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  1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover01Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackJohn Williams · 2019
  2. Reprise 1990-1999 cover

    02 Reprise 1990-1999

    Vangelis · 1999

  3. Kundun cover

    03 Kundun

    Philip Glass · 1997

  4. Les Enfants Terribles cover

    04 Les Enfants Terribles

    Philip Glass · 2005

  5. Music for 18 Musicians cover

    05 Music for 18 Musicians

    Steve Reich · 1978

  6. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) cover

    06 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    John Williams · 2023

  7. The Desert Music cover

    07 The Desert Music

    Steve Reich · 1985

  8. Petta cover

    08 Petta

    Anirudh Ravichander · 2018

  9. Alexander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover

    09 Alexander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Vangelis · 2004

  10. Sextet / Six Marimbas cover

    10 Sextet / Six Marimbas

    Steve Reich · 1987

  11. Early Works cover

    11 Early Works

    Steve Reich · 1987

  12. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover

    12 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Harry Gregson-Williams · 2010

  13. Drumming cover

    13 Drumming

    Steve Reich · 1987

  14. The Cave cover

    14 The Cave

    Steve Reich · 1995

  15. Triple Quartet cover

    15 Triple Quartet

    Steve Reich · 2001

  16. Antarctica: Music From Koreyoshi Karahara's Film cover

    16 Antarctica: Music From Koreyoshi Karahara's Film

    Vangelis · 1983

  17. Heaven and Hell cover

    17 Heaven and Hell

    Vangelis · 1975

  18. Chicken Run cover

    18 Chicken Run

    Harry Gregson-Williams · 2000

  19. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack cover

    19 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack

    Yoko Shimomura · 2011

  20. Mario & Luigi RPG Sound Selection cover

    20 Mario & Luigi RPG Sound Selection

    Yoko Shimomura · 2009

  21. The Twilight Saga: New Moon cover

    21 The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Alexandre Desplat · 2009

  22. City Life / Proverb cover

    22 City Life / Proverb

    Steve Reich · 1996

  23. Music for Mallet Instruments cover

    23 Music for Mallet Instruments

    Steve Reich · 1995

  24. Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich and Musicians) cover

    24 Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich and Musicians)

    Steve Reich · 1998

  25. Tehillim cover

    25 Tehillim

    Steve Reich · 1982

  26. The Four Sections / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ cover

    26 The Four Sections / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

    Steve Reich · 1990

  27. Drumming / Six Pianos / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ cover

    27 Drumming / Six Pianos / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

    Steve Reich · 1974

  28. Variations cover

    28 Variations

    Steve Reich · 2002

  29. The Ligeti Project III cover

    29 The Ligeti Project III

    György Ligeti · 2002

  30. 30 Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music / Piano Phase / Four Organs (Ensemble Avant Garde)

    Steve Reich · 1999

  31. The Ligeti Project II (Berliner Philharmoniker feat. conductor Jonathan Nott) cover

    31 The Ligeti Project II (Berliner Philharmoniker feat. conductor Jonathan Nott)

    György Ligeti · 2002

  32. Ligeti Edition 7: Chamber Music cover

    32 Ligeti Edition 7: Chamber Music

    György Ligeti · 1998

  33. Concertos for Cello, Violin & Piano cover

    33 Concertos for Cello, Violin & Piano

    György Ligeti · 1994

  34. Another Look at Counterpoint cover

    34 Another Look at Counterpoint

    Steve Reich · 1993

  35. Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets (Arditti String Quartet) cover

    35 Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets (Arditti String Quartet)

    György Ligeti · 1997

  36. Kammerkonzert / Ramifications / Lux aeterna / Atmosphères cover

    36 Kammerkonzert / Ramifications / Lux aeterna / Atmosphères

    György Ligeti · 1988

  37. The Desert Music / Shaker Loops cover

    37 The Desert Music / Shaker Loops

    Steve Reich · 1996

  38. Ligeti: Works for Piano & Cembalo cover

    38 Ligeti: Works for Piano & Cembalo

    György Ligeti · 2000

  39. Music for 18 Musicians (Ensemble Modern) cover

    39 Music for 18 Musicians (Ensemble Modern)

    Steve Reich · 1999

  40. Ligeti Edition 5: Mechanical Music cover

    40 Ligeti Edition 5: Mechanical Music

    György Ligeti · 1997

  41. Trio für Violine, Horn und Klavier / Passacaglia ungherese / Hungarian Rock / Continuum / Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung cover

    41 Trio für Violine, Horn und Klavier / Passacaglia ungherese / Hungarian Rock / Continuum / Monument · Selbstportrait · Bewegung

    György Ligeti · 1993

  42. The Complete Piano Music, Volume I (Fredrik Ullén) cover

    42 The Complete Piano Music, Volume I (Fredrik Ullén)

    György Ligeti · 1996

  43. Ligeti Edition 2: A Cappella Choral Works (London Sinfonietta Voices feat. conductor: Terry Edwards) cover

    43 Ligeti Edition 2: A Cappella Choral Works (London Sinfonietta Voices feat. conductor: Terry Edwards)

    György Ligeti · 1997

  44. The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto cover

    44 The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto

    György Ligeti · 2000

  45. Le Grand Macabre cover

    45 Le Grand Macabre

    György Ligeti · 1991

  46. Un portrait cover

    46 Un portrait

    György Ligeti · 2000

  47. Études pour piano (Toros Can) cover

    47 Études pour piano (Toros Can)

    György Ligeti · 2002

  48. Boulez Conducts Ligeti: Concertos for Cello / Violin / Piano cover

    48 Boulez Conducts Ligeti: Concertos for Cello / Violin / Piano

    György Ligeti · 1994

  49. Le Grand Macabre (London Sinfonietta Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen) cover

    49 Le Grand Macabre (London Sinfonietta Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen)

    György Ligeti · 1999

  50. Danse Macabre · Phaéton · Le Rouet d'Omphale · La Jeunesse d'Hercule · Marche Héroïque cover

    50 Danse Macabre · Phaéton · Le Rouet d'Omphale · La Jeunesse d'Hercule · Marche Héroïque

    Camille Saint-Saëns · 1981

  51. Les 5 Symphonies cover

    51 Les 5 Symphonies

    Camille Saint-Saëns · 1989

  52. Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective cover

    52 Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective

    Philip Glass · 2008

  53. The Berlin Concert cover

    53 The Berlin Concert

    John Williams · 2022

  54. The Music of John Williams: The Definitive Collection cover

    54 The Music of John Williams: The Definitive Collection

    John Williams · 2012

  55. Once Upon a Time in the West cover

    55 Once Upon a Time in the West

    Ennio Morricone · 1999

  56. 44 Duos cover

    56 44 Duos

    Béla Bartók · 2016

  57. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento (Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: János Rolla) cover

    57 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertimento (Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: János Rolla)

    Béla Bartók · 1984

  58. The Miraculous Mandarin / Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Detroit Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antal Dorati) cover

    58 The Miraculous Mandarin / Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Detroit Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Antal Dorati)

    Béla Bartók · 1985

  59. The Miraculous Mandarin cover

    59 The Miraculous Mandarin

    Béla Bartók · 1977

  60. Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Bartok: Contrasts cover

    60 Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Bartok: Contrasts

    Béla Bartók · 1987

  61. 61 Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta / Stravinsky Apollo (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Herbert von Karajan)

    Béla Bartók · 1980

  62. Die 6 Streichquartette cover

    62 Die 6 Streichquartette

    Béla Bartók · 1988

  63. Divertimento / Romanian folk dances - Janacek: Mladi (Orpheus chamber orchestra) cover

    63 Divertimento / Romanian folk dances - Janacek: Mladi (Orpheus chamber orchestra)

    Béla Bartók · 1986

  64. Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Georg Solti) cover

    64 Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Georg Solti)

    Béla Bartók · 1982

  65. Bluebeard's Castle (London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: István Kertész) cover

    65 Bluebeard's Castle (London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: István Kertész)

    Béla Bartók · 1965

  66. The Six String Quartets cover

    66 The Six String Quartets

    Béla Bartók · 1984

  67. Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Fritz Reiner) cover

    67 Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Fritz Reiner)

    Béla Bartók · 1986

  68. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertmento for String Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra feat. conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczski) cover

    68 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Divertmento for String Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra feat. conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczski)

    Béla Bartók · 1986

  69. The String Quartets (Éder Quartet) cover

    69 The String Quartets (Éder Quartet)

    Béla Bartók · 1981

  70. Concerto pour Orchestre / Deux images Op. 10 (Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam feat. conductor: Antal Dorati) cover

    70 Concerto pour Orchestre / Deux images Op. 10 (Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam feat. conductor: Antal Dorati)

    Béla Bartók · 1983

  71. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Janacek: Sinfonietta cover

    71 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Janacek: Sinfonietta

    Béla Bartók · 1986

  72. Works for Piano and Orchestra cover

    72 Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Béla Bartók · 1987

  73. Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos, Sonata for 2 Pianos cover

    73 Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for 2 Solo Pianos, Sonata for 2 Pianos

    Béla Bartók · 1978

  74. Ravel Quartet in F major / Bartók Quartet No. 3 cover

    74 Ravel Quartet in F major / Bartók Quartet No. 3

    Béla Bartók · 1983

  75. Béla Bartók: Divertimento · Romanian Folk Dances / Leoš Janáček: Mládí cover

    75 Béla Bartók: Divertimento · Romanian Folk Dances / Leoš Janáček: Mládí

    Béla Bartók · 1985

  76. Symphony no. 1 in F, op. 10 / Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54 cover

    76 Symphony no. 1 in F, op. 10 / Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1985

  77. Symphony No. 10 cover

    77 Symphony No. 10

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1975

  78. Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 cover

    78 Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1984

  79. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905" (Concertgebouw Orchestra, feat. conductor: Bernard Haitink) cover

    79 Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905" (Concertgebouw Orchestra, feat. conductor: Bernard Haitink)

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1985

  80. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Simon Rattle) cover

    80 Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Simon Rattle)

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1986

  81. Symphony No. 5 in D minor / Festival Overture cover

    81 Symphony No. 5 in D minor / Festival Overture

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1980

  82. Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 (Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks feat. conductor: Maxim Shostakovich, cello: Heinrich Schiff) cover

    82 Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 (Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks feat. conductor: Maxim Shostakovich, cello: Heinrich Schiff)

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1985

  83. Symphony no. 5, op. 47 cover

    83 Symphony no. 5, op. 47

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1987

  84. Symphony No. 5 cover

    84 Symphony No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1964

  85. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (I Musici de Montréal feat. conductor: Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky) cover

    85 Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (I Musici de Montréal feat. conductor: Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky)

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1985

  86. Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 / Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 1 (National Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich) cover

    86 Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 / Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite No. 1 (National Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich)

    Dmitri Shostakovich · 1983

  87. String Quartets cover

    87 String Quartets

    Maurice Ravel · 1986

  88. Piano Works Vol. 2 cover

    88 Piano Works Vol. 2

    Maurice Ravel · 1984

  89. L'heure espagnole (BBC Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Bruno Maderna) cover

    89 L'heure espagnole (BBC Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Bruno Maderna)

    Maurice Ravel · 1960

  90. Daphnis et Chloé (London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus conducted by André Previn) cover

    90 Daphnis et Chloé (London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus conducted by André Previn)

    Maurice Ravel · 1982

  91. 91 Piano Works Vol.1 (feat. piano: Vlado Perlemuter)

    Maurice Ravel · 1983

  92. Boléro / Rapsodie espagnole / Ma mère l'oye / Pavane (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Claudio Abbado) cover

    92 Boléro / Rapsodie espagnole / Ma mère l'oye / Pavane (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Claudio Abbado)

    Maurice Ravel · 1986

  93. Piano Trios cover

    93 Piano Trios

    Maurice Ravel · 1985

  94. Thibaudet Ravel Recital cover

    94 Thibaudet Ravel Recital

    Maurice Ravel · 1985

  95. Bolero (Boston Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor Seiji Ozawa) cover

    95 Bolero (Boston Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor Seiji Ozawa)

    Maurice Ravel · 1987

  96. Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur cover

    96 Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur

    Maurice Ravel · 1967

  97. Faure: Requiem / Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini) cover

    97 Faure: Requiem / Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini)

    Maurice Ravel · 1986

  98. Boléro / Rapsodie espagnole / La valse / Alborada del gracioso (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal feat. condutor: Charles Dutoit) cover

    98 Boléro / Rapsodie espagnole / La valse / Alborada del gracioso (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal feat. condutor: Charles Dutoit)

    Maurice Ravel · 1981

  99. Gaspard de la Nuit / Sonatine / Valses nobles et sentimentales cover

    99 Gaspard de la Nuit / Sonatine / Valses nobles et sentimentales

    Maurice Ravel · 1975

  100. 100 Bolero / Le tombeau de Couperin / Daphnis et Chloé / Alborada del Gracioso (Philharmonisches Orchester von Mexiko, feat. conductor: Fernando Lozano)

    Maurice Ravel · 1986

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