Richard Powers and W. W. Norton & Company have assembled a suggested discography of some of the more important musical pieces in Orfeo.
Peter Lieberson, Neruda Songs
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Peter Lieberson ‘Neruda Songs’ Live (Trumpet Swan, 2006)
Gustav Mahler, Songs on the Death of Children
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Janet Baker sings Mahler (EMI Classics, 1999)
Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Tashi Quartet (RCA, 1989)
Cage/Harrison/Partch/Young, Barstow
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: John Schneider with Amy Shulman (Bridge, 1993)
Steve Reich, Proverb (Trumpet Swan, 2006)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Fifth Symphony
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted Bernard Haitink (Decca, 2000)