Mozart and Ferenc Fricsay

Mozart's Mass in C minor, K427, first performed in 1783. Ferenc Fricsay conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra [click here to download]. Here is the text and translation.
Although I agree with the assessment of Ernest Boehm of Des Plaines, Illinois, I take issue with some of his spelling and grammar. Please enjoy his review of Fricsay's recording courtesy of amazon.com:

I am a fan of Mozart Masses, even though I am an athiest they are so beautiful in sound and construction. Mozart's use of soloist and choir are stunning. My favorite piece of music ever, the one which still send shivers down my spine every time I hear it, is the Kyrie. It starts with the choir singing kyrie elleison and then is followed by mezzo-saprano then the tenor then the base resounds Christi followed by this high pitched saprano answering Christi Elleison. I have yet hear one phrase in music that shares this purity of genius. The whole mass is beatiful.

Charles-Valentin Alkan

Several absurd piano works from Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)[click here to download], played by another hyphenated three-namer, the great Marc-André Hamelin. Extraordinary, sometimes horrible music. As the story goes, the erudite Alkan was crushed to death by an overflowing bookcase. Surely a noble way to go.

1-4. Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages.' 5-8. Sonatine. 9. Barcarolle. 10. Le Festin D'Esope.

Franz Schubert and the Busch Quartet

Franz Schubert's Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, the "Death and the Maiden," and Piano Trio in E Flat [click here to download], played by the Busch Quartet and a trio of the Busch brothers with Rudolf Serkin recorded in Oct. 1936 and Oct. 1935 respectively. In Oct. 1935 Mussolini's Italy invaded Ethiopia using mustard gas on both military and civilian targets in flagrant violation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol on chemical warfare.

Arvo Pärt

This record was once a guilty pleasure, but as I've entered my third fucking decade the guilt has subsided. Arvo Pärt's Fratres, Tabula Rasa, and Symphony No. 3, played by Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony, with Neeme Järvi leading the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [click here to download].