1000 dischi per un secolo
LEE KONITZ: Subconscious Lee
Prestige, 1955 (1949-1950)
FLETCHER HENDERSON: A Study in Frustration
Columbia, 1961 (rec. 1923-1938)
CHARLIE PARKER: Bird with Strings
Verve, 1950
EDGARD VARESE: Ameriques; Ionisation; Deserts
New York Philharmonic; Ensemble Intercontemporain; Pierre Boulez
HERBIE NICHOLS: The Complete Blue Note Recordings
Blue Note, 1955-1956
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: Fontessa
John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibes), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums) - Atlantic, 1956
MIRIAM MAKEBA: Miriam Makeba
RCA Victor, 1960
NINO ROTA: The Godfather
Paramount, 1972
SONNY ROLLINS: Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins, ts / Tommy Flanagan, p / Doug Watkins, b / Max Roach, d - Prestige, 1957 (rec. 1956)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Tre pezzi per pianoforte, Op.11
Glenn Gould, piano - rec, 1958
BELA BARTOK: Sei Quartetti per archi
Quartetto per archi n. 1, Op. 7 (Takacs Quartet)
WOODY GUTHRIE at 100 (the Centennial Edition)
recorded 1939-1951 - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
SIDNEY BECHET: Really the Blues
ASV, 1993 (rec. 1932-1941)
ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND: The First Jazz Recordings
Nick LaRocca (cnt); Emil Christian, Eddie Edwards (tbn); Larry Shields, Artie Seaberg (cl); Bennie Krueger, Don Parker (as); J. Russel Robinson, Billy Jones, Henry Ragas, Henry Vanicelli (p); Tony Sbarbaro (d) - Timeless, 1998 (rec. 1917-1921)
ELLA FITZGERALD: Ella Sings Cole Porter
Verve, 1956
CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH: Brown & Roach Incorporated
Clifford Brown (tp), Harold Land (ts), Richie Powell (p), George Morrow (b), Max Roach (d) - EmArcy, 1954
ERWIN SCHULHOFF: In Futurum
tratto da "1000 dischi per un secolo" di Enrico Merlin, edito da Il Saggiatore
STAN GETZ & CHARLIE BYRD: Jazz Samba
Verve, 1962
ART BLAKEY QUINTET: A Night at Birdland
Clifford Brown (trumpet), Lou Donaldson (alto sax), Horace Silver (piano), Curley Russell (bass), Art Blakey (drums)
Blue Note, 1954 (rec. 1954)
VV. AA.: Calypso Pioneers
Rounder Records, 1989 (reg. 1912-1937)
FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE QUARTET: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
John Wesley Work II, ten.; James Andrew Myers, ten.; Alfred Garfield King, basso; Noah Walker Ryder, basso-bar.
Document, 1997 (rec. 1909-1911)
MAURICE RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit
Jean-Ives Thibaudet, piano
comp. 1908 - Decca, 1992 (reg. 1991)
CHARLES IVES: The Unanswered Question
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, dir.
comp. 1908 - Deutsche Grammophon, 1990 (reg. 1988)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Preludes, Livre I
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
comp. 1910 - Deutsche Grammophon, 1971 (reg. 1971)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Children's Corner
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
comp. 1908 - Deutsche Grammophon, 1971 (reg. 1971)
ENRICO CARUSO: 21 Favorite Arias
Enrico Caruso, voc; vari accompagnatori, orchestre e direttori
RCA Records, 1987 (reg. 1906-1920)
CHARLES IVES: Central Park in the Dark
Northern Sinfonia; James Sinclair, dir.
comp. 1906 - Naxos, 2003 (reg. 2000)
GUSTAV MAHLER: Mahler Plays Mahler
Gustav Mahler, piano
comp. 1905 - Golden Legacy of Recorded Sound, 1993 (reg. 1905)
CANTORS, KLEZMORIM & CROONERS. Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection
JSP Records, 2009 (rec. 1905-53)
RICHARD STRAUSS: Salome, Op. 54
Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Eberhard Wachter; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Georg Solti, cond.
comp. 1905 - Decca, 1962 (reg. 1961)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Images pour Orchestre
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, dir.
comp. 1912 - Columbia, 1971 (reg. 1967)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: La mer
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, dir.
comp. 1905 - Columbia, 1971 (reg. 1966)
GUSTAV MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder
ChrIsta Ludwig; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, dir.
comp. 1904 - Deutsche Grammophon, 1975 (reg. 1974)
LEOS JANACEK: Jenufa
Elisabeth Söderström, Wieslaw Ochman, Petr Dvorsky, Eva Randova, Lucia Popp; Wiener Philharmoniker; Sir Charles Mackerras, dir.
comp. 1903 - Decca, 1983 (reg. 1982)
LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS: Sing a Song of Basie
Dave Lambert (voc), Jon Hendricks (voc), Annie Ross (voc), Nat Pierce (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d)
ABC Paramount, 1957 (rec. 1957)
DUKE ELLINGTON: Never No Lament - The Blanton/Webster Band
Rex Stewart (cnt), Cootie Williams (tp), Ray Nance (tp, vl, voc), Wallace Jones (tp), Juan Tizol (tbn), Joe Nanton (tbn), Lawrence Brown (tbn), Barney Bigard (cl, ts), Johnny Hodges (as, ss, cl), Otto Hardwick (as), Ben Webster (ts), Chauncey Haughton (cl, ts), Harry Carney (cl, as, bs), Duke Ellington (p), Billy Strayhorn (p), Fred Guy (g), Jimmy Blanton (b), Sonny Greer (d), Ivie Anderson (voc), Herb Jeffries (voc).
RCA Bluebird, 2003 (rec. 1940-42)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande
Elisabeth Söderström, Yvonne Minton, Anthony Britten, George Shirley, Donald McIntyre, David Ward; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Pierre Boulez, dir.
comp. 1902 - Decca, 1970 (reg. 1969-70)
REAL RAGTIME: Disc Recordings from Its Heyday
Archeophone Records, 2005 (reg. 1898-1919)
MILES DAVIS: Birth of the Cool
Capitol, 1957 (rec. 1949-50)
JOHN COLTRANE: Giant Steps
Atlantic, 1960 (rec. 1959)