1. Al Stewart's "Modern Times". Great orchestration and excellent songwriting.
2. Richard Wagner -"The Ring of the Nibelung", Solti conducting. Yeah, I know this is thirteen or so LPs. Epic.
3. Anton Dvorak - "The New World Symphony". Mehta conducting.(on London). The closest I've ever heard to a live orchestra..
There are many, many more in the same class as those above. Pretty tough to choose only three.

