10 Great “Bad” Performances
Yes, it's all wrong, but who cares?

Handel: Messiah (Beecham/RCA)
Handel: Messiah (Ormandy/Sony)
Debussy: La Mer (Celibidache/Munich/Warner)
Haydn: “Farewell” and “Military” Symphonies (Scherchen/Westminster--stereo)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Stokowski/Vanguard or Music and Arts)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (von Matacic/Supraphon)
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony (Toscanini/RCA)
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Zimerman/DG)
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (Boulez/DG)
Wagner: Die Walküre (Wotan’s Farewell) Stokowski/Houston Symphony/Everest