If you are feeling discouraged, these might be helpful.

• Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 (Gieseking, 1951; Pogorelich, 2007) 

• Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (Sofronitsky, 1955)

• Schubert Piano Sonata in G major, D 894 (Richter, 1978)

• Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (Hofmann, Barbirolli, NYPO, 1938)

• Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Tarmakina, Anosov, SSO, 1948)

• Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor (Lipatti, Ansermet, OSR, 1950)

• Ravel Piano Concerto in G major  (Michelangeli, Celibidache, LSO, 1982)

• Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (Gilels, Jochum, BPO, 1972)

• Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major (Celibidache, MPO, 1979)

• Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor (Celibidache, MPO, 1985)

• Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor (Sanderling, LPO, 1956)

• Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Ressurection” (Tennstedt, LPO, 1989)

• Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Tennstedt, LPO, 1992)

• Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (Celibidache, MPO, 1995)

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