[BillyC]

This is what I listen to most

Shubert - 8th Symphony from:
Schubert: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 Karajan Edition EMI Classics
Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker

Debussy - La Mer from:
Debussy La Mer, Images, Nocturnes RCA Red Seal
Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra

Paganini - Violin Concerto #1 from:
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos 8.550649

 

[zachary80]

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 - Janis (Antal Dorati; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Mercury Living Presence SACD)

 

[bigshot]

My latest favorite CDs are the performances by Rosalyn Turek of Bach's Goldbergs, Partitas and other short works on the Vai label. Many of these performances were recorded live at the home of William F. Buckley, and I have never heard any piano performance so near to perfect before. Amazing.

See ya
Steve

 

[augustwest]

"No, Bohm's last recording is a later, all-digital, (and quite a bit slower)
Beethoven 9. Is it ever on cd?"

Both of Bohm's 9th's have been issued on CD. The analog version from the 70's is to be prefered to his later digital version. The digital version is just too slow, the analog one is a revelation, none finer.

- augustwest

 

[woodytone]

based on sound quality and performance quality i would have to say choral moods, bach cello suites by edgar meyer, andrea bocelli sacred arias, 24 caprices by perlman, bach sonatas and partitas by paul galbraith (my personal favorite solo classical guitar album)