Best acoustical guitar - any type music

Laurindo Almeida/Charlie Byrd;;"Brazillian Soul">>Concord Jazz Label
Michael Hedges;;"Aerial Bounderies">>>Windham Hill Records
Los Indios Tabajaras;;"Maria Elena/Always in My Heart>>>RCA Victor LSP (LP)
Pepe Romero;;"Flamenco" Mercury Living Presence CD
Manuel Barrueco;; Vox Box 3CD Set Albeniz, Tarrega etc.

These five give you great sound and great artistry, for even better artistry, you have to go back to the 78 era and early mono LP era. Those artists are in a different league, but thats another topic........Frank

Fred Benedetti & Peter Pupping
Acoustic Guitar Classics Vols. I & II.

These two guys have created instrumental versions of songs from various artists such as Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles, Kenny Loggins, Van Morrison and more. They have really done an outstanding job and the quality of the recordings is quite good. Check it out at www.guitarsounds.com.

Martin Simpson and Wu Man "Music for a Motherless Child"
Dave Grisman "Tone Poems II"
Narada "guitar sampler"
Elliott Fisk "Bach and Scarlatti" (Cello Recording)
Michael Newman "Classical Guitar" (Sheffield)
Michael Hedges "Aerial Boundaries"
Eduardo Paniagua "Danzas Medievales espanolas"

Enjoy!

One really stands out, both for performance and sonics:
John Williams, Spanish Guitar Music; Sony Essential Classics SBK 46347

All Julian Bream recordings on RCA LP's Performance great, sound quality medium to good.
All Segovia recordings on Decca mono LP's Performance out of this world, sound quality mediocre at best, but oh, the rendering....don't know about CD remakes regarding both artists.