Top 50 Classical Releases

The greatest classical releases of all time!!! (According to me)

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50. Nikolai Kapustin - Kapustin Plays Kapustin: 8 Concert Etudes

Year: 2004
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Solo

49. Krystian Zimerman - Impromptus D 899 & D 935

Year: 1991
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

48. Cantus Cölln - Johannes Passion Version IV (1749)

Year: 2011
Genres: Baroque

47. Leonard Bernstein - Le sacre du printemps

Year: 1958
Genres: Modern Classical

46. Ferenc Fricsay - Grosse Messe c-Moll KV 427

Year: 2000
Genres: Classical Period, Choral

45. Vladimir Ashkenazy - 24 Preludes; Sonata No. 2

Year: 1995
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

44. Philip Glass - Glassworks

Year: 1982
Genres: Minimalism

43. Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; 3 Fantastic Dances; 5 Preludes & Fugues From Op. 87

Year: 1993
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Concerto

42. Jorge Bolet - Liebestraum: Favourite Piano Works

Year: 1995
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

41. Carlos Kleiber - Symphony No. 7

Year: 1976
Genres: Classical Period, Symphony

40. Lazar Berman - Transcendental Etudes

Year: 1990
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

39. Trevor Pinnock - 6 Brandenburgische Konzerte

Year: 1982
Genres: Baroque

38. Herbert von Karajan - Requiem

Year: 1986
Genres: Classical Period, Choral

37. Martha Argerich - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 / Piano Concerto No. 3

Year: 1998
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Concerto

36. Carlos Kleiber - Symphony No. 5

Year: 1975
Genres: Classical Period, Symphony

35. Pascal Rogé - Piano Works

Year: 1994
Genres: Impressionism, Piano, Solo

34. Hayato Sumino - HAYATOSM

Year: 2020
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

33. Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 6

Year: 1989
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony

32. Artur Rubinstein - The Nocturnes

Year: 1967
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

31. Neeme Järvi - Piano Concertos: No. 2 in G minor Op. 16; No. 3 in C major Op. 26

Year: 1990
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Concerto

30. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Opus

Year: 2024
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Solo

29. Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 3

Year: 2002
Genres: Classical Period, Symphony

28. Martha Argerich - Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Klavierkonzert G-Dur

Year: 1967
Genres: Modern Classical, Piano, Concerto

27. Maurizio Pollini - 4 Scherzi; Berceuse; Barcarolle

Year: 1990
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

26. Fitzwilliam String Quartet - The String Quartets

Year: 1997
Genres: Modern Classical, Chamber Music

25. Maurizio Pollini - Die späten Klaviersonaten

Year: 1977
Genres: Romanticism, Classical Period, Piano, Solo

24. Herbert von Karajan - Symphony No. 6

Year: 1962
Genres: Classical Period, Symphony

23. Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 5

Year: 1993
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony

22. Friedrich Gulda - Klavierkonzerte Nr. 20 & 21

Year: 1975
Genres: Classical Period, Piano, Concerto

21. Maurizio Pollini - Études Op.10 & Op.25

Year: 1972
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

20. Martha Argerich - 24 Préludes

Year: 1977
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

19. Krystian Zimerman - Klavierkonzert No.5

Year: 1993
Genres: Classical Period, Piano, Concerto

18. Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 3

Year: 1962
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony

17. Georg Solti - Symphony No. 9

Year: 1983
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony

16. Daniel Barenboim - Sonaten: Mondschein; Pathétique; Appassionata

Year: 1984
Genres: Classical Period, Romanticism, Piano, Solo

15. Alben Berg Quartett - Piano Quintets

Year: 2008
Genres: Romanticism, Chamber Music

14. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Isle of the Dead; Symphonic Dances

Year: 1984
Genres: Romanticism, Tone Poem

13. Alice Sara Ott - Nightfall

Year: 2018
Genres: Impressionism, Piano, Solo

12. Reinbert de Leeuw - The Early Piano Works

Year: 1998
Genres: Impressionism, Piano, Solo

11. Alexei Sultanov - Piano Sonatas

Year: 2001
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

10. Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 1

Year: 1989
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony

9. Vladimir Sofronitsky - Scriabin Recital

Year: 2003
Genres: Romanticism, Modern Classical

8. Hiroshi Kumagai - Angel’s Egg

Year: 1985
Genres: Modern Classical, Choral

7. Khatia Buniatishvili - Piano Concerto No. 3

Year: 2017
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Concerto

6. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Symphonic Celebration

Year: 2023
Genres: Cinematic Classical

5. Krystian Zimerman - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Year: 1999
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Concerto

4. Zubin Mehta - Symphony No. 2

Year: 1975
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony, Choral

3. Krystian Zimerman - 4 Balladen; Barcarolle; Fantasie

Year: 1988
Genres: Romanticism, Piano, Solo

2. Herbert von Karajan - Symphony No. 9

Year: 1963
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony, Choral

1. Leonard Bernstein - Symphony No. 9

Year: 1986
Genres: Romanticism, Symphony