As of post #30, here is the tally of past recommendations and the music I've heard thanks to this project:
Recommendations Obeyed:
1. Sorabji (1892): Opus Clavicembalisticum - Ogdon 1988 (KenOC, Wood, arcaneholocaust)
2. Donizetti (1797): Lucia di Lammermoor - Sutherland 1961 Decca (ArtMusic, Wood, Bas)
3. Bantock (1868): Fifine at the Fair - Beecham on EMI (AH music, ShropshireMoose, Wood, Burroughs)
4. Beethoven (1770): Missa Solemnis - Klemperer 1966 EMI (GGluek, Wood, Burroughs, Rhythm)
5. Berlioz (1803): Benvenuto Cellini - Davis 1972 Philips (some guy, Wood, Burroughs, Rhythm)
6. Bartók (1881), Eötvös, Ligeti: Violin Concertos - Kopatchinskaya (senza sordino, Wood, Burroughs, Rhythm)
7. Ohana (1913): Works for Orchestra - Tamayo 2000 Timpani (Prodromides, Andolink, dgee, Rhythm)
8. Romitelli (1963): Index of Metals - Octors 2005 Cypres (dgee, Wood, some guy)
Outstanding Recommendations:
5 recommendations:
- Bach, JS (1685): The Well-Tempered Clavier - Schiff (ECM) (arcaneholocaust, TurnaboutVox, GioCar, alypius, SimonNZ) **
- Berg (1885): Violin Concerto - Kranser, Webern (Mahlerian, TurnaboutVox, Burroughs, Wrahms, Trout) **
- Martinů (1890): Cello Sonatas - Isserlis, Mustonen (BIS) (GioCar, arcaneholocaust, alypius, TurnaboutVox, SimonNZ) **
4 recommendations:
- Mahler (1860): Das Lied von der Erde - Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klemperer (GGluek, arcaneholocaust, Trout, SimonNZ)*
- Strauss, R (1864): Four Last Songs, etc. - Norman, Masur (TurnaboutVox, amfortas, Marschallin Blair, Magnetic Ghost) *
- Ligeti (1923): Etudes - Aimard (Trout, arcaneholocaust, SimonNZ, Alypius) *
- Nono (1924): A Pierre, etc. - Heusinger / Neos (Mahlerian, ptr, arcaneholocaust, SimonNZ) **
- Adams (1947): The Dharma at Big Sur - Adams (Trout, arcaneholocaust, SimonNZ, Alypius)
3 recommendations:
- Brumel (c.1460, etc.): The Art of the Netherlands - Munrow (SimonNZ, ptr, alypius)
- Telemann (1681): Tafelmusik - Belder on Brilliant (HaydnBearstheClock, Wrahms, arcaneholocaust)
- Bach, JS (1685): The Well-Tempered Clavier - Gould (Jonathan Wrachford, Burroughs, GioCar) *
- Haydn (1732): London Symphonies - C. Davis (HaydnBearstheClock, Trout, SimonNZ) *
- Beethoven (1770): Fidelio - Klemperer (GGluek, arcaneholocaust, SimonNZ)
- Schumann (1810): Kinderszenen, etc. - Horowitz (shangoyal, Shropshire Mouse, GioCar)
- Saint-Saëns (1835): Piano Concertos - Hough (Burroughs, senza sardina, Gio Car) *
- Bridge (1879): Violin Sonata, etc. - Nash Ensemble (TurnaboutVox, arcaneholocaust, TurnaboutVox) *
- Szymanowski (1882): Violin Concertos - Mordkovitch (senza sardina, Wrahms, SimonNZ)
- Copland (1900): Appalachian Spring - Bernstein, NYP (Burroughs, senza sordino, arcaneholocaust) *
- Adams (1947): Violin Concerto - Hanslip (senza sardino, Trout, SimonNZ)
- Karkowski (1958) and Menche: Unleash - 2008 Alien8 (some guy, Wood, ptr) *
- Salonen (1958): Violin Concerto (Burroughs, arcaneholocaust, Trout) *
2 recommendations:
- Josquin (1450): De profundis & other Motets - Cordes / CPO (Alypius, SimonNZ)
- Janequin (c. 1485): La Chasse et autres chansons - Ensemble Janequin (Winterreisender, SimonNZ) *
- Taverner (1490): Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas - Parrott - MagneticGhost, TurnaboutVox
- Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490), etc.: Henry VIII & his 6 Wives - Munrow (ptr, SimonNZ)
- Susato (c. 1510), etc.: Two Renaissance Dance Bands, etc. - Munrow (ptr, SimonNZ)
- Bach, CPE (1714): Violin Sonatas - Beyer c. 2005 Zig Zag (Andolink, Wood) *
- Haydn (1732): Heiligmess, etc. - Marriner (HaydnBearstheClock, SimonNZ)
- Haydn (1732): Paris Symphonies - Kuijken (HaydnBearstheClock, SimonNZ) *
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos - Brendel, Marriner (arcaneholocaust, Trout) *
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #6, 17, 21 - Anda (bigshot, SimonNZ) *
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #20 & 23 - Howard Shelley (Burroughs, arcaneholocaust) *
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #20 & 24 - Brendel, Mackerras (Burroughs, TurnaboutVox)
- Mozart (1756): Symphonies 38-41 - Mackerras: Scottish SO (Burroughs, Trout)
- Beethoven (1770): Piano Concertos #3 & 4 - Perahia, Haitink (Burroughs, arcaneholocaust) *
- Beethoven (1770): String Quartets, opp. 127 & 135 - Quartetto Italiano (TurnaboutVox, SimonNZ)
- Czerny (1791): Piano Sonatas #11, 1 - Margin Jones (AH music, TurnaboutVox)
- Schumann (1810): Piano Sonata #1, Kreisleriana - Perahia (Burroughs, TurnaboutVox)
- Schumann (1810), Grieg: Piano Concertos - Perahia, Davis (Burroughs, senza sordino) *
- Bruckner (1824): Symphony #9 - Giulini (Trout, arcaneholocaust) *
- Brahms (1833): Symphony #1, etc. - Ashkenazy; Cleveland Orchestra (Burroughs, Wrahms)
- Brahms (1833): Symphony #2, etc. - Ashkenazy; Cleveland Orchestra (Burroughs, Wrahms)
- Brahms (1833): Symphony #3, etc. - Ashkenazy; Cleveland Orchestra (Burroughs, Wrahms)
- Brahms (1833): Symphony #4, etc. - Ashkenazy; Cleveland Orchestra (Burroughs, Wrahms)
- Sousa (1854): Marches - Hoskins, EMI (sid james, Winterreisender) *
- Taneyev (1856): Suite de concert; Khachaturian: Violin Concerto - Oistrakh (senza sardine, ptr) *
- Schoenberg (1874): Gurrelieder - Chailly (Decca) - TurnaboutVox, SimonNZ
- Ravel (1875): Daphnis et Chloe - Munch - bigshot, mire pox *
- Brian (1876): Symphonies #4 & 12 - Leaper - Wood, TurnaboutVox
- Grainger (1882): various works in "Salute to Percy Grainger" on Decca - Sid James, Nereffid *
- Bridge (1891): Oration; etc. "In the Shadow of War" (BIS) - Isserlis - MagneticGhost, TurnaboutVox
- Khachaturian (1893), Kabalevsky: Violin Concertos - Mordkovitch, Jarvi (Chandos) - MagneticGhost, TurnaboutVox
- Mantovani (1905): Le Sette Chiese - Mälkki 2008 - ptr, Wood *
- Cage (1912): Europera 5 (pending feasibility) - ArtMusic, Wood
- Petitgirard (1950): The Little Prince - Petitgirard 2012 Naxos - Nereffid, Wood *
1 recommendation:
- Ventadorn (1100s), etc.: "Troubadours" - Clemencic - SimonNZ
- Anonymous (1200s), etc.: "Pilgrimage to Santiago" - Pickett - SimonNZ
- Lassus, Hassler, Erbach (1532, 1564, 1568): Festal Sacred Music of Bavaria - Wood **
- "Negri" (1532): Le Gratie d'Amore - Ensemble La Folia - Wood
- Monteverdi (1567): Selva morale e spirituale - Corbuz - SimonNZ
- Various (16th to 19th centuries): Psalms of David - Willcocks - SimonNZ
- Marais (1656): Suites pour viole de gambe - Quintana - Sid James
- Vivaldi (1678): Violin Concertos per Pisendel - Sinkovsky - Alypius
- Rameau (1683): Les grands motets - Christie - Wrahms
- Bach, JS (1685): The Well-Tempered Clavier - Richter - GioCar
- Bach, JS (1685): Goldberg Variations - Labadie - Vesuvius
- Bach, JS (1685): Trio Sonatas - Purcell Quartet (Chandos) - Vesuvius
- Bach, JS (1685), Gubaidulina: Violin Concertos - Mutter - senza sordino *
- Handel (1685): Giulio Cesare - Curtis - Clayton
- Handel (1685): Giulio Cesare - Jacobs - Clayton
- Haydn (1732): The Creation - Spering - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): Harmoniemesse - Harnoncourt - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): String Quartets, op. 50 - Nomos Quartett - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): String Quartets, op. 20 - London Haydn Quartet - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): String Quartets, op. 33 - Buchberger Quartet - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): Piano Sonatas H.XVI/49, 46, 20 - Couvert - HaydnBearstheClock
- Haydn (1732): Piano Sonatas & Concertos - Ax - HaydnBearstheClock
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #13 & 24 - Shelley - Burroughs
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #20 & 21 - Gulda, Abbado - Burroughs
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos #21 & 24 - Shelley - Burroughs
- Mozart (1756): Piano Concertos (Vox Box edition; pending feasibility - Burroughs
- Mozart (1756): Requiem - Harnoncourt - Burroughs
- Mozart (1756): Symphonies 35, 40, 41 - Szell - Trout
- Mozart (1756): Symphonies 39-41, Bassoon Concerto - Immerseel - Wood
- Beethoven (1770), Schumann, Grieg, Brahms: Piano Concertos - Fleisher, Szell - Burroughs
- Beethoven (1770), etc.: Piano concertos, etc. - Arrau "Virtuoso Philosopher" (EMI) - Burroughs
- Beethoven (1770): String Quartets, opp. 130 & 133 - Quatuor Talich - TurnaboutVox
- Beethoven (1770): Symphony #6 - Bohm - bigshot
- Beethoven (1770): Symphony #9 - Beecham - Shropshire Mouse
- Schubert, Schumann (1797, 1810): Piano Sonatas - Perahia - Burroughs
- Schumann (1810): Works for Piano & Orchestra - Perahia, Abbado - Burroughs
- Schumann (1810): Fantasiestücke, etc. - Finghin Collins - TunraboutVox
- Schumann (1810), Brahms: Violin Concertos - Zehetmair - Burroughs
- Schumann (1810), Lalo, Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos - Starker - senza sordino
- Chopin (1810): Piano Concerto #1, etc. - Ax, Mackerras (Sony) - Burroughs
- Chopin (1810): Piano Concerto #2, etc. - Ax, Mackerras (Sony) - Burroughs
- Liszt (1811) & Grieg: Piano Concertos - Hough - Burroughs
- Chopin (1810): Piano Concertos - Ax, Ormandy (RCA) - Burroughs
- Verdi (1813): Nabucco - Gardelli, Suliotis - Clayton
- Verdi (1813): La Traviata - Callas, Rescigno 1958 - Marschallin Blair
- Offenbach (1819): Gaite Parisienne - Fielder - bigshot *
- Brahms (1833): Piano Concertos - Hough - Burroughs
- Bizet (1838): Carmen - Callas, Pretre (EMI) - Animato
- Tchaikovsky (1840): Swan Lake - Previn - Burroughs
- Tchaikovsky (1840): Piano Concertos - Hough - Burroughs
- Tchaikovsky (1840): Piano Concerto - Horowitz, Toscanini - big shot *
- Tchaikovsky (1840), Brahms: Violin Concertos - Heifetz - senza sordino *
- Dvorak (1841): Symphony #9 - Kondrashin: Vienna - Trout
- Heuberger (1850), etc.: Schwarzkopf sings Operetta - Schwarzkopf - SimonNZ
- Taneyev (1856): Oresteia - Wrahms
- Elgar (1857), Carter: Cello Concertos - Weilerstein (Decca) - senza sordino
- Mahler (1860): Das lied von der Erde - Kubelik - Marschallin Blair
- Magnard (1865): Symphonies - Sanderling - Trout
- Roussel (1869), etc.: Autour de la harpe - Montreal Chamber Players - Alypius
- Zemlinsky: Songs - Haselbock, Henschel (Bridge) - TurnaboutVox
- Rachmaninoff (1873): Piano Concertos - Shelley - Burroughs
- Ives (1874): Piano Sonata #2 - Kalish - Trout
- Caplet (1878): Le miroir de Jesus - Foster 2009 (Naxos / Marco Polo) - Prodromides
- Respighi (1879): Fountains of Rome, etc. - Sinopoli - big shot
- Bartok (1881): String Quartets - Takacs Quartet - Alypius *
- Bartok (1881): String Quartets #4 & 5 - Tokyo SQ - TurnaboutVox
- Bax (1883): Orchestral Works, vol. 1 Chandos - Wrahms
- Bax (1883): Symphony #7, Tintagel - Lloyd-Jones - Wrahms
- Martinů (1890): Symphony #1 - Neumann - SimonNZ
- Prokofiev (1891) & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos - Vengerov, Rostropovich - senza sordino *
- Lyatoshynsky (1895): Symphony #3 (pending feasibility) - Rhombic
- Hindemith (1895): Piano Sonatas - Becker (Hyperion) - TurnaboutVox
- Shostakovich (1906): Symphony #10 - Mravinsky - mire pox
- Rozsa (1907): Violin Concerto, etc. - Heifetz - Burroughs
- Cage (1912): Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano - SimonNZ
- Rosenman (1924): Fantastic Voyage (Prodromides) - pending feasibility
- Gubaidulina (1931): Night in Memphis (Wood)
- Koppel (1944): Moon Child's Dream - Petri 1992 Sony - brands
- Feiler (1951): Music for dead Europeans - ptr - pending feasibility
- Saariaho (1952): 6 Japanese Gardens, etc. - Jodelet, etc. - SimonNZ
- Gomelskaya (1964): Symphony #2 'Ukraine Forever - wood - pending feasibility, else the link
+ Rhythm's command to listen to the oldest composer first in case of ties (which is why I've recorded everyone's birth years)
* I have this and will listen as soon as it is the most commanded recording.
** I will order this or have already ordered it!