Gramophone Stravinsky Top 20 Recordings

Stravinsky was one of the most important and influential of all 20th century composers. Here we list 20 of our favourite recordings of his masterpieces that all make for highly rewarding listening

The catalogue is bursting with outstanding recordings of Igor Stravinsky 's music, hardly surprising given how important his compositions – and particularly the The Rite of Spring – were to the development of music in the 20th century. So, in producing a list of just 20, we are inevitably leaving some great recordings out, not least a few by the composer himself.

This list, though, should act as an ideal introduction to Stravinsky's music, ranging as it does from the iconic ballets and orchestral music to his less familiar chamber music and later works.

And because great music is always open to different interpretations we have suggested alternative approaches – for instance Patricia Kopatchinskaja versus Isabelle Faust as soloists in the Violin Concerto – that will appeal to different tastes.