Best Classical albums of the 1960s

The best Classical studio albums released in the 1960s: 97 albums listeners most often call this genre

Best Classical albums of the 1960s

The most listened are shown: 60 of 97

Sechs Suiten für Violoncello solo, BWV 1007–1012Johann Sebastian Bach; Pierre Fournier

The Black Saint and the Sinner LadyCharles Mingus

Carmina BuranaCarl Orff; Gundula Janowitz; Gerhard Stolze; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau; Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum

Die ZauberflöteMozart; Janowitz, Gedda, Popp, Berry, Frick, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Missa solemnisBeethoven; Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Elisabeth Söderström, Marga Höffgen, Waldemar Kmentt, Martti Talvela

Sketches of SpainMiles Davis

Die ZauberflöteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Piano Concertos no. 17 in G major, K.453 / No. 21 in C major, K.467Mozart; Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums, Anda Géza

Messe in h‐mollJohann Sebastian Bach; Münchener Bach‐Chor, Münchener Bach‐Orchester, Karl Richter

Partita no. 3 in A minor / Partita no. 4 in D major / Toccata no. 7 in E minorJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn Gould

Classics Up to Date, Volume 2James Last

Il trovatoreGiuseppe Verdi; Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan

Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1Chopin, Liszt; London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich

Das Lied von der ErdeMahler; Otto Klemperer, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony no. 2 ‘Resurrection’Gustav Mahler; Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Suite españolaAlbéniz; New Philharmonia, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Pines of Rome / Fountains of RomeRespighi; Chicago Symphony, Reiner

12 concerti a cinque, op. 9Albinoni; I Musici

Duke Bluebeard's CastleBartók; Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

CarmenGeorges Bizet; Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Andréa Guiot, Robert Massard, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Berbié, Claude Calès, Chœurs René Duclos, Chœurs d’enfants Jean Pesneaud, Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Violin Sonatas nos. 9 "Kreutzer" / 5 "Spring"Beethoven; David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin

Missa SolemnisBeethoven; Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Walter Berry, Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Concerto N° 1 pour piano et orchestreTchaikowsky; Richter - Karajan

Symphony no. 6Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeny Mravinsky

Nutcracker & Sleeping Beauty SuitesTchaikovsky; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Leonid Kogan, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri

Legendary Masters of the Piano: A Legacy of Great Performances Preserved Forever in Modern SoundVarious Artists

Dvořák: Cellokonzert / Tschaikowsky: Rokoko‐VariationenDvořák, Tschaikowsky; Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich, Herbert von Karajan

Slavonic Dances, op. 46 / Slavonic Dances, op. 72Dvořák; The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Symphony no. 9 "From the New World"Dvořák; Antal Doráti, Philharmonia Orchestra

KaiserwalzerJohann Strauss; Ferenc Fricsay

Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, op. 10 / Ravel: String Quartet in F majorDebussy, Ravel; Quartetto Italiano

Le Martyre de Saint SébastienDebussy; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Florence Kopleff, Catherine Akos, Phyllis Curtin, New England Conservatory Chorus, Lorna Cooke de Varon

A Midsummer Night’s DreamBritten; Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Josephine Veasey, Heather Harper, Stephen Terry, John Shirley‐Quirk, Helen Watts, Owen Brannigan, Norman Lumsden, Kenneth MacDonald, David Kelly, Robert Tear, Keith Raggett, London Symphony, Benjamin Britten

The CanticlesBenjamin Britten

Mingus Plays PianoCharles Mingus

AïdaVerdi; Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill, Tozzi, Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Solti conducting

The Demonic LisztLiszt; Earl Wild

Violin Sonatas, op. 78, op. 100, op. 108Brahms; Josef Suk, Julius Katchen

Sonaten Für Violoncello Und Klavier Nr. 1 Und Nr. 2Brahms; Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim

Martha Argerich: Début RecitalChopin, Brahms, Liszt, Maurice Ravel, Prokofiev; Martha Argerich

Das Lied von der ErdeMahler; James King, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Cello Concerto / Sea PicturesElgar; Jacqueline du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra

Finlandia / Karelia Suite / Valse TristeJean Sibelius; Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Symphony no. 2Sibelius; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Szell

L’Enfant et les sortilègesMaurice Ravel; Françoise Ogéas, Jane Berbié, Jeannine Collard, Sylvaine Gilma, Camille Maurane, Heinz Rehfuss, Michel Sénéchal, Colette Herzog, Orchestre National de la R.T.F., Lorin Maazel

Dido and AeneasPurcell; Baker, Clark, Sinclair, Herincx, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis

Callas sings Rossini and Donizetti AriasRossini, Donizetti; Maria Callas, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno

Bernstein Conducts Favorite Rossini OverturesRossini; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

6‐ and 12‐String GuitarLeo Kottke

Scheherazade, Op.35Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков; London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-DurProkofiev, Ravel; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Carmina BuranaCarl Orff; Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky, John Noble, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Portrait of GeniusRavi Shankar