Recommended classical guitar CDs?

You'll find something of a division of opinion between those who like the florid, Romantic style and those who prefer a more "classical" approach. My suggestion is to try some of each and decide for yourself. I'm in the latter camp, and a big fan of John Williams. He's probably at his best with Baroque transcriptions. Check out "The Baroque Album" and his playing of the Bach lute suites--which may be his finest work. He did a CD of Barrios Mangore a few years back, "From the Jungles of Paraguay," or you can try his earlier effort on much of the same material, "Latin American Music of Barrios and Ponce." A good sampler of his work is "The Seville Concert." And then there's "Brouwer: The Black Decameron."

But I'm running on here. Best first choices are probably Seville and Bach.

Check out Steve Hackett (from Genesis) smokin' classical recordings: Bay Of Kings (1983), Momentum (1988), Sketches Of Satie (2000).

John Williams is the best classical player (technically almost perfect) since Andre Segovia!

Two more in addition to the fine choices listed above:
1. Andres Segovia's recording of the JS Back lute suites(transcribed for guitar).
2. Sharon Isben's(on the faculty at Julliard) recording of the JSB lute suites.
Bach's lute suites have stood the test of time for more that 200 years. Bach was a "two birds with one stone" guy. He had to teach performers and write music for them. The lute suites are great music and great techniques builders. Most guitarists have played them.

My two favorites, for recording quality and performances, are the Assad brothers playing baroque transcriptions on Nonesuch, and the astonishing versions of Bach's Violin Sonatas and Partitas played by Paul Galbraith on Delos.