Start with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and hold off on Mozart for a while IMO.
Also, if you have XM Radio, you can listen to their 2 Classical channels.
Also, if you have XM Radio, you can listen to their 2 Classical channels.
New to Classical Music - Album to try first??
Try the Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach. On CD my favourites are the Benjamin Britten version and the Naxos set. On vinyl, if you can find it, Karl Ristenpart conducting on the Nonesuch label. There are a lot of recordings of these pieces, as many as there are of the Vivaldi Four Seasons I bet, so there are other good ones too, but the ones I suggest are all very lively. |
Go to this site. It gives a good and varied selection of the top 10 and top 20 classical recordings. You can also use it to explore by classical period or by specific composer. |