uberwaltz, I'm not deep into classical music and don't know lots about it. I tend to favor less classical/baroque and more romantic era stuff (less Bach, Mozart, Hayden....more Beethoven, Brahms and on into Dvorak and Mahler.)
I also pretty much stick to the symphonic works of these composers and don't know much about concertos and music for specific instruments.
Having said that, I look at the various symphonies in one or two different ways. One is to listen to them like a movie score. The second, and maybe better approach, is to listen to them the way you'd listen to prog rock. Think Rush of Floyd. Albums like 2112 or Wish You Were Here are just modern pop symphonies.
And make no mistake, a good rousing symphony like Beethoven's 9th or Dvorak's 9th will exercise your speakers and your walls/windows.
I also pretty much stick to the symphonic works of these composers and don't know much about concertos and music for specific instruments.
Having said that, I look at the various symphonies in one or two different ways. One is to listen to them like a movie score. The second, and maybe better approach, is to listen to them the way you'd listen to prog rock. Think Rush of Floyd. Albums like 2112 or Wish You Were Here are just modern pop symphonies.
And make no mistake, a good rousing symphony like Beethoven's 9th or Dvorak's 9th will exercise your speakers and your walls/windows.