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In Reply to: RE: Classical EMI sale posted by mtbikeNH on July 11, 2017 at 06:47:27
I agree with PAR--you need to find your own way, and that probably means traveling up a few blind alleys. The standard beginner's recommendations--Pines of Rome, Bolero, and God knows what else, are generally "light classics", a genre which is about as appealing to me as "female vocals"--a genre generally focused on licentious fantasies on the listener's part. Some allegedly difficult music might speak more directly to you, as it did to me. In my book, Scriabin beats Respighi any day.
I think that the budget labels, like Naxos, are probably a mistake. A really good performer will make the music come alive, and a perfectly fine performer probably won't. There is a lot of disagreement about what's hot and what's not, so my advice would be to trust no one!
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There are some just OK performances on Naxos, and there are some very good ones. No argument from me that great performers bring music to life but that doesn't mean less famous artists don't make excellent recordings, some of them for small or budget labels. There's several big name performers on major labels I wouldn't walk across the street to hear much less buy one of their recordings,
I never need to hear Bolero again but I'd rather hear Respighi's Pines of Rome than most anything by Scriabin. So trust no one.
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"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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