So for the guys who listen to classical, can you make any recommendation for a newbie to classical music.
Here's some of my favorites over the years, (mostly) all easy to swallow, with a couple a little spicier.
"Appalachian Spring" Aaron Copeland, Bernstein/NYPhil
"The Planets" Gustav Holst, Bernstein/NYPhil or Levine/Chicago
"Keyboard Concerto D Minor" J. S. Bach, Glenn Gould, Bernstein/NYP
"Goldberg Variations" Bach, Glenn Gould 1981 version
"The New World" Symphony 9, Dvorak, Bernstein/NYPhil
Violin Sonatas and Fugues, J.S. Bach, Julia Fischer (Pentatone)
Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev, San Francisco Orchestra
Symphony 1 and 5, Prokofiev, Levi/Atlanta, (Telarc)
Beethoven, Moonlight Serenade, Alfred Brendel
Beethoven Symphonies 3, 5, 7, 9 Vanska/Minnesota
Beethoven Violin Concerto, Anne Sophie Mutter
Beethoven String Quartets 15 and 16, Prazak Quartet
Neo Camerata, Travels
Gustav Holst, Suites for Band, 1 and 2, Frederick Frennell, Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, W. Mozart, Manze/The English Concert
Monumental Works for Winds, US Marine Band (Naxos)
Beethoven 5th / Schubert Unfinished Symphony Munch/Boston (JVC)
Frederick Chopin by Artur Rubenstein, The Chopin Collection (RCA Victor set)
Ancient Airs and Dances/ The Birds/ 3 Botticelli Pictures, Respighi, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG)
Emerson Quartet plays Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Borodin (DG)
Concerto For Orchestra, Bartok, Kocsis/Hungarian
Symphony 5 & 9, Shostakovich, Kreizberg/Russian National Orchestra (Pentatone)
The Essential Tallis Scholars, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)