So you want to start listening to classical music, but don't know where to begin? Here's a list of the twenty essential CDs that every classical music fan should have - if you're only going to buy twenty classical CDs in your life, they should be these twenty. The list provides a sampling of the greatest works from a wide variety of styles and time periods. There are roaring symphonies and intimate chamber works, old-fashioned Baroque music, a scandalous twentieth century piece, and everything in between. The works are all among the most popular pieces performed today, and there are dozens - if not hundreds - of recordings of each. You're bound to fall in love with at least a couple of works on this list.

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11 - Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphonien No. 9 'Choral' - Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker (DG 1963) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539503/top_20_classical_cd_guide_11.txt Total RAR size: 8 parts, 377.7 Mb 12 - Franz Schubert; Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 'Unfinished' - Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker (DG 1997) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539507/top_20_classical_cd_guide_12.txt Total RAR size: 4 parts, 192.5 Mb 13 - Ludwig van Beethoven; String Quartets Op. 59 1-3 & Op. 74 - Takacs Quartet (Decca 2001) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539509/top_20_classical_cd_guide_13.txt Total RAR size: 13 parts, 622.0 Mb 14 - Johann Sebastian Bach; 'A State of Wonder' Complete Goldberg Variations 1955-81 - Glenn Gould (Sony 2002) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539517/top_20_classical_cd_guide_14.txt Total RAR size: 11 parts, 531.7 Mb 15 - Georg Friedrich Händel; Messiah - Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert & Choir (Archiv Produktion 1990) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539522/top_20_classical_cd_guide_15.txt Total RAR size: 12 parts, 614.1 Mb 16 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonien Nos. 35-41 - Karl Böhm & Berliner Philharmoniker (DG 1996) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539525/top_20_classical_cd_guide_16.txt Total RAR size: 14 parts, 684.4 Mb 17 - Antonio Vivaldi; Le Quattro Stagioni - Tartini; The Devil's Trill - Anne-Sophie Mutter & Trondheim Soloists (DG 1999) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539531/top_20_classical_cd_guide_17.txt Total RAR size: 6 parts, 282.4 Mb 18 - Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky Trios - Argerich, Kremer, Maisky (DG 1999) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539539/top_20_classical_cd_guide_18.txt Total RAR size: 7 parts, 310.4 Mb 19 - Antonín Dvorak; Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' - Mariss Jansons (RCO Live 2003) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539543/top_20_classical_cd_guide_19.txt Total RAR size: 7 parts, 350.3 Mb 20 - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel; String Quartets - Belcea Quartet (EMI 2001) http://rapidshare.com/files/19539545/top_20_classical_cd_guide_20.txt Total RAR size: 6 parts, 288.2 Mb

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