Not strictly speaking music theory, but the thread creep is not too bad, and I thought this was worthwhile, but perhaps not deserving its own thread:

Part of a list of basics any classical audiophile should own:


Berlioz: Harlots in Italy
Seraglio 1648
William Pimpnose, viola
Monmartre Philandermonique de Chambre

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Puce
Odium 288
MTV Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Sideburns, conductor

Offenbach: Orpheus In His Underwear
Erraatum BTU 77080
I Solisti di Zig Zagreb
Loren Maseltov, conductor

Orff: Carmina Piranha
Douche Gramphon 7201-75
Academy of St. Christopher on the Dashboard
Sir Neville Marinara, conductor

Sherbet: Unfurnished Symphony
Deutsche Gewuerztraminer Gazelleschaft 8988
New York Philanthropic Orchestra
Earnest Answer-Man, conductor

Stravinsky: The Firebug
Arson Nova 911
Manuel de Falla Society Orchestra
Krrysstof Paindernecki conductor--(I thought he was only a composer)

Tacobell: Cannon in D
Megaphon 3455 34
English Bedchamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbadabadoo, conductor


There's more--these are some of the best, I thought.