The Basic 10
An Introduction To Classical Music
By Michael Henningsen
SEPTEMBER 15, 1997:
Bach The Brandenburg Concertos
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; conductor: Neville
Mariner
Philips 400 076/7
Handel Messiah
Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook,
John Tomlinson and the English Concert Choir; conductor:
Trevor Pinnock
Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 423
Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21
Mitsuko Uchida and the English Chamber Orchestra; conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Philips 416 831-2
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Matti Talvela and
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; conductor: Georg
Solti
London 430 438-2
Schubert String Quintet in C Major
Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovish, 2nd cello
Deutsche Grammophon 431 792-2
Brahms A German Requiem
Arleen Auger, Richard Stilwell and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus; conductor: Robert Shaw
Telare CD-80092
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
National Symphony Orchestra; conductor Mstislav Rostropovish
Sony Classical SK 64109
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Cleveland Orchestra; conductor: Pierre Boulez
Sony Classical SMK 64109
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
New York Philharmonic; conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Sony Classical SMK 47529
Copland Appalachian Spring Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Aaron Copland
RCA 6802-2-RC
--compiled by Michael Henningsen
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