The best music ever written or recorded

By Richard J Tilley Published September 13, 2024 Best Music Ever

I have never in my life been able to narrow down what I felt was the best music ever written, but today.

1.) J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
(my pick: Akiko Suwanai, HiRes only – not SuperCD)
https://open.qobuz.com/album/ndnzik0lhsuza

2.) Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto No. 2
(my pick: Itzhak Perlman, HiRes only)
https://open.qobuz.com/album/0825646074051

3.) Leadbelly’s collected recordings
(good luck tracking down everything*)

4.) Robert Johnson’s complete recordings

5.) Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”

(my pick: The Ehnes Quartet)

** Honorable Mention) Violent Femmes’s Why Do Birds Sing?
https://open.qobuz.com/album/llxhjplya