Tragic" Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 47654 Great Marches (Sousa, Arne, Beethoven, Schubert, Meyerbeer, Halvorsen, more) London Philharmonic/Boult, Cleveland Pops/Lane, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 63052 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts); Smetana: The Moldau; Bizet: Symphony in C Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, National Philharmonic/Stokowski - SBK 48264 Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Violin Concerto Serkin, Stern, Columbia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89842 Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos.1 and 2 Juilliard String Quartet - SBK 89733 Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 "Scottish" and 4 "Italian"; Hebrides Overture Philharmonia/Davis, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 46536 The Essential Mozart Selections from Symphonies Nos.40 and 41 "Jupiter"; Don Giovanni; The Marriage of Figaro; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, more - SBK 64225 Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Posthorn Serenade; Six German Dances Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, London Symphony/Leinsdorf - SBK 48266 Mozart: Don Giovanni (highlights) Raimondi, Te Kanawa, Berganza, van Dam, Chorus & Orchestra of the Paris Opera/Maazel - SBK 62663 Mozart: Flute Concertos K.313 and K.314, Clarinet Concerto K.622 E. Zukerman, English Chamber Orchestra/P.Zukerman, Marcellus, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 62424 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (highlights) Mattila, McLaughlin, Pertusi et al, Florentine May Festival Orchestra/Mehta - SBK 60289 Mozart: Oboe Concerto; Bassoon Concerto; R.Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Weber: Hungarian Fantasy deLancie, Garfield, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Black, English Chamber Orchestra/Barenboim - SBK 62652 Mozart: Overtures; Divertimento K.131; Symphony No.28 Schippers, Szell, Entremont - SBK 62830 Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.21 "Elvira Madigan" and 26 "Coronation"; Variations Casadesus, Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony/Szell, Previn - SBK 67178 Mozart: Requiem K.626, Exsultate, jubilate K.165 Augér, Watkinson, Jerusalem, Nimsgern, Blegen, Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Rilling, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra/Zukerman - SBK 84849 Mozart: Requiem K.626; Charpentier: Te Deum Le Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Malgoire - SBK 46344 Mozart: Sinfonie concertanti K.364 and 297b; Rondo K.269 Drurian et al, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell, deLancie et al, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Barenboim - SBK 67177 Mozart: Symphonies No.35 "Haffner", 40 and 41 "Jupiter" Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 89834 Mozart: The Four Horn Concertos Clevenger, Horn, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra - SBK 62639 Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos.1, 2 and 3 Zukerman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - SBK 89840 Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos.4 and 5 Zukerman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - SBK 89841 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: Lt.Kijé Suite; Kodály: Háry János Suite Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 48162 Opera Overtures (Verdi, Smetana, Weber, Thomas, more) Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Schippers, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, more - SBK 63053 Orff: Carmina Burana Harsanyi, Petrak, Presnell, Rutgers University Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 87735 The Essential Piano: The World's Best Loved Piano Pieces Entremont - SBK 64098 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Berlin Philharmonic/Salonen - SBK 89740 Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos.1 "Classical" and 5 Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53260 Puccini: Great Opera Arias Domingo, Te Kanawa, Carreras, Scotto, more - SBK 89848 Puccini: Opera Arias and Love Scenes Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic/Pritchard - SBK 63278 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 4; Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Entremont, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89962 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 3 Bronfman, Philharmonia Orchestra/Salonen - SBK 89734 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 3 Entremont, Watts, New York Philharmonic/Ozawa/Bernstein - SBK 53512 The Essential Rampal (Handel, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, more) Jean-Pierre Rampal, various artists - SBK 89736 Ravel: Bolero; Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del gracioso Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48163 Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome; Roman Festival Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48267 Respighi: The Birds; Church Windows; more Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 60311 Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio espagnol Brusilow, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 89956 Rossini: Overtures (Barber of Seville, William Tell, La gazza ladra, more) Schippers, Bernstein, Szell, Ormandy, Chailly - SBK 62653 Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 4; Cello Concerto No.1 Entremont, Rose, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, London Symphony/Mackerras - SBK 48276 Satie: Gymnopédies and Other Piano Works Varsano, Entremont - SBK 48283 Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas Gustav Leonhardt - SBK 61820 Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Quartet No.14 "Death & the Maiden" Horszowski, Budapest String Quartet, Juilliard String Quartet - SBK 46343 Schubert: Symphonies Nos.8 "Unfinished" and 9 "The Great" Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 48268 Shostakovich: Symphony No.1; Festive Overture, more Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Columbia Symphony/Kostelanetz - SBK 62642 Shostakovich: Symphony No.5; Polka from The Age of Gold; Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53261 Sibelius: Finlandia; The Swan of Tuonela; Karelia Suite; Valse triste; En Saga Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, New York Philharmonic/Bernstein - SBK 48271 Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.2 and 6 Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel - SBK 89739 Sibelius: Symphonies Nos.2 and 7 Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 53509 Spanish Guitar Music: Albéniz, Rodrigo, Torróba, more John Williams - SBK 89837 J.Strauss: Viennese Waltzes & Polkas (Blue Danube, Vienna Blood, Pizzicato Polka, more) Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 48164 R.Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 48272 R.Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Quixote Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 47656 R.Strauss: Death & Transfiguration; Sinfonia domestica; Dance of the 7 Veils Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 53511 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) New York Philharmonic/Mitropoulos/Mehta - SBK 48169 Stravinsky: Petrushka and Firebird Ballet Suites; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 47664 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Violin Concerto Gilels, New York Philharmonic/Mehta, Oistrakh, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 46339 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; 1812 Overture; Marche slave Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Valley Forge Military Academy Band, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy - SBK 89957 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5; Serenade for String Orchestra - SBK 46538 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 "Pathétique"; Capriccio italien Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy - SBK 47657 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending; Delius: Brigg Fair; Dance Rhapsody; In a Summer Garden; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Sinfonietta/Lane - SBK 62645 Verdi: Messa de Requiem; Rossini: Stabat Mater Amara, Forrester, Tucker, London, Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Arroyo et al, New York Philharmonic/Schippers - SBK 53252 Verdi: Overtures and Preludes Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala/Muti - SBK 89738 Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Op.8 Nos.5-12 English Chamber Orchestra/Zukerman - SBK 53513 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Violin Concertos John Holloway; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Malgoire - SBK 47662 Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D (Rodrigo/Giuliani, etc.) John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra - SBK 48168 Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries, Other Orchestral Music from The Ring of the Nibelung Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 48175 Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture, Festmarsch; Lohengrin Preludes to Acts I & III; Der fliegende Holländer Overture; Rienzi Overture; Faust Overture Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy, Cleveland Orchestra/Szell - SBK 62403 John Williams Guitar Recital: Paganini, Scarlatti, Giuliani, Villa-Lobos John Williams - SBK 62425   Essential Classics Home Page Essential Classics New Releases   Home | Newsletter | VIP Lounge | Catalog About | Store | Help | Privacy | International | Contact © 2003 Sony Music Entertainment All Rights Reserved