For Espana--get the Mercury Living Presence re-issue (Paray, I believe), it's an excellent transfer
Candide--Reference Recordings, it has both the overture and a new, I believe, suite in spectacular sound
Carmina Burana--the Telarc recordings from Atlanta, both Shaw (a little plain but still a good reading) and Runnicles are very good
Young Person's Guide--try to find the London low-priced re-issue of Britten's own recording, it's coupled with his Simple Symphony and is a very good transfer.
I'm still looking for the others that I'd recommend on the silver disc, though I'm happy with the vinyl for now (Reference Recordings has a Capriccio Espagnol on one of its Minnesota Orchestra series that was pretty good, but I've heard better interpretations). For the Elgar I believe that there was a BBC Music CD that was very good, I'll have to check my collection.
Candide--Reference Recordings, it has both the overture and a new, I believe, suite in spectacular sound
Carmina Burana--the Telarc recordings from Atlanta, both Shaw (a little plain but still a good reading) and Runnicles are very good
Young Person's Guide--try to find the London low-priced re-issue of Britten's own recording, it's coupled with his Simple Symphony and is a very good transfer.
I'm still looking for the others that I'd recommend on the silver disc, though I'm happy with the vinyl for now (Reference Recordings has a Capriccio Espagnol on one of its Minnesota Orchestra series that was pretty good, but I've heard better interpretations). For the Elgar I believe that there was a BBC Music CD that was very good, I'll have to check my collection.