5 must have classical recordings


Starting into classical music. What are the must have cd's to get your feet wet. If this thread is out there, I apologize...
mattcone

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Orchestral or chamber, old or new, fast or slow, voices or no voices?

Some recommendations from my collection...all should be easily found.

1) Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Chicago Symphony/Reiner. RCA Living Stereo.
2) Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Barber - Adagio for Strings et al. Saint Louis Symphony/Slatkin. Telarc.
3) Mozart - Requiem. Arnold Scheonberg Choir/Harnoncourt. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
4) Soundtrack - Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Composed by Howard Shore.
5) Beethoven String Quartets. Alban Berg Quartet. EMI Classics.

Happy listening!