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Music: Composers Ranking

Classical Music Composers Ranking prepared by Charles H. Smith

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Orchestral Works

Marriner, Nevile

Decca

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Arvo Part

Tabula Rasa - Shaham

Shaham, Gil

DG

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Frederic Chopin

Nocturnes - Pires

Pires, Maria Joao

DG

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Arvo Part

Te Deum - Kaljuste

Kaljuste, Tonu

ECM

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Ludovico Einaudi

Waves, The Piano Collection

van Veen, Jeroen

Brilliant

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Erik Satie

The Early Piano Works

De Leeuw, Reinbert

Philips

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Joseph Haydn

Piano Trios

Beaux Arts Trio

Philips

average rating is 5 out of 5

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George Frideric Handel

The Complete Chamber Music

Petri

Philips

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Ludwig van Beethoven

The Complete Piano Sonatas and Concertos

Arrau, Claudio

Philips

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Joaquin Rodrigo

Concierto De Aranjuez, Concierto Andaluz

Romero, Pepe

Philips

average rating is 5 out of 5

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JS Bach

Brandenburg Concertos

Alessandrini, Rinaldo

Naive

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Franz Schubert

String Quintet - Emerson

Emerson String Quartet

DG

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Varios

Kronos Quartet - 25 Years

Kronos Quartet

Nonesuch

average rating is 5 out of 5

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JS Bach

Cello Suiten

Rostropovich, Mstislav

EMI

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Heinrich Ignaz Biber

The Rosary Sonatas

Lautenbacher

VoxBox

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Ludwig van Beethoven

The Complete String Quartets

Alban Berg Quartet

EMI

Play on Spotify
average rating is 5 out of 5

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Joseph Haydn

The Piano Sonatas

McCabe, John

Decca

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Ludwig van Beethoven

The Symphonies - Chailly

Chailly, Riccardo

Decca

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Astor Piazzolla

Piazzola and Beyond

London Concertante

HM

average rating is 5 out of 5

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Joseph Haydn

The Complete String Quartets

The Angeles String Quartet

Decca

average rating is 5 out of 5
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