@spiritofradio I concur about ‘worn’ or well used albums. Heck, I will still play my Meet The Beatles bought by my parents when it first came out. We kids just trashed that album, but ya know what? It still sounds pretty good, and all those imperfections bring back memories.
Hey, and thanks for the direction on the few classical records we’ve discussed lately. I sure need and appreciate that kind of help. Hope it can continue.
Be more than happy when I can. To be honest I’ve only really dived into classical seriously over the last three to four years, and finding it most satisfying and my collection has grown incredibly in a very short time. But, I have so much more to learn. People that have been into classical for lots of years know so much more more about the nuances, and how the interpretations have changed over the years. More than anything, it was probably my interest in Jazz that got me more interested in classical, especially The Modern Jazz Quartet.
I never really understood classical in terms of, OK, there are these ‘handful’ of composers, and you have hundreds of orchestras playing the same thing over and over for decades. How could that possibly be interesting? Well, I have realized it can indeed be incredibly interesting, and now have many many different recordings (and many composers I had no knowledge of) of the same compositions, and find it incredibly interesting to hear the differences; How it was conducted, played, live vs not, the various periods that were created over history, etc. But most importantly I love the music, the instrumentation, the sound, and the history behind the symphonies, the conductors, and most importantly the composers. It’s quite fascinating.
BTW, I haven’t received it yet, but you got me to buy a vinyl version of Beethoven’s piano concerto #5 for myself (As I had no copy). Arthur Rubinstein with the Boston Orchestra recorded in 1964. And ya know, it probably won’t be my last version of it either.
