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1981 Classical Album Releases
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1981
Meredith Monk
Dolmen Music
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(60)
Jun
John Williams
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(33)
Apr
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(22)
1981
Wiener Philharmoniker / Carlos Kleiber
Johannes Brahms: Symphonie No. 4
81
user score
(15)
1981
John Carpenter
Escape from New York
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(11)
1981
John Carpenter
Halloween II
80
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(10)
1981
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert Von Karajan
An der schönen, blauen Donau
71
user score
(5)
1981
Emil Gilels
Klaviersonaten: »Mondschein/Moonlight« · Nr. 13 · »Pathétique«
62
user score
(3)
Oct 21
Ennio Morricone
Le Professionnel
80
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(3)
1981
Ensemble Ars Nova / Orchestre National De France / Boris De Vinogradov / Jacques Mercier
Partiels; Dérives
82
user score
(2)
1981
Anner Bylsma
6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
81
user score
(2)
1981
Fabio Frizzi
L'aldilà
73
user score
(2)
1981
La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe
Missa Assumpta est Maria; Motetti
82
user score
(2)
1981
Pino Donaggio
The Howling (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
70
user score
(1)
1981
Elmer Bernstein
Heavy Metal: The Score
80
user score
(1)
1981
Jerry Goldsmith
Outland
86
user score
(1)
1981
The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips
Palestrina Masses: Missa Benedicta es
80
critic score
(1)
50
user score
(1)
1981
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Antal Dorati
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
89
user score
(1)
1981
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert Von Karajan
Anton Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 3
85
user score
(1)
1981
Linde-Consort
J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer
86
user score
(1)
1981
Daniel Barenboim
Franz Liszt: Rêves D'Amour; Consolations; 3 Sonnets De Pétrarque
1981
Ivo Pogorelić
Chopin Recital
1981
Ambrosian Singers / Philharmonia Orchestra / Simon Rattle
Holst: The Planets
1981
La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe
Dumont: Grands Motets
1981
Robert Shaw / The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
1981
La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken
Konzerte für Violine a-moll BWV 1041 und E-dur BWV 1042; Konzert für zwei Violinen d-moll BWV 1043
1981
Ennio Morricone
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1981
Elmer Bernstein
Stripes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1981
Jerry Goldsmith
Outland (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1981
Jerry Goldsmith
The Final Conflict
80
critic score
(1)
Advertisement
1981
Luciano Michelini
Screamers
Jun
Bill Conti
For Your Eyes Only
70
critic score
(1)
1981
The Borodin Trio
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor Op. 50
1981
Aeolian Quartet / Thea King
Clarinet Quintets
1981
Donatella Failoni
Cimarosa: 31 Sonatas
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