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Russian Favourites - Red Army ChoirRussian Favourites - Red Army Choir
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.98
It's Russian music. I'm Russian(-ish). Please buy it.
The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & IIIThe Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III by Queen
Buy used from: £16.00
Rock music for nice people. Don't argue.
The Very Best Of Sting And The PoliceThe Very Best Of Sting And The Police by Sting
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.47
Pop classics which should be in everybody's collection.
Mozart EditionMozart Edition by Various Artists
Buy used from: £999.99
Mozart knew how to bang out a good ditty or two.
Complete Beethoven EditionComplete Beethoven Edition
Exactly the same tunes as Mozart, but with different notes.
Paint the Sky With Stars: The Best of EnyaPaint the Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya by Enya
Buy used from: £3.78
Inexplicably, pigs will fight over this CD and paint the sty with scars.
Violin Concerto No.1, Scottish FantasyViolin Concerto No.1, Scottish Fantasy by Max Bruch
Buy used from: £5.97
Cho-Liang Lin gives possibly the best rendition of Max Bruch's only famous pieces.
Haydn: The SymphoniesHaydn: The Symphonies by Philharmonia Hungarica
Buy new: £153.59 / Used from: £69.34
Dare I say it? Haydn was possibly better than Mozart when it came to symphonies.
Modular Composter - Single BayModular Composter - Single Bay
I thought I was ordering a modern composer, but never mind...
Vanessa-Mae - The Violin PlayerVanessa-Mae - The Violin Player
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £0.08
The more successful sequel to her best-forgotten album, The Banjo Player
The Classical Album - Vanessa MaeThe Classical Album - Vanessa Mae
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £0.39
Perhaps not as good as Cho-Liang Lin or Yehudi Menuhin, but miles better than George Formby
Prince Igor (Melik-Pashayev)Prince Igor (Melik-Pashayev) by Alexander Borodin
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £10.73
Hump? What hump? Despite Borodin being a chemist, this opera isn't about a lab assistant.
The Original Four SeasonsThe Original Four Seasons
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.30
The Four Seasons is pretty much a cliche work, but the tune doesn't matter because the performance is distinctively Vanessa-Mae and for a change she uses a violin instead of her trademark banjo.
China GirlChina Girl
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £3.24
Worth buying just for the excellent version of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, unless you're a banjo lover and then you'll be disappointed.
Dvorák: Symphonies Nos 1-9Dvorák: Symphonies Nos 1-9
Buy new: £28.28 / Used from: £22.11
Don't like banjos? Try this instead. Dvorak earned his daily bread writing symphonies.
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; The Carnival of the AnimalsSaint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; The Carnival of the Animals
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £6.18
Saint-Saens forgot all about us seals. And no mention of urchins or whelks or anything.
Prokofiev: Romeo and JulietProkofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.48
Prokofiev was one of the best Russian composers and gets all of the right notes in the right order.