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- From: paulxxxx@leland.Stanford.EDU (paulastya gupta)
- Subject: Beginning a classical collection
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.091408.16539@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 09:14:08 GMT
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- Hello! Questions from an ignormaus:
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- 1) How can one "break" into classical music? My current collection
- includes the grand sum of *2* classical CD's. My current thoughts
- are to get a book outlining the music of different ages (baroque,
- romantic etc.), and start with the recommendations made as to great
- works by the major composers.
-
- 2) Last time I was at the local music store, I compared several CDs
- of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, and noticed that the times differed
- by as much as 1 minute! Does this mean that it may be slightly cut
- off in the shorter time performance? This complicates CD buying.
-
- 3) Should one look only for DDD recordings as opposed to ADD or AAD?
- This further complicates CD purchasing.
-
- 4) Should one look for particular condutors/orchestras performing that
- piece? This really complicates CD selection!
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- Thanks. As a side note, I was recently listening to The Planets by
- Holst. Strangely enough, as much as I liked "Mars", I thought the
- remainder of the CD in its entirety was boring. I am in my early
- 20s, and seem to go for involved peices (I also like hard rock and metal).
-
- Any recommendations for my tastes?
-
- - paulxxxx@leland.stanford.edu
-