Some of these titles are completely new to me. Would any of you want to share an mp3 or a link with us?

If I had to pick one, it'd be the 1961 RCA recording of La Bohème, performed by the Rome Opera House with Richard Tucker, Anna Moffo, Mary Costa, and Robert Merrill.

But if you want to SEE a stage presentation of this opera, then go for the 1982 NY Met Zefferelli version, easily available on either DVD or VHS, featuring the great Teresa Stratas.

Also on that CD is "For Sentimetntal Reasons" ..a most beautiful recording.

Larry Hawk

"I Can't Get Started", played and sung by my trumpet idol, Bunny Berigan and his orchestra.

Recorded in 1938, I believe. It is included in the top ten of all recorded songs. I don't remember who did the top ten list, but, I believe it.

Side 2 of Pauper in Paradise by Gino Vanelli.

Taken from the website http://www.ginov.com
{Gino's fifth album, A Pauper In Paradise, demonstrates the beauty of mixing classical and pop together. Gino's musical vision has taken him to London to perform his work with the help of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Not only does this album hold a symphony, the track "Black And Blue" demonstrates Gino's wide vocal range along with the pop theme of "Mardi Gras". In the meantime, Gino's following grows larger and larger and his longtime fans are as steadfast as ever. He does his "Song and Dance" in more venues and gains even more exposure.}

Ahhh just about anything from Tomita, but the entire record "snowflakes are dancing" for sure.

Tangerine Dream..ricochet.

lots of music/songs from the silent hill series.

Drakengard intro theme.

Panzer Dragoon/Otogi soundtracks.

NineInchNails.

Hank Williams.

Random tons of other stuff...

Woah! Didn't expect to see THAT entry in this list!

IM sure Bowie and Cash wouldn't have a problem with nineinchnails and beautiful recording "

Just there shouldn't be much of a surprise with NIN on the list...great song writer, great composer, respectable musician, and one of the better recording engineers walking around today ( or just about any day for that matter ).

You would be hard pressed to be in any working studio environment and get slander directed Trents way. I only say this as ive been shocked quiet a few times by people I least suspected that held far greater respect for Trents work then I thought.

Now if people only heard a few of Trents more abrasive songs...and wrote him off before they got a better picture of what he is doing ( or acknowledged the structure that at first feels abrasive )...then its their complete loss...and a near offense of engineering ethics "

"I Remember You" by Brian McKnight (written and recorded in the early days before he became a media heart-throb and began writing more "approachable" material)).

Brian McKnight is highly underrated IMO. He grew up idolizing Stevie Wonder and, in much the same fashion as his idol, he sings, writes, produces and plays every instrument on his songs (or at least he did back when this album was recorded).

So many good tunes out there and based on the mood at any one given time, could be swapped into the #1 spot for me.

John Barry's orchestration of All Time High, the theme song from one of the James Bond movies is a tune that mellows me out, no matter what I'm doing. I think it was his rendition of Midnight Cowboy theme that works on me the same way. But All Time High has the edge.