My greatest musical shortcoming is lack of opera appreciation. I do know and love some of the popular ones, such as The Marriage of Figaro, La Boheme, Turandot, Die Meistersinger, etc. but I really can’t say opera is a regular part of my listening regimen. I can trace it back to an early mentor and piano teacher (a well known accompanist of major performers) who put opera down as lesser music. It had a major impact on me from which I never recovered.
unreceivedogma,
I would loved to include records to my lists. The majority of my listening is to LPs.
The reason I don’t is that most of my records are decades old and not readily available today.
However, since you mention it, I’ll start compiling a list.
(Right now, I’m listening to a wonderful sounding LP of a great performance of Ravel’s La Valse conducted by Pierre Boulez with the New York Phil.)
unreceivedogma,
I would loved to include records to my lists. The majority of my listening is to LPs.
The reason I don’t is that most of my records are decades old and not readily available today.
However, since you mention it, I’ll start compiling a list.
(Right now, I’m listening to a wonderful sounding LP of a great performance of Ravel’s La Valse conducted by Pierre Boulez with the New York Phil.)