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Puccini: Tosca
1.  Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
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  "Callas & Gobbi at their best - di Stefano and de Sabata too"
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Puccini: La Bohème
2.  Puccini: La Bohème by Victoria De Los Angeles
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  "Bjorling & de los Angeles unbeatable as the young lovers with Beecham iminitable"
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
3.  Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
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  "The greatest Wagner singing - anywhere"
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R Strauss: Four Last Songs/Arias
4.  R Strauss: Four Last Songs/Arias by Richard Strauss
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  "Sorry, Schwarzkopf, this is the best 4 Last Songs - but check out Jurinac too"
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Elgar - Cello Concerto; Cockaigne; Sea Pictures
5.  Elgar - Cello Concerto; Cockaigne; Sea Pictures by Sir Edward Elgar
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  "An obvious choice, but still very, very special"
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Elgar/Vaughan Williams: String Orchestra Works
6.  Elgar/Vaughan Williams: String Orchestra Works by Sir Edward Elgar
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  "Possibly the greatest disc of string music"
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
7.  Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven
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  "How do you breathe new life into old warhorses?  Here's how"
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Britten: War Requiem
8.  Britten: War Requiem by Galina Vishnevskaya
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  "The singers he wrote for and himself conducting - the best"
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The Hollywood String Quartet
9.  The Hollywood String Quartet by Hollywood Qt
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  "Chamber playing of the highest order in two disparate works"
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Verdi: Otello
10.  Verdi: Otello by Toscanini
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  "Masterly conducting by a man who was there at the premiere"
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Sings Berlioz and Ravel
11.  Sings Berlioz and Ravel by Regine Crespin
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  "Outstanding proof that the French sing French songs better than anyone"
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Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde [CASSETTE]
12.  Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde [CASSETTE] 
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  "Deservedly a classic - but check out Ferrier & Barbirolli too"
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Parsifal (Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orch.)
13.  Parsifal (Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orch.) by George London
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  "The reopening of the Bayreuth Festival finds Kna in the ideal Parsifal"
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Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin
14.  Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin by Frederic Chopin
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  "No-one is greater in his countryman's music"
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Bizet: Carmen
15.  Bizet: Carmen by Georges Bizet
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  "Beecham & de los Angeles again - a great double act"
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Verdi: Rigoletto
16.  Verdi: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
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  "Callas & Gobbi again - another great double act"
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Schubert: Winterreise
17.  Schubert: Winterreise by F. Schubert
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  "Superlative piano playing, deeply moving singing"
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Bach - Cello Suites
18.  Bach - Cello Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach
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  "Maybe not authentic, but groundbreaking and inimitable"
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
19.  Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Martha Argerich
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  "Two youngsters(!) on top of their musical form"
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
20.  Wagner: Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
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  "Bayreuth at its best"
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