what are your most favored recordings ?

Mrtennis

Here you go: http://www.stretta.com/~matthew/index.html

If you have a subwoofer or two they will get a very good workout...lots of 20hz stuff in these two.

Note: "Waterworks" is a two cd set. You can listen to the complete cd (MP3) at the link by clicking on the cd cover at the top of the page.

Dave

N.P.O.

“Cinemagic” Dave Grusin , He’s a great writer.
“Live At The Fillmore East” The Allman Brothers Band, nuf said.
“Abby Road” The Beatles. saving the best for last..
Tchaikovsky 5th, Ormandy The Philadelphia Orch.
Beethoven 6th, Gunter Wand, N. German Radio Sym. Orch.

All of the above recording are played every few months.

In no particular order:

Johnny Mathis - Open Fire, Two Guitars - incredible voice, clean guitar, no gimmiks

Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East - IMO One of the best live recordings ever and I grew up on it

Beatles - Rubber Soul - Love the imagery that it invokes

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame - This is how I got into Jazz

Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball - The voice, the production, nuff said

thanks sogood51 foir the link. i listened to a couple of songs. all i can say is wow.

i need to think of my favorite selections. it's hard because i may be in the mood for jazz or classical, new age, etc. at different times.

i guess away of looking at the question is to ask:

if someone confiscated all but 5 recordings, what would they be ??

i will try to answer this question. for simplification, i will stick to my cd collection--about 1050 recordings.
i have some esoteric stuff and the best sounding discs are not necessarily my favorites.

Dead Lovers Sarabande 1
Dead Lovers Sarabande 2,
Songs From The Inverted Womb,
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell,
La Chambre D'echo

All by Sopor Aeternus.
The reason is that they all emotionally move me more than any other person/group I know (or music I have in my collection). It is the most soulful, passionate and intense music, beautifully written, played and sung. The lyrics are simply superb, although unless you speak German one needs to get the translations (no worse that a lot of operas) from the cd cover or website.
Best played in a darkened room...........Very gothic.