No 1

Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem

BPO / Sir Simon Rattle

(Warner Classics)

'This is a lovely performance, free-moving and sweetly sung' Read review

No 2

Bruckner Symphony No 8

BPO / Günter Wand

(RCA)

'This new Eighth is exceptionally fine' Read review

No 3

Haydn Symphony No 88

BPO / Wilhelm Furtwängler

(DG)

'Definitely one to rush out and buy' Read review

No 4

Mahler Symphony No 6

BPO / Claudio Abbado

(DG)

'I can’t remember hearing a tauter, more refined performance than this' Read review

No 5

Mahler Symphony No 9

BPO / Herbert von Karajan

DG (live recording)

'Karajan’s 1982 performance remains a remarkable one' Read review

No 6

Mahler Symphony No 10

BPO / Sir Simon Rattle

(Warner Classics)

'Rattle's new version sweeps the board' Read review

No 7

Prokofiev/Ravel Piano Concertos

Martha Argerich (pf) BPO / Claudio Abbado

(DG)

'Defying criticism' Read review

No 8

Puccini La bohème

BPO / Herbert von Karajan

(Decca)

'Perhaps the best thing Pavarotti has ever done' Read review

No 9

R Strauss Tod und Verklärung. Metamorphosen

BPO / Herbert von Karajan

(DG)

'A clear first-choice in both works' Read review

No 10

Wagner Parsifal

BPO / Herbert von Karajan

(DG)

'Seems to grow in statute on each re-hearing' Read review