If you are feeling discouraged, these might be helpful.

• Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 (Walter Gieseking, 1951)

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

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

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

• Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” (Michelangeli, Celibidache, ONF, 1974)

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

• Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor (Wilhelm Furtwängler, BPO, 1948)

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

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

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

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