Greatest recordings of all time - chosen by leading musicians

Some of the artists' individual lists revealed

In the June issue of Gramophone we published a list of the 250 greatest classical recordings as compiled by 35 leading musicians. We received a number of comments from readers saying that they’d be fascinated to see more lists of the individual artists’ personal choices. So below are some excerpts from those lists (with some suggested links to where you can get hold of the recordings) – and don’t forget that you can also hear five of the discs in the Gramophone Listening Room (for a limited time). And finally, many thanks to the artists who helped us prepare this feature.

Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano

Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Musica Antiqua Köln / Reinhard Goebel
DG 423 116-2AH2 Amazon

Mahler Symphony No 6
BPO / Claudio Abbado
DG 477 5684GSA2 Amazon

Vasily Petrenko conductor

Schubert Symphony No 8
Leningrad PO/Evgeny Mravinsky
Melodiya MELCD10 00755 Amazon

Mahler Symphonies Nos 1 – 4
New York PO/Leonard Bernstein
DG 4775174GB6
 
Beethoven The Symphonies
Chicago SO/Sir Georg Solti
Decca 475 9090DC6 Passionato links: Symphony No 9 / Symphony No 3

Shostakovich Symphony No 7
St Petersburg PO/Yuri Temirkanov
RCA 09026 62548-2
 
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6
VPO/Valery Gergiev
Phillips 475 6317PH Passionato

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
St Petersburg PO/ Mariss Jansons
EMI 562809-2 Passionato

Mahler Symphonies 1 – 10
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Kubelik
DG 463 738-2GB10 Amazon

Stravinsky Symphonies
Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ernest Ansermet
Decca 478 1536DC Amazon