1) New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, conductor - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Features several of Vaughn Williams' incredibly beautiful melodies in powerful arrangements.
There are several great recordings of this sometimes overlooked symphony. One of the best examples of late Romantic music.
Great choir, great orchestra, great music.
Several different recordings available. It's fun to compare and contrast the way Brahms and Rutter use the same latin texts in different ways. Also I highly recommend the requiems of Faure, Mozart, and Andrew Lloyd Weber (I'm not particularly morbid, I just like requeims).
5) The Central Band of the Royal Air Force - British Music for Concert Band
If you like concert band music it doesn't get any better than this. All of the early 20th century band classics are here by Holst, Vaughn Williams, and Percy Grainger.
Some of Bernstein's best Broadway show music in classic 'pops' style.
It's not always in tune or particularly musical but if you like your jazz big, bold and dog whistle high this recording is for you!
The rock group Chicago's first album. Nothing comercial about this music. You can't dance to it but there's plenty of soul, gritty guitars, and tight brass. From the era just before disco ruined rock and roll.
The boss' firstalbum. An old favorite.
If I could only take one Christmas album on a desert island this would be it. Well worthchecking out.
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sad to hear about Jon's departure!
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