I am always weary of any cd that states that it is a must have or that it is essential. That is usually a red flag for you really won't like all the stuff we packaged together to make you think you are getting something good, but we got it cheap so here it is.
This is really a nice collection that lives up to its name. I have been listening to it for a few years now, and always return.

Here is some detail on what the tracks are.
Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra - Joaquín Rodrigo - Neville Marriner - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37: Tango - Celin Romero - Isaac Albéniz - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Cavatina (from "The Deer Hunter") - Stanley Myers - Göran Söllscher - Williams - Mark Millington
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Prélude - Johann Sebastian Bach - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Asturias (Leyenda) - Isaac Albéniz - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar - Francisco Tárrega - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
La Vida breve, opera, G. 35/39 (2 versions): Dance - Manuel de Falla - Nicola Hall - Mark Millington
Castles of Spain, for guitar: Torija (Elegía) - Federico Moreno Torroba - Andrés Segovia - Mark Millington
Castles of Spain, for guitar: Alcañiz (Festiva) - Federico Moreno Torroba - Andrés Segovia - Mark Millington
Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude - Johann Sebastian Bach - John Williams [guitar] - Mark Millington
Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93: 2. Largo - Antonio Vivaldi - Gian Francesco Malipiero - English Chamber Orchestra - Eduardo Fernandez - George Malcolm - Mark Millington
Romanza de los piños, for guitar - Federico Moreno Torroba - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Prelúdio, for guitar No. 1 in E Minor, A. 419/1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Julian Bream - Mark Millington
Danza Paraguaya, for guitar [No. 1] - Agustín Barrios-Mangoré - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
Malagueña Fantasia for guitar - Celedonio Romero - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Ayer y hoy (Guajiras), for guitar - Paco Peña - Paco Peña - Mark Millington
Jeux Interdits, romance for guitar - Anonymous - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Sevilla (Sevillanas) - Eduardo Fernandez - Isaac Albéniz - Mark Millington
Andaluza (Playera), for guitar or other instrument (arrangement of No. 5 of 12 Spanish Dances) - Enriqué Granados - Celin Romero - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Suite española No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Granada (Serenata) - Isaac Albéniz - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor): 2. Andante sostenuto - Alessandro Marcello - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Alexandre Lagoya - Alexandre Lagoya - Kenneth Sillito - Mark Millington
Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortège" - Domenico Scarlatti - Alexandre Lagoya - Ida Presti - Mark Millington
Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: Courante - Johann Sebastian Bach - Pepe Romero - Mark Millington
Fantasie hongroise, for guitar, Op. 65/1 - Johann Kaspar Mertz - Nicola Hall - Mark Millington
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for voice & piano, A. 390 - Heitor Villa-Lobos - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields - Alexandre Lagoya - Alexandre Lagoya - Kenneth Sillito - Mark Millington
Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra: 1. Villano y Ricercare - Joaquín Rodrigo - Antonio de Almeida - Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra - Alexandre Lagoya - Mark Millington
Cello Concerto in D major, G. 479: Excerpt - Luigi Boccherini - Gaspar Cassadó - Andrés Segovia - Symphony of the Air - Enrique Jorda - Mark Millington
Prelude for lute in C minor, BWV 999 (BC L171) - Johann Sebastian Bach - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
Tres Temas Populares Cubanos for guitar: Canción de cuna - Leo Brouwer - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24 - Niccolò Paganini - Nicola Hall - Mark Millington
Guitar Concerto, for guitar & chamber orchestra, Op. 67: 3. Con brio - Malcolm Arnold - English Chamber Orchestra - Eduardo Fernandez - Barry Wordsworth - Mark Millington
Batucada, for guitar (from Cenas Brasileiras) - Isaías Sávio - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington
Noche en Malaga - Celedonio Romero - Los Romeros - Mark Millington
La Alcazaba (Verdiales) - Traditional - Paco Peña - Mark Millington
Estudio Brillante for guitar - Jean-Delphin Alard - Francisco Tárrega - Eduardo Fernandez - Mark Millington

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Essential Guitar: 33 Guitar Masterpieces

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