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In the Thread: Engineering over Art

Post Subject: So far, you are talking about wrong reasons.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 3/16/2010

I am not sure what you are asking, Oliver.

First of all I do not know what you mean by “illusion of sitting in a real concert hall”. If you are looking for a teleportation illusion then it is fine but it has absolutely nothing to do with musicality, romantic repertoire or class of artists. I would also do not get where Deutsche Gramophone do not feet your bill – they have a huge catalog with incredibly good and incredibly bad recordings.

All together, I do not think that ordering CDs or records using any other motivations then your interest in the given piece of music make any sense. If you would like to extend your exposure to “romantic standard repertoire, preferably large orchestra” then do not look which recording create the “concert hall illusion”. This illusion not a fiction but it is a side-effect, not the primary motivation. If you looking to start then develop a personal interest in a very narrow for beginning and very specific piece of music and then explore how your interest will be polished by different interpretations. In some time, what you know the piece deeply and develop a lot of acquired taste in it then you might play the game observing how different recording techniques or playback techniques would make any difference to the way how the piece is presented to you.

Eventually, if you were successful in your submerge into a single musical piece then you might amply the pattern to diversify your exposure to wider range of music. Still, you personal internal interest and your personal familiarity with musical intend (or many of the near-musical circumstances) shall drive your CD ordering habits, not anything else. In my view your definition of “do anything completely wrong when ordering a CD” is incorrect at this point and you need to review your whole approach to the subject.

Rgs, Romy the Cat

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