Beginers Top 20 - A 'Project Climax' Subcategory - 20 CDs

Top 20 CDs for your Classical Music Collection.
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.




What to do next
Once you have browsed and read about the recommended albums of this section at Classicalcdguide.com, you can come back here and download the albums that has cought your interest. The albums marked by a red number are the ones I have yet been unable to find anywhere so any help on that matter would be very much appreciated.

If you want more
In case you feel inspired to get more you are welcome to visit the main page of project Climax from where you will have access to a virtual library of quality recordings of classical music. Everything indexed into a variety of categories that should suit everyones taste.

01 - Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 5 & 7 (Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27173374/01_LVBSN5A7.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27177335/01_LVBSN5A7.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27182754/01_LVBSN5A7.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27187819/01_LVBSN5A7.part4.rar

02 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 (Ashkenazy & Philharmonia Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27193695/02_WAMGPC1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27200141/02_WAMGPC1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27206699/02_WAMGPC1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27216751/02_WAMGPC2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27219645/02_WAMGPC2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27227193/02_WAMGPC2.part3.rar

03 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Favorite Piano Sonatas (Alfred Brendel)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27303353/03_LVBFPS1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27308078/03_LVBFPS1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27313480/03_LVBFPS1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27318338/03_LVBFPS2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27324001/03_LVBFPS2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27331048/03_LVBFPS2.part3.rar

04 - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos - Age of Enlightenment Orchestra (Virgin 1999)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33621029/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33632074/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33632339/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33633413/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33680636/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33683807/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33612275/Cvrs.rar

05 - Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 8, No. 2 Op. 87 - Eroica Trio (EMI 2002)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33944016/B.T.ET.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33944338/B.T.ET.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33947004/B.T.ET.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33977554/B.T.ET.Cvrs.rar

06 - Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka & The Rite of Spring (Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27537263/06_ISPLSDP.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27543732/06_ISPLSDP.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27550894/06_ISPLSDP.part3.rar

07 - Franz Schubert: String Quartets 'The Trout' & Death & the Maiden' (Gilels & Amadeus String Quartet)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27557754/07_FSTQDATMQ.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27564236/07_FSTQDATMQ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27572984/07_FSTQDATMQ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27580292/07_FSTQDATMQ.part4.rar

08 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (Mariss Jansons & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27586648/08_PITSN6P.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27592699/08_PITSN6P.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27594555/08_PITSN6P.part3.rar

09 - Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass No. 11 in D minor ''Nelson Mass'' - Willcocks & LSO (Decca 2000)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33680007/H.NM.W.KCC.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33754199/H.NM.W.KCC.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33754253/H.NM.W.KCC.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33754254/H.NM.W.KCC.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33754677/H.NM.W.KCC.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33763154/H.NM.W.KCC.Cvrs.rar

10 - Georges Bizet: Carmen (de los Angeles, Gedda, Beecham & French Radio Chorus and Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/27636235/10_GBC1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27640206/10_GBC1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27644137/10_GBC1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27650118/10_GBC2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27654682/10_GBC2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27662510/10_GBC2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27669098/10_GBC3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27679588/10_GBC3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/27698255/10_GBC3.part3.rar

11 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Janowitz, Kmentt, Karajan & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28195908/11_LVBSN9C.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28201865/11_LVBSN9C.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28208524/11_LVBSN9C.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28220182/11_LVBSN9C.part4.rar

12 - Franz Schubert: Symphony Nos. 3 & 8 'Unfinished' (Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28224343/12_FSSN3A8U.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28233773/12_FSSN3A8U.part2.rar

13 - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 'Razumovsky' (Takács String Quartet)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28247831/13_LVBSQ1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28251820/13_LVBSQ1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28255588/13_LVBSQ1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28263923/13_LVBSQ1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28269590/13_LVBSQ2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28286122/13_LVBSQ2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28292324/13_LVBSQ2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28302026/13_LVBSQ2.part4.rar

14 - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955-1981 (Glenn Gould)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28307740/14_JSBASOWGB2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28314172/14_JSBASOWGB2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28318708/14_JSBASOWGV1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28324127/14_JSBASOWGV1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28329639/14_JSBASOWGV3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28333976/14_JSBASOWGV3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28338297/14_JSBASOWGV3.part3.rar

15 - George Friedrich Handel: Messiah (Auger, von Otter, Trevor Pinnock & English Concert & Choir)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28359452/15_GFH_MTP1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28363016/15_GFH_MTP1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28367202/15_GFH_MTP1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28376077/15_GFH_MTP2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28381519/15_GFH_MTP2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28407512/15_GFH_MTP2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28413082/15_GFH_MTP2.part4.rar

16 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35-41 (Karl Böhm & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28422591/16_WAM_SN35411.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28430791/16_WAM_SN35411.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28437358/16_WAM_SN35411.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28443062/16_WAM_SN35411.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28449217/16_WAM_SN35412.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28454220/16_WAM_SN35412.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28477044/16_WAM_SN35412.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28479904/16_WAM_SN35412.part4.rar

17 - Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quatro Stagioni (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Giuseppe Tartini & Trondheim Soloists)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28495959/17_AV_LQST.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28508053/17_AV_LQST.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28514338/17_AV_LQST.part3.rar

18 - Shostakovich & Thaikovsky: Trios for Piano (Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer & Mischa Maisky)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28519836/18_DSPIT_T.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28528427/18_DSPIT_T.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28533999/18_DSPIT_T.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28538488/18_DSPIT_T.part4.rar

19 - Antonín Dvorak; Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' - Mariss Jansons (RCO Live 2003)
http://rapidshare.de/files/32900291/D.NWS.SSO.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32902281/D.NWS.SSO.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32907237/D.NWS.SSO.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32901655/D.NWS.SSO.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/32943599/Cvrs.rar

20 - Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel: String Quartets in G & F major (Belcea String Quartet)
http://rapidshare.de/files/28556683/20_DDR_SQ.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28568988/20_DDR_SQ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/28574592/20_DDR_SQ.part3.rar