1980

1980 in classical music:
Singles:
*The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) The London Symphony Orchestra
*Beddua Bülent Ersoy
Albums:
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back John Williams
*Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase Steve Reich
*Shri Camel Terry Riley
*In an Autumn Garden Toru Takemitsu
*Early Piano Works Vol. 2 Reinbert de Leeuw
*Toccata BWV 911; Partita BWV 826; Englische Suite No.2 BWV 807 Martha Argerich
*Quadrivium; Aura; Biogramma Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks/Giuseppe Sinopoli
*Island: Eine Sinfonie in 10 Sätzen Hermann Nitsch
*Rigoletto Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Maria Giulini, Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Kurt Moll and Hanna Schwarz
*Klavierquintett Op.34 • Piano Quintet Maurizio Pollini/Quartetto Italiano
*Blue Motion Blue Motion 
*From the House of the Dead Jiří Zahradníček/Ivo Žídek/Václav Zítek/VPO/Mackerras
*Inferno Keith Emerson
*À neuf Julverne 
*Violin Concerto Berlin Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan/Anne-Sophie Mutter
*Japan: Kabuki & Other Traditional Music Ensemble Nipponia 
*Basanti: Indian Raga Music on Piano Kartik Trivedi 
*Symphony No. 5 New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein
*Die Zauberflöte Berlin Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan/José Van Dam/Agnes Baltsa
*Preludes, Fughettas and Fugues Glenn Gould
*Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates John Adams
*North by Northwest The London Studio Symphony Orchestra/Laurie Johnson
*G.I. Gurdjieff: Sacred Hymns Keith Jarrett
*Coro Kölner Rundfunkchor/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie/Berio
*Japon 3 Gagaku Various Artists
*Toccatas Vol. 2 Glenn Gould
*Un concert spirituel Judith Nelson; René Jacobs; William Christie; Konard Junghänel; Mihoko Kimura; Jaap ter Linden
*Tunedless Roberto Donnini
*Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27 Murray Perahia & English Chamber Orchestra
*Sirius Karlheinz Stockhausen
Category:1980