1998 Western Classical Music Album Releases

1998

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Dec 18

Koji Kondo - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

90

critic score

(1)

90

user score

(110)

1998

Joe Hisaishi - Hana-bi

83

user score

(15)

Sep 22

Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony

Inquisition Symphony

60

critic score

(1)

74

user score

(13)

Mar 10

Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe - Messe en si

Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe

87

user score

(10)

Jun 3

Keller Quartett - Die Kunst der Fuge

Keller Quartett

Die Kunst der Fuge

82

user score

(10)

May 19

Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver

Bernard Herrmann

90

critic score

(1)

87

user score

(9)

Jan

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez - Symphonie No. 9

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez

Symphonie No. 9

86

user score

(4)

Aug 25

James Horner - Back to Titanic

Back to Titanic

64

critic score

(2)

70

user score

(4)

May 15

Kronos Quartet - Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets

Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets

81

user score

(2)

Sep 28

Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell / Judith Raskin - Symphony No. 4 in G

Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell / Judith Raskin

Symphony No. 4 in G

65

user score

(2)

Oct 6

Bernard Herrmann - The Trouble With Harry

Bernard Herrmann

The Trouble With Harry

80

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(2)

Oct 19

Ivo Pogorelić - 4 Scherzi

95

user score

(2)

1998

Kodály Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartets Vol. 4: Quartet Op. 59, No. 1; Quartet Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso"

Kodály Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartets Vol. 4: Quartet Op. 59, No. 1; Quartet Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso"

58

user score

(1)

1998

Zürcher Kammerorchester, Howard Griffiths - Symphonies 3 & 5

Zürcher Kammerorchester, Howard Griffiths

Symphonies 3 & 5

85

user score

(1)

1998

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras / Renée Fleming / Ben Heppner / Dolora Zajick / Franz Hawlata / Eva Urbanová - Dvořák: Rusalka

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras / Renée Fleming / Ben Heppner / Dolora Zajick / Franz Hawlata / Eva Urbanová

Dvořák: Rusalka

67

user score

(1)

1998

Choir Of The Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell - Mortuus est Philippus Rex: Music for the Life and Death of the Spanish King

Choir Of The Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell

Mortuus est Philippus Rex: Music for the Life and Death of the Spanish King

90

critic score

(1)

70

user score

(1)

1998

Berliner Philharmoniker / Cleveland Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan / George Szell / David Oistrakh / Mstislav Rostropovich / - Triple Concerto / Double Concerto

Berliner Philharmoniker / Cleveland Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan / George Szell / David Oistrakh / Mstislav Rostropovich /

Triple Concerto / Double Concerto

71

user score

(1)

Mar 1

Yasunori Mitsuda - Xenogears

Yasunori Mitsuda

100

user score

(1)

Mar 10

Andrew Manze - Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Sonata and Other Works

Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Sonata and Other Works

75

user score

(1)

Mar 17

Pavarotti / Sutherland / Nucci / Burchuladze / Bonynge / Orchestra And Chorus Of Welsh National Opera - Verdi: Ernani

Pavarotti / Sutherland / Nucci / Burchuladze / Bonynge / Orchestra And Chorus Of Welsh National Opera

70

user score

(1)

May

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri

Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri

78

user score

(1)

Aug

Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel - Psalmen Davids

Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino / Konrad Junghänel

65

user score

(1)

Oct 26

Pieter Wispelwey - 6 Suites per violoncello solo senza basso

Pieter Wispelwey

6 Suites per violoncello solo senza basso

80

user score

(1)

1998

Musica Contexta - Music for Maundy Thursday

Musica Contexta

Music for Maundy Thursday

1998

Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky - Shostakovich: Symphony No.13, “Babiy Yar”

Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky

Shostakovich: Symphony No.13, “Babiy Yar”

1998

Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

1998

Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown - Spem in Alium; Lamentations of Jeremiah

Pro Cantione Antiqua / Mark Brown

Spem in Alium; Lamentations of Jeremiah

1998

Barbara Schlick / Bob Van Asperen / Klaus Mertens / Wouter Möller - Johann Sebastian Bach: Schemelli-Gesangbuch

Barbara Schlick / Bob Van Asperen / Klaus Mertens / Wouter Möller

Johann Sebastian Bach: Schemelli-Gesangbuch

1998

Jordi Savall - Les Voix Humaines (1600-1780)

Les Voix Humaines (1600-1780)

1998

Wiener Philharmoniker / John Eliot Gardiner - Mendelssohn: Symphonies: No. 4 "Italian"; No. 5 "Reformation"

Wiener Philharmoniker / John Eliot Gardiner

Mendelssohn: Symphonies: No. 4 "Italian"; No. 5 "Reformation"

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1998

Loren Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Loren Maazel / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

1998

Armin Jordan, Chœurs De Radio France & Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique - Les Béatitudes

Armin Jordan, Chœurs De Radio France & Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique

Les Béatitudes

1998

The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood - The Byrd Edition 2

The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood

The Byrd Edition 2

1998

Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh - Requiem: Music for Philip II

Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh

Requiem: Music for Philip II

1998

Hai-Ye Ni / Hélène Jeanney - Cello Recital

Hai-Ye Ni / Hélène Jeanney

1998

Irina Mejoueva - Piano Works

1998

A:N:S Chorus / János Bali - Missa O lumen ecclesiæ; Ave Regina cælorum; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Missa Malheur me bat

A:N:S Chorus / János Bali

Missa O lumen ecclesiæ; Ave Regina cælorum; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Missa Malheur me bat

1998

The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips - The Tallis Christmas Mass

The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips

The Tallis Christmas Mass

1998

Monica Groop, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas - J.S. Bach: Alto Cantatas

Monica Groop, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas

J.S. Bach: Alto Cantatas

1998

Arditti String Quartet / Oppens - Chamber Music

Arditti String Quartet / Oppens

1998

Oxford String Quartet / Merry Peckham - String Quintet No. 15 in C minor; String Quintet No. 5 in D major

Oxford String Quartet / Merry Peckham

String Quintet No. 15 in C minor; String Quintet No. 5 in D major

1998

Mieczysław Horszowski - Bach Recital

Mieczysław Horszowski

1998

La Venexiana - Il terzo libro de madrigali

Il terzo libro de madrigali

1998

Barthold Kuijken / Sigiswald Kuijken / Wieland Kuijken / Robert Kohnen - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, op. V

Barthold Kuijken / Sigiswald Kuijken / Wieland Kuijken / Robert Kohnen

Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate a violino e violone o cimbalo, op. V

Jan

CantArte Regensburg / Hubert Velten - Missa Sine Nomine; Nanino・Quinque Lamentationes

CantArte Regensburg / Hubert Velten

Missa Sine Nomine; Nanino・Quinque Lamentationes

Jan 6

Patrick Doyle - Great Expectations: The Score

Great Expectations: The Score

80

critic score

(1)

Feb

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes - Four Symphonic Metamorphoses

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes

Four Symphonic Metamorphoses

Mar

Oxford Camerata & Jeremy Summerly - Missa L'homme armé

Oxford Camerata & Jeremy Summerly

Missa L'homme armé

Mar 11

Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner - Complete Symphonies

Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner

Complete Symphonies

Mar 31

Murray Perahia - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6

Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6

70

critic score

(1)

May 1

Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage - Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Volume 2

Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage

Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Volume 2

May 12

Christian Thielemann / The Philadelphia Orchestra - Wagner: Meistersinger; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde

Christian Thielemann / The Philadelphia Orchestra

Wagner: Meistersinger; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde

90

critic score

(1)

May 19

The Bach Choir Of Bethlehem / The Bach Festival Orchestra / Greg Funfgeld - Mass in B Minor

The Bach Choir Of Bethlehem / The Bach Festival Orchestra / Greg Funfgeld

Mass in B Minor

Jun 8

The Bach Ensemble / Joshua Rifkin - J.S. Bach: Actus Tragicus

The Bach Ensemble / Joshua Rifkin

J.S. Bach: Actus Tragicus

Jun 30

Ennio Morricone - Bulworth

Ennio Morricone

90

critic score

(1)

Jul 1

The Borodin Trio - Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos 1-4

The Borodin Trio

Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos 1-4

90

critic score

(1)

Jul 27

Vasari Singers / Jeremy Backhouse

Crucifixus; Music for Holy Week

Aug

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit / Bernd Glemser - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit / Bernd Glemser

Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3

Aug 25

Joachim Trio - Smetana: Piano Trio, Op. 15; Suk: Piano Trio, Op. 2; Novák: Piano Trio, Op. 23

Smetana: Piano Trio, Op. 15; Suk: Piano Trio, Op. 2; Novák: Piano Trio, Op. 23

Sep

Angela Hewitt - Das wohltemperierte Klavier Book 1

Das wohltemperierte Klavier Book 1

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