1961 Classical Album Releases

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Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky - Stravinsky Conducts Le Sacre du printemps
Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky Conducts Le Sacre du printemps
79
user score
(24)
Oct
Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim - West Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording)
Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
West Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording)
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(21)
1961
Pierre Fournier - Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo BWV 1007-1012
Pierre Fournier
Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo BWV 1007-1012
83
user score
(18)
Dec
Martha Argerich - Chopin / Brahms / Liszt / Ravel / Prokofieff
Martha Argerich
Chopin / Brahms / Liszt / Ravel / Prokofieff
70
user score
(4)
1961
Wilhelm Kempff - Beethoven: Klaviersonaten Pathétique; Mondschein-Sonate; Appassionata
Wilhelm Kempff
Beethoven: Klaviersonaten Pathétique; Mondschein-Sonate; Appassionata
85
user score
(3)
1961
Juilliard String Quartet - Lyric Suite / Five Pieces, Opus 5; Six Bagatelles, Opus 9
Juilliard String Quartet
Lyric Suite / Five Pieces, Opus 5; Six Bagatelles, Opus 9
80
user score
(2)
1961
Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej / Witold Rowicki - Contemporary Polish Music
Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej / Witold Rowicki
Contemporary Polish Music
87
user score
(2)
1961
Dilermando Reis - Abismo de rosas
Dilermando Reis
Abismo de rosas
74
user score
(2)
1961
Robert Russell Bennett - Victory At Sea Vol. 3
Robert Russell Bennett
Victory At Sea Vol. 3
41
user score
(1)
1961
Arthur Grumiaux - 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
Arthur Grumiaux
6 Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
71
user score
(1)
1961
Maria Callas & Tullio Serafin - Bellini: Norma (1960)
Maria Callas & Tullio Serafin
Bellini: Norma (1960)
75
user score
(1)
1961
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky - Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky
Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)
94
user score
(1)
1961
Ennio Morricone - Il Federale
Ennio Morricone
Il Federale
55
user score
(1)
1961
Fritz Reiner & Vienna Philharmonic - Verdi: Requiem
Fritz Reiner & Vienna Philharmonic
Verdi: Requiem
1961
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini / Claudio Arrau - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor Op.15
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini / Claudio Arrau
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor Op.15
1961
Berliner Symphoniker / Der Chor Der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin / Karl Forster / Fritz Wunderlich / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Karl Christian Kohn / Elisabeth Grümmer / Christa Ludwig / Josef Traxe - Johannes-Passion
Berliner Symphoniker / Der Chor Der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin / Karl Forster / Fritz Wunderlich / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Karl Christian Kohn / Elisabeth Grümmer / Christa Ludwig / Josef Traxe
Johannes-Passion
1961
David Tudor / Christoph Caskel / Aloys Kontarsky / Bernhard Kontarsky - Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus; Refrain; Mauricio Kagel: Transición II
David Tudor / Christoph Caskel / Aloys Kontarsky / Bernhard Kontarsky
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zyklus; Refrain; Mauricio Kagel: Transición II
1961
Lorenzo Da Ponte - The Marriage of Figaro
Lorenzo Da Ponte
The Marriage of Figaro
1961
New Symphony Orchestra Of London / Stanisław Skrowaczewski / Artur Rubinstein - Chopin: Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11
New Symphony Orchestra Of London / Stanisław Skrowaczewski / Artur Rubinstein
Chopin: Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11
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