Classical music guide for LP

Although pretty basic, years ago Stereo Review would, from time to time, publish "The Basic Repertoire of Orchestral Music". I probably have a copy lying around somewhere. If you write providing me with your address, I will try to find it and make a photocopy to mail to you. Obviously, at this point in time, these records would have to be found on the used market except, maybe, for the odd re-issue. Let me know. Good day.

Doc,

If you're interested in great recordings, regardless of repertoire or performance, Arthur Salvatore's list of LP's is pretty reliable, at least to my ears.

http://www.high-endaudio.com/SR-DIVINITY.html

Dougdeacon brings up a good point - are you interested primarily in the performance or the sonics? Seems to me the recommendations would be radically different depending on your answer.

Different strokes and all that, but for me the performance is paramount. There are lots of tidy and pristine recordings out there where the actual performance is as pedestrian and uninvolving as kitty litter.

If you had specific works you were looking for, lots of folks here can suggest particular releases (which, as Pbb notes, you may have to search high and low for or pay a premium to a collector).