51 Desert Island Discs

Because! is why.


de Machaut, Guillaume
The Mirror of Narcissus (1)   Hyperion 66087
-- Christopher Page, Gothic Voices

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suites (2)   Harmonia Mundi 01970
-- Jean-Guihen Queyras
Goldberg Variations (1)   Hyperion 67305
-- Angela Hewitt
Keyboard Concertos (2)   Hyperion 67607
-- Angela Hewitt, Australian Chamber Orchestra
6 Brandenburgische Konzerte et al. (3)   Archiv Produktion 4636572
-- Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester
The Art of Fugue (1)   Deutsche Grammophon 4744952
-- Emerson String Quartet
Mass in B Minor (2)   Virgin 61998
-- Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort & Players
6 Favourite Cantatas (2)   L’Oiseau Lyre 4557062
-- Joshua Rifkin, The Bach Ensemble
Actus Tragicus et al. (1)   Harmonia Mundi 901694
-- Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln
Motets BWV 225-30 (1)   ArkivCD 77368
-- Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln

Handel, George Frideric
Concerti Grossi Op.6 (2)   Decca 4588172
-- Christopher Hogwood, Handel & Haydn Society
Music for the Royal Fireworks et al. (1)   Naxos 8557764
-- Kevin Mallon, Aradia Ensemble
Neun Deutsche Arien (1)   Harmonia Mundi 901689
-- Dorothea Röschmann, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Solomon (2)   Harmonia Mundi 194950
-- Daniel Reuss, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor
Acis and Galatea (2)   Erato 25505
-- William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
Theodora (3)   Erato 43181
-- William Christie, Les Arts Florisants
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (2)   Hyperion 67283
-- Robert King, The King's Consort


Haydn, Joseph
String Quartets Op.64•1 (1)   ASV 1083
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Op.64•2 (1)   ASV 1084
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Op.71 (1)   ASV Gold 4012
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Op.74 (1)   ASV Gold 4013
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Op.76•1 (1)   ASV 1076
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Op.76•2 (1)   ASV 1077
-- The Lindsays
String Quartets Opp.42,77,103 (1)   ASV Gold 4010
-- The Lindsays
The Paris Symphonies (2)   Hänssler Classic 98619
-- Thomas Fey, Heidelberger Sinfoniker
The London Symphonies•1 (2)   Philips Duo 4426112
-- Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The London Symphonies•2 (2)   Philips Duo 4426142
-- Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nelson Mass et al. (1)   Decca 4586232
-- David Willcocks, LSO, King’s College Choir

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
The Haydn Quartets (3)   Profil 04032
-- Klenke Quartett
The String Quintets (2)   Hyperion Dyad 22005
-- Salomon Quartet, Simon Whistler 
Clarinet Quintet [& Schubert's Trout Quintet] (1)   Pentatone 5186121
-- Grumiaux Quartet, George Pieterson et al.
Late Symphonies (2)   Philips Duo 4705402
-- Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden