Classical Music makes up a large portion of the available albums on Native DSD, but if you are feeling a bit tentative and don’t know where to start, we’ve come up with a list of works that offer a basic foundation. Whenever anyone creates a list like this people will complain that a composer has been left off, or a given piece doesn’t belong. This is certainly not a complete, everything-you-need-to-know list, but we think it does provide a starting point. Will you like everything? Maybe not, but you might discover new worlds in even one single composer’s works. Don’t be afraid to explore! And remember, this is a meant to be a starting point.
Along with each work we are suggesting a recording. This is not to suggest that these recordings are the only ones you should consider. They are from a variety of artists, conductors, and ensembles so that you can sample their work as well. Virtually every Classical album offered on Native features high standards of performance and certainly superlative recording quality.
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Schubert: Unfinished & Great Symphonies
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly, SC 74 [Double Album]
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Bach: Goldberg Variations [Double Album]
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Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (Uncut Version, Conducted from Memory)
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Copland: Billy the Kid
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade – Noseda (Version #2)
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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
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Chopin’s Last Waltz [Pure DSD]
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La Mer, Ma Mère l’Oye
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Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe
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Prokofiev Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5
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Sibelius Symphony No. 2
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Beethoven & Brahms Symphonies no. 2
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 18
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Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Dvorak: Rusalka Fantasy
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Debussy: Starry Night – Preludes, Book I & Other Works
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Mahler Symphony No. 4
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 and No. 7
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Tour de France Musicale
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Mozart Symphonies
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Beethoven: Symphony No 9, “Choral”
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Mozart Requiem
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
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Strauss: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
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Gershwin
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Ravel – Retrospection
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C-Minor “Resurrection”
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Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Scherzo, Tango
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor