Presented in no particular order. Each of these albums had heavy rotation for me circa 2003-2013 and still resonates with me today. If I recall, they were almost all purchased at the record store in downtown Saint Petersburg, Russia, where I dragged my missionary companions as often as I could and picked the brain of the owner to help me connect the dots from the classical music I was familiar with to the music of today. In many cases, these albums were my first exposure to composers whose music, ideas and lives have inspired me ever since.
