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While I realize the limitation of lists, the following will give you some idea as to my current (i.e. it changes frequently) musical tastes.

Composers

  1. Prokofiev
  2. J.S. Bach
  3. Rachmaninov
  4. Beethoven
  5. Ravel
  6. Shostakovich
  7. Mozart
  8. Mendelssohn
  9. Stravinsky
  10. Debussy



Compositions

  1. Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
  2. Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 3
  3. Bach, Partita No. 2 for Violin in D Minor
  4. Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit
  5. Prokofiev, Piano Sonata No. 8
  6. Mozart, Requiem Mass
  7. Prokofiev, Piano Sonata No. 7
  8. Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5
  9. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
  10. Shosktakovich, Piano Cto. No. 2



Conductors

  1. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
  2. Kiril Kondrashin
  3. Herbert von Karajan
  4. Claudio Abbado
  5. Esa Pekka-Salonen
  6. Lorin Maazel
  7. Riccardo Muti
  8. Valeri Gergiev
  9. Serge Koussevitzky
  10. Neeme Järvi
 		Pianists-Immortal

  1. Emil Gilels
  2. Glenn Gould
  3. William Kapell
  4. John Ogdon
  5. Sergei Rachmaninov
  6. Claudio Arrau
  7. Shura Cherkassky
  8. Sviatoslav Richter
  9. György Cziffra
  10. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli



Pianists of Today

  1. Maurizio Pollini
  2. Frederic Chiu
  3. Martha Argerich
  4. Leif Ove Andsnes
  5. Arcadi Volodos
  6. Horacio Gutierrez
  7. Ivo Pogorelich
  8. Freddy Kempf
  9. Alexis Weissenberg
  10. Andrei Gavrilov



Violinists

  1. Gil Shaham
  2. Leonid Kogan
  3. David Oistrakh
  4. Anne-Sophie Mütter
  5. Maxim Vengerov
  6. Lara St. John
  7. Hilary Hahn
  8. Gidon Kremer
  9. Pinchas Zukerman
[Note: I know, I know...that's only 9 violinists. And where the hell are Heifetz, Kreisler, Szigeti, Perlman, and Stern? Suffice it to say that as of now, I'm a relative violin ignoramous and frankly, although I own many recordings of these esteemed masters, none of their recordings move me. ]
 		Favorite Recordings
My Top 10 favorite discs of all time:

1. Prokofiev Vol.IV, "Romeo & Juliet" Op. 75, "Cinderella" Op. 95 & Op.97 / Frederic Chiu (HMU 917150)
2. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1981) / Glenn Gould (Sony 37779)
3. Bach: "Works for Violin Solo" (Partita No. 2 in D Minor, Sonata No. 3 in C Major) / Lara St. John (WTP 5180)
4. Stravinksy: Petrouchka, Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 / Maurizio Pollini (DGG 447 431-2)
5. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, "Coriolan" Overture / Herbert Von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic (DGG 447 401-2)
6. Rachmaninov: Preludes, Moments Musicaux, Ravel "Gaspard de la Nuit" / Andrei Gavrilov (EMI 569869)
7. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 / Horacio Gutiérrez, Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Telarc 80259)
8. Beethoven, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Bach - Live recital given in Moscow. / Emil Gilels (Music & Arts CD-4746(1))
9. Prokofiev: Piano Works Volume IX / Frederic Chiu (HMU907195)
10. Piano Transcriptions: Arcadi Volodos (Sony 62691)