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The Creation (Joseph Haydn)

2010: St Matthew's Choir; Phiroz Dalal, conductor; Dawn Slaughter, technical director; Ron Keefe, recording.

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Christmas Oratorio (Johann Sebastian Bach)

2012: St Matthew's Choir and Orchestra; Phiroz Dalal, conductor.
Made available under the Creative Commons-Attribution 3.0 license.

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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major (Ludwig van Beethoven)

1962: Wilhelm Kempff, Ferdinand Leitner, Berliner Philharmoniker.

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“Coronation” Mass in C major (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1955: Igor Markevitch, director; Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale; Berliner Philharmoniker; Maria Stader, soprano; Sieglinde Wagner, contralto; Helmut Krebs, tenor; Josef Greindl, bass.

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Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1955: Josef Krips, Wiener Staatsoper, Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Kurt Böhme, Suzanne Danco, Anton Dermota, Lisa Della Casa, Walter Berry, Hilde Güden

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Great Mass in C minor (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1960: Ferenc Fricsay, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Maria Stader, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Ivan Sardi.

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Messiah (George Frideric Handel)

1953: Hermann Scherchen, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; Margaret Ritchie, soprano; Constance Schacklock, contralto; William Herbert, tenor; Richard Standen, bass; Frederick Jackson, chorus master; Thomas Matthews, violin; George Eskdale, trumpet.

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Le Nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1961: Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Renato Capecchi, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Hertha Töpper

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Requiem (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, compl. Franz Xaver Süßmayr)

1956: Bruno Walter, conductor; Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Lisa della Casa, soprano; Ira Malaniuk, alto; Anton Dermota, tenor; Cesare Siepi, bass.

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1960: Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Leontyne Price, soprano; Hilde Rössel-Majdan, alto; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Eberhard Wächter, baritone; Walter Berry, bass.

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Die Schöpfung (Joseph Haydn)

1958: Igor Markevitch, Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Kim Borg, Richard Holm, Irmgard Seefried

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Symphonie fantastique (Hector Berlioz)

1962: Igor Markevitch, Orchestre Lamoreux.

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Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1953: Ferenc Fricsay, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Rita Streich, Josef Greindl, Martin Vantin, Kim Borg

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