Hi, again, folks!
Well! I must say I've gotten some incredibly creative and interesting recommendations! Combined with what I'd planned to take along, I think I've got some great selections here. Based on your suggestions (either directly, or using them as a "launching pad" for similarities searches), I've got an order into Amazon for the following:
"A Night at the Opera" Queen "Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony" "Elton John - Greatest Hits" Elton John "Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9/Overtures" "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps/Apollon Musagète" "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?" Firesign Theatre "Randy Newman's Faust (1993 Concept Cast) [CAST RECORDING]" "Sondheim: A Celebration At Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast) [CAST RECORDING] "Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra/Ein Heldenleben" "The Best of the Gipsy Kings" The Gipsy Kings "Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death" Firesign Theatre "Bat Out of Hell [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]" Meatloaf
Karen -- I went with your suggestions re: conductor/etc. for the classical selections. I'm also taking along some of my all-time favorite choral works, as well as a few CDs of opera choruses and some whole-opera CD sets (Lucrezia Borgia, Turandot, Meistersinger, even some PDQ Bach). I'm also taking some Broadway shows: Swing!, The Producers, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Annie Get Your Gun.
I'm particularly anxious to hear the Newman "Faust," which I believe he co-wrote with Elton John (it turned up in a search for Elton John). I've always like Randy Newman's film music, and I was tremendously impressed by Elton John's "Aida" when I saw it last year in NYC (huge surprise, that).
My plan is to drive about 7 hours each day. The CD changer in the car takes a 6-CD cartridge, so I should have just about enough music in the cartridge each day to cover that day's driving.
If you happen to think of any more, don't hesitate to drop me a note.
Thanks again!!
Lana
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