Here are my favorite classical guitar albums:
Carlos Barbosa-Lina and Sharon Isbin, Rhapsody in Blue/West Side Story. (concord ConcertoCCD 42012)
Christopher Parkening, Parkening Plays Bach. (Angel CDC 7 47191 2). Well, any Early Christopher Parkening album.
And some great piano:
The Art of Martha Argerich (DG).
Brahms Piano Works, Op. 116, 117, and 119, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich.
A little different, but amazing, mandolin:
Chris Tille, Bach: Sonatas and Paritas, Vol. 1.
great choral/vocal selections:
Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Gesang der Parkening, and Schicksalslied, Robert Shaw and Atlanta Symphony.
Schubert Songs for a Male Chorus, Robert Shaw
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer, Songs on the Death of Children and Ruckert-Lieder, Thomas Hampson and Leonard Bernstein
Carlos Barbosa-Lina and Sharon Isbin, Rhapsody in Blue/West Side Story. (concord ConcertoCCD 42012)
Christopher Parkening, Parkening Plays Bach. (Angel CDC 7 47191 2). Well, any Early Christopher Parkening album.
And some great piano:
The Art of Martha Argerich (DG).
Brahms Piano Works, Op. 116, 117, and 119, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich.
A little different, but amazing, mandolin:
Chris Tille, Bach: Sonatas and Paritas, Vol. 1.
great choral/vocal selections:
Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Gesang der Parkening, and Schicksalslied, Robert Shaw and Atlanta Symphony.
Schubert Songs for a Male Chorus, Robert Shaw
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer, Songs on the Death of Children and Ruckert-Lieder, Thomas Hampson and Leonard Bernstein