My favorite classical recordings

Julian Bream's "The Woods So Wild."

I am only into 20th century classical, almost exclusively music from post WWII, to the present, which I know not everyone's cup of tea, but I will certainly take part in this thread.

I'll start with the recording that really spurred my interest in classical music.

Ernst Krenek - Static and Ecstatic / Kitharaulos

Not only do I love this from a musical standpoint, but the vinyl recording has a large, deep, open soundstage. It is one of those soundstages, that can fool you into thinking you can walk among the the musicians.

There is also a much more recent recording of this piece by the Cleveland Orchestra.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwJGEOS6mY

Classical: Almost any version of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Bach’s harpsichord concertos.

Performer: Tangerine Dream. Favorite album-Force Majeure

Mahler 9th Symphony. Kirill Kondrashin, conductor

Elgar Violin Concerto (Hilary Hahn)

Shostakovich - String Quartets  (Fitzwilliam Quartet)

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony)

Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (Bruno Walter)

Too many to list…