Way too many to list them all. On the classical side, two pieces I really enjoy are Mozart's Violin Concerto #3 and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The various interpretations and my sense about them:
Mozart's Violin Concerto #3:
Perlman-like B.B. King playing a Gibson ES335
Zuckerman-like George Harrison playing a Rickenbaker 235
Rachael Barton Pine-like Eric Clapton playing a Gibson Les Paul
Anne-Sophie Mutter-like Jimi Hendrix playing a Fender Strat
(my favorite, tossup between Rachael & Anne-Sophie)
Beethoven Symphonies:
Ricardo Chailly (excellent modern digital recording, conductor has himself and the orchestra in control)
Herbert Von Karajan (incredible recording of a 1963 performance, conductor seems to push himself and the orchestra, very dynamic)
Leonard Bernstein (best of both worlds, several recordings with different orchestras, like the DG recordings the best)
Mozart's Violin Concerto #3:
Perlman-like B.B. King playing a Gibson ES335
Zuckerman-like George Harrison playing a Rickenbaker 235
Rachael Barton Pine-like Eric Clapton playing a Gibson Les Paul
Anne-Sophie Mutter-like Jimi Hendrix playing a Fender Strat
(my favorite, tossup between Rachael & Anne-Sophie)
Beethoven Symphonies:
Ricardo Chailly (excellent modern digital recording, conductor has himself and the orchestra in control)
Herbert Von Karajan (incredible recording of a 1963 performance, conductor seems to push himself and the orchestra, very dynamic)
Leonard Bernstein (best of both worlds, several recordings with different orchestras, like the DG recordings the best)