I don't know if I could ever rank my 10 favorite releases as that's just too damn difficult because I adore so much stuff, it gets particularly messy when you start including classical stuff with how myriad and byzantine that gets. I can list a lot of my favorite non-metal musicians with relative ease though.
My tastes include (but are not anywhere near limited to) William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolo Paganini, J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Joseph Hadyn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Maurice Ravel, Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Felix Mendelssohn, Camille Saint-Saens, Claude Debussy, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Puccini, Antonin Dvorak, G.F. Handel, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Bela Bartok, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Glenn Gould, Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav Richter, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arnold Schoenberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Reich, Luigi Nono, The Three Tenors, Mario Lanza, Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Paco de Lucía, W.C. Handy, Scott Joplin, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Son House, Woody Guthrie, Rev. Blind Gary Davis, Lead Belly, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Stokes, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Ma Rainey, Johnny Shines, Memphis Minnie, Josh White, Henry Thomas, Etta James, Blind Willie Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ralph Stanley, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe/Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, Gus Cannon, Pink Anderson, Texas Alexander, Robert Nighthawk Jr., Lonnie Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Tommy McClennan, Bessie Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Willie McTell, John Lee Hooker, Tampa Red, Skip James, B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Brother Joe May, Paul Robeson, George "Harmonica" Smith, Earl Hooker, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Guitar Slim, Magic Sam, Memphis Slim, Elmore James, Guitar Shorty, Big Joe Turner, The Temptations, The Coasters, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, The Persuasions, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Sam Cooke, Al Green, Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly/Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Fats Domino, Johnny Burnette, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Sonics, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Mitch Ryder/Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, John Mayall/John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Ventures, Nero & The Gladiators, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Elvin Bishop, Mike Bloomfield, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Jeff Beck/The Jeff Beck Group, Screaming Lord Sutch, Arthur Brown, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, Santana, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane, Jake Holmes, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers Band, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Stooges, MC5, Frank Zappa/Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Buffalo Springfield, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Neil Young, CSN/CSNY, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The Velvet Underground, Free, Atomic Rooster, Sweet, Coven, Music Machine, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin, H.P. Lovecraft, The Residents, Grand Funk Railroad, Hawkwind, Bob Seger, Foghat, Traffic, Cheap Trick, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, May Blitz, The Edgar Broughton Band, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes, ELP, The Amboy Dukes, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, Cream, The Band, Canned Heat, Sir Lord Baltimore, Primevil, Warpig, Blues Creation, Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mountain, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Aerosmith, Queen, Bad Company, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Nazareth, Rose Tattoo, Heart, Trapeze, Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Television, Patti Smith/The Patti Smith Group, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Blue Öyster Cult, The Runaways, AC/DC, KISS, David Bowie, Minor Threat, Black Flag, X, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Misfits, The Germs, Johnny Thunders/Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Joan Jett/Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Buzzcocks, Public Image Ltd., Kraftwerk, The Slits, Siouxsie & The Banshees, G.G. Allin, Guitar Wolf, Iggy Pop, Rick James, Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Airbourne, etc.
Just a very small insight into my non-metal listening habits.
