Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list


I've been listening to some of my favorite recordings this weekend and was wondering what others on Audiogon felt were there favorites. We have all seen the Stereophile "Records to Die For", The Absolute Sounds recommended list, Music Directs' list, The Golden Ear, etc. now I'm hoping to assemble the Audiogon "Recordings To Die For". Please list your five favorite recordings, the ones you listen to over and over or play for friends. I would assume the sonic quality is excellent in that this is an audiophile site. The performance and enjoy ability should also be excellent. Please leave your top five, even if they are already chosen so we can discover the very top for the Audiogon listeners. ALSO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CRITICIZING OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE YOUR FAVORITES!

August 2002: I have compiled a summary and a full printer-friendly list of all of the recommendations below.
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1961 "Bayreuth" Parsifal reisue: Knappertsbusch, Hotter, London, Thomas.
"Symphonie Fantastique" conducted by Bernstein in 1963.
Shostakovich 5th symphonie, also by Benrstein...etc.
I picked up a CD about a year ago called "El Cielo" by a band called "Dredg". IMHO one of the best recordings to come around in a long time. Other than this, I have nothing to list that hasn't already been listed.
Mike Oldfield "AMAROK" . The more you listen to it the better it gets. Much of Mike Oldfield's music is that way. Most people only know him from Tubular Bells.
Sara Brightmna "DIVE" would be a good one too.
Damien "In Concert from Bucharest" . I saw him on a PBS special. The show did not do him justice.
This is a great list. I found some on here where I thought that I was the only one who knew about them. I was wrong. Here are four which are mysteriously not here:

Sonny Rollins, "Saxophone Colossus" (JVC XRCD)
Sonny Rollins, "The Bridge" (Bluebird-)
Bill Evans, "Conversations with Myself" (Bluebird)
Charles Mingus, "New Tijuana Moods" (RCA Reissue)
Joe Jackson "Body and Soul"
Joni Mitchell "Wild Things Run Fast"
James Taylor "Hourglass"