I’ve spent quite a bit of time considering this one. Limiting to only 5 is difficult. I also agree with many of the comments about how you would take what you had been listening to recently—it establishes a base line that you are familiar with at that time. That too makes this question more difficult. One thing I’m sure of, I would take a variety of music that fits my tastes. This would include: female vocal, jazz trio or quartet, orchestral/symphonic music, piano solo, and guitar solo, upright bass, and something dynamic. When I say solo—it would not have to be entirely solo, enough so that the individual instrument can be heard similar to a solo passage. Also, there are seven selections, but any one album may contain 2 or 3 of the areas I would need.
CD:
1. Bobo Stenson Trio “War Orphans” ECM
2. Elliott Fisk Classical Guitar works by Bach and Scarlatti Mark Levinson Recording
3. Bach “Goldberg Variations” performed by Ito Ema on M*A
4. Eiji Oui “Mephisto and Co” Reference Recordings
5. Patricia Barber “Companion”
LP
1. Jacintha “Autumn Leaves” Groove Note
2. Harry Belafonte “Belafonte Sings the Blues” 45RPM Classic Records Reissue
3. Respighi “Church Windows” 45RPM Reference Recordings
4. Michael Newman Classical Guitar on Sheffield D2D
5. Pete Townsend “White City”
CD:
1. Bobo Stenson Trio “War Orphans” ECM
2. Elliott Fisk Classical Guitar works by Bach and Scarlatti Mark Levinson Recording
3. Bach “Goldberg Variations” performed by Ito Ema on M*A
4. Eiji Oui “Mephisto and Co” Reference Recordings
5. Patricia Barber “Companion”
LP
1. Jacintha “Autumn Leaves” Groove Note
2. Harry Belafonte “Belafonte Sings the Blues” 45RPM Classic Records Reissue
3. Respighi “Church Windows” 45RPM Reference Recordings
4. Michael Newman Classical Guitar on Sheffield D2D
5. Pete Townsend “White City”