"Igor Stravinsky: Petrouska (Dutoit/Decca) Stravinsky pounding my inner drum and Jim Thompson thrilling my inner geek (yes, I have one too)."
A good start to my list Ed - this is also my favorite Petrouska recording by far. I never get tired of it. It seems to have a shimmer and pulse that no other recordings match.
2) Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman/Masur/Leipzig
and Renee Fleming/Eschenbach/Houston.
3) Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra - I have seven recordings and would take any of them. Probably Montreal/Dutoit with Jim
4) Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring - Atlanta Symphony/ Levi.
5) George Frideric Handel, Domenico Scarlatti: Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti - Murray Perahia, Piano. Sony Classical.
6) Aaron Copland: Symphony no 3, Quiet City (Phil Smith, Thomas Stacey) - Bernstein/New York/DG Deutsche Grammophon (has Bernstein and Copland on the cover)
7) Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 2,3 and 6 (Solti/Chicago) and Das Lied von der Erde.
8) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Opera Arias - Kathleen Battle/James Levine/MET Orchestra/DG 1997.
9) Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions, Physical Graffiti
10) Ani DiFranco: ALL OF HER ALBUMS (CDs)
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