BBC Music Magazine's list of the 50 Greatest Classical Recordings

RANK 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 COMPOSER Bach Mahler Smetana Schubert&Mozart Britten Bartok Bach Berg Strauss, Richard Stockhausen Janacek Beethoven Mozart Chopin Verdi Ravel Brahms Bellini Shostakovich Mahler Debussy Elgar Chopin Mozart Allegri Handel Strauss, Richard Mozart Reich, Steve Britten Mozart Chopin Rachmaninoff Monteverdi Von Bingen, Hildegar Beethoven Various Janacek Beethoven Bach Gershwin Tchaikovsky Ravel/Berlioz Wagner Elgar Puccini Bach Britten Beethoven Wagner PIECE B Minor Mass Symphony No. 9 Ma Vlast FantasieOp.103/SonataK448 Billy Budd Concero for Orchestra Well tempered Clavier Lulu 4 Last Songs Gesang der Junglinge Jenufa Fidelio Marriage of Figaro Noctunes Requiem Daphnis et Chloe Symphony No. 4 Norma Preludes and Fugues Das Lied von der Erde Pelleas et Melisande Violin Concerto Etudes, Op. 10 & 25 The Magic Flute Miserere Messiah Der Rosenkavalier Horn Concertos Music for 18 musicisns Peter Grimes Piano Concertos Sonata No. 3 Piano Concerto No. 4 Vespers of 1610 A Feather on the Breath/God Piano Sonatas Various arias Katya Kabanova Late String Quartets Cello Suites Porgy and Bess Symphonies Nos. 4-6 Sheherazade/Nuits d'ete Tristan und Isolde Cello Concerto Tosca Goldberg Variations War Requiem Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Ring Cycle ENSEMBLE ViennaBoys/ConcentusMusic. Vienna Philharmonic Czech Philharmonic London Symphony Chicago Symphony Paris Opera Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic Philharmonia Vienna Philharmonic Philharmonia London Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Teatro alla Scala Vienna Philharmonic London Symphony Philharmonia Tallis Scholars Acad. Of Ancient Music Philharmonia Philharmonia Royal Opera House English Chamber Philharmonia English Baroque/Mont.Choir Gothic Voices Orch.Royal Opera House Philharmonia Busch Quartet London Phil./Glyndebourne Ch. Leningrad Phil. Orchestra L'Orchestre de la Suisse Rom. Philharmonia London Symphony Teatro alla Scala London Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic CONDUCTOR/SOLOIST Harnoncourt Walter,Bruno Kubelik Perahia/Lupu Britten Reiner Fischer, Edwin Boulez von Karajan/Janowitz Mackerras Klemperer Kleiber Arrau Giulini Monteux Kleiber Serafin, Tullio Melnikov,Alexander Walter,Bruno Elgar/Menuhin Pollini Klemperer Phillips,Peter Hogwood von Karajan von Karajan/Brain Britten Barenboim Argerich Michelangeli/Gracis Gardiner Page/Kirkby Schnabel, Arthur Sutherland/Molinari Mackerras Casals, Pablo Rattle, Simon Mravinsky, Evgeny Ansermet, Ernest Furtwangler/Flagstad Barbirolli/duPre de Sabata/Callas Gould, Glenn Britten/Vishnevskaya Kleiber Solti/Flagstad/Crespin YEAR 1968 1938 1990 1984/90 1961 1955 1933-36 1979 1971 1963 1982 1962 1955 1978 1964 1961 1981 1960 2010 1952 1941 1932 1972 1964 1980 1980 1956 1953 1978 1958 1967-74 1965 1957 1989 1981 1932-38 1960 1977 1930s 1936-39 1988 1960 1963/67 1952 1965 1953 1955 1962 1975/76 1956-65