Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list


I've been listening to some of my favorite recordings this weekend and was wondering what others on Audiogon felt were there favorites. We have all seen the Stereophile "Records to Die For", The Absolute Sounds recommended list, Music Directs' list, The Golden Ear, etc. now I'm hoping to assemble the Audiogon "Recordings To Die For". Please list your five favorite recordings, the ones you listen to over and over or play for friends. I would assume the sonic quality is excellent in that this is an audiophile site. The performance and enjoy ability should also be excellent. Please leave your top five, even if they are already chosen so we can discover the very top for the Audiogon listeners. ALSO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CRITICIZING OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE YOUR FAVORITES!

August 2002: I have compiled a summary and a full printer-friendly list of all of the recommendations below.
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Over 1000 CDs My Favorite is 'Tenderness' by Kip Hanrahan. Find the Vinyl or the German Issued CD. These issues are transcendent musically and sonically. Unfortunately the domestic CD is sonically disappointing, but it is better to have heard this in any format than to have never heard it at all.
Lots of great music listed here already. Maybe some of these sre repeats but here goes.
1)Satchmo Plays King Oliver- Classic Records reissue LP
2)Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack- cd
3)James Taylor 'Hourglass'- cd
4)Norah Jones 'Come Away With Me'- Classic Records LP
5)Alison Krauss 'New Favorite'- LP
Oh yeah, it is tough to stick with just 5. By the way this is a really fun thread.
Patricia Barber -> *MoDeRn CoOl* What an eye opener. WOW! Dynamic contrasts, with very transparent, and very well placed mikes, etc.
Today it would be:
*Fever - Peggy Lee. Recorded in 1956 great sonics. Polygram
*Bach Keyboard Partitas 1-6, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Archiv. Again- 1956. Incredible air.
*Bach Organ Concerti after Vivaldi. Robert Noehren. What is it about 1956?
*Duets - Rob Wasserman. Rickie Lee Jones, Jennifer Warnes, Lou Reed - my favorite tracks
*beyond the Missouri Sky - Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden. Verve
and I forgot to mention...