recommended redbook classics


I won the entire Telarc classical CD catelogue back in the early eighties, just as I was converting from vinyl (it pays to send in those contest cards!) Since then I have bought very little classical music.
I am now looking to upgrade my core most famous and loved pieces by each composer with the finest available now (twenty years later on redbook). Finest is defined as a wondrous performance, beautifully recorded - spirit and soul win over interpretive accuracy.
Any recomendations would be welcomed for recordings of pieces such as Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, Beethovens Fifth, Third and Ninth, Chopins Etudes, Greig Piano Concertos, Shuberts Unfinished, Berloiz Symphony Fantastic, Rachmaninov's Scherazade, etc? Treasureable recordings of any of the top 100 classical pieces???
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I am addicted to ArkivMusic,they have fantastic collection of hard to find classical cd.I have discovered some gems such as Mela Tennenbaum violonist playing beethoven ,mozart,vivaldi,locatteli etc on ESSay.Another great label of outstanding recording quality and great performers is Danacord,especialy marzak playing Rachmaninov concertos,and shostakowitch piano concertos.
For Russian composers,berlioz try Gergiev an outstanding conductor. Caetani another great conductor for shostakowitch on Art&music an excellent label for Italian composers.For classical sonatas,beethoven,shubert,mozart I particularly like wilhelm Kempf another great if eccentric pianist is fredric Gulda he has some great dvd videos as well as outstanding interpretations of bach's well tempered klavier.An outstanding conductor is Celibadacie although most of the recording are not of the highest audio quality,try his bruckners.sibelius and richard strauss.For sibelius try Osmo Vanska on BIS label.The list goes on forever.Enjoy