Best Classical albums of the 1950s

The best Classical studio albums released in the 1950s: 38 albums listeners most often call this genre

Best Classical albums of the 1950s

The most listened are shown: 32 of 38

The Goldberg VariationsBach; Glenn Gould

MessiahGeorge Frederick Handel; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Davis Cunningham, William Warfield

Rhapsody in Blue / An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

PagliacciLeoncavallo; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Monti, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Le nozze di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Elisabeth Höngen, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Herbert von Karajan

Die ZauberflöteMozart; Dermota, Seefried, Kunz, Lipp, Weber, London, Singverein Der Musikfreunde Wien, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Die ZauberflöteMozart; Gueden, Lipp, Simoneau, Berry, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Symphonie Nr. 3 in Es-Dur op. 55 (Eroica)Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata / ChopinBeethoven, Chopin; Alexander Jenner

Partita no. 5 in G major / Partita no. 6 in E minorJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn Gould

Symphonie nr. 9 / Rosamunde‐OuvertüreFranz Schubert; Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minorTchaikovsky, Mendelssohn; Isaac Stern, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance no. 2 / In Autumn / Old Norwegian Folksong with VariationsGrieg; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

RequiemGiuseppe Verdi; Ferenc Fricsay

RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi; Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Maria Meneghini Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Adriana Lazzarini, Giuse Gerbino, Plinio Clabassi, William Dickie, Renato Ercolani, Carlo Forti, Elvira Galassi, Tullio Serafin, Norberto Mola, L'Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala

Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-dur op. 77Johannes Brahms; David Oistrach, Staatskapelle Dresden, Franz Konwitschny

Das Lied von der ErdeMahler; Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 1 In D MajorMahler; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

KindertotenliederMahler; Kathleen Ferrier, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Die WalküreWagner; Furtwängler, Mödl, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frantz, Frick, Klose, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Das RheingoldWagner; Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Gustav Neidlinger, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

La bohèmePuccini; Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Amara, Merrill, Reardon, Tozzi, RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

ManonJules Massenet; Victoria de los Ángeles, Henri Legay, Michel Dens, Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique, Direction : Pierre Monteux

Pictures at an ExhibitionМussorgsky; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

NormaBellini; Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

The Rite of SpringStravinsky; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

The Rite of Spring "Le Sacre du Printemps"Igor Stravinsky; Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

The Sounds of IndiaRavi Shankar

La GiocondaAmilcare Ponchielli; Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giulio Neroni, Maria Amadini, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri, Piero Poldi, Armando Benzi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Antonino Votto

Der RosenkavalierRichard Strauss; Herbert von Karajan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich‐Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus