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These classical pieces show the darker side of mythology, legend, religion and the unknown. Works by Mahler, Bruckner, Strauss, Prokofiev and many others will chill your blood with these compositions.
Marie Collier / Birgit Nilsson / Regina Resnik / Georg Solti
Richard Strauss: Elektra
Nicolai Ghiaurov / Herbert von Karajan
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kije; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
Christian Thielemann / Deutschen Opernorchester
Orff: Carmina Burana
Mariss Jansons / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Simon Rattle / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Markus Stenz / Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne / Barbara Haveman / Brandon Jovanovich
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Myung-Whun Chung
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Jaap van Zweden / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8