Terry Teachout's 25 Top Recordings Of All Time
"To draw up a list like this is an occasion for nostalgia--and regret. My generation of music lovers (I was born in 1956) had access to records made by celebrated conductors, singers and instrumentalists who had been born as early as the 1830's. But since I started writing about music for Commentary a decade-and-a-half ago, I have witnessed and chronicled the decline of the once-mighty classical-recording industry that preserved these performances for posterity." Commentary 01/09

Posted January 5, 2009 05:09 AM