But this is the thing; I don't want to be the equivalent of the knob who just has a copy of Bob Marley' 'Legend'....
shit term though it is, 'classical music' isn't that esoteric
if you found out king tubby >>>> bob marley by yourself, then you'll find what you like in any field, without the help of some arcane directive that only a rare 1971 upsetters unlabelled acetate will allow you to understand either
a few hours of wikipedia will trace the edges of the continuum from machaut to bach to debussy to webern and then you can focus upon which regions interest you most
like beethoven op132, by common consent a sublime work and it isn't difficult to see why, though if you follow the book it'll say it's too dissonant and complex and why not be a good child and sit through something nice like the third symphony (the pet sounds of notated music)
this is cos if you're used to afx, ruff swad, sonic youth, then your concepts of dissonance and complexity are likely diferent to the widows sitting through evening classes on how to appreciate nice music
similarly whichever facet of debussy floats your boat, then any of saint saens, schumann, messiaen, cage, schoenberg, etc might interest you, there's a vast amount of stuff and really and it's entirely up to you