If you had to buy one classical album

[andyrlb]

I do enjoy some classical music but I don’t currently own anything classical so I’d like to initially buy one cd .
WHICH SHOULD I BUY?
I have considered this one ; 50 greatest pieces of classical music
By the London philharmonic orchestra


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[walpurgis]

That's an almost impossible question to answer. It's like asking 'what food should I eat', there are thousands of options. There are so many types of what people call Classical Music. It isn't just orchestral music.

[andyrlb]

I’d best get listening then , cheers Geoff


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[struth]

I do enjoy some classical music but I don’t currently own anything classical so I’d like to initially buy one cd .
WHICH SHOULD I BUY?
I have considered this one ; 50 greatest pieces of classical music
By the London philharmonic orchestra


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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Classical-Album-World-Ever/dp/B000002S6K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530972173&sr=8-1&keywords=best+classical+album+in+the+world+ever

good starter..... plus you should consider this,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yo-Yo-Ma-Plays-Ennio-Morricone/dp/B003PTP4S6/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1530972675&sr=1-2&keywords=yo+yo+ma+plays+ennio+morricone

qaulity, as they say in Glesgae;)

[andyrlb]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Classical-Album-World-Ever/dp/B000002S6K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530972173&sr=8-1&keywords=best+classical+album+in+the+world+ever

good starter..... plus you should consider this,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yo-Yo-Ma-Plays-Ennio-Morricone/dp/B003PTP4S6/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1530972675&sr=1-2&keywords=yo+yo+ma+plays+ennio+morricone

qaulity, as they say in Glesgae;)

Cheers Grant , I do like a few by Morricone


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[Sherwood]

??????????

why not listen to a range of recordings on the internet and then decide?

Geoff

[andyrlb]

That’s the plan now


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[snowman_al]

As has been said above, too broad a subject for 100 CDs let alone 1...

Try BBC iplayer Radio for Radio 3, Classic FM, and even Spotify if you have it. There are plenty of play lists there too.

Googling 'classical music primers' brings up the usual pieces.

Enjoy.

[Sherwood]

If anyone is interested in an instant classical collection: best pieces, best orchestras, best conducters, and best recordings, then look no further:

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?57529-FS-The-Great-Composers-Collection&highlight=great+composers

52 albums plus magazines

Geoff

[Landloper]

I do enjoy some classical music but I don’t currently own anything classical so I’d like to initially buy one cd .
WHICH SHOULD I BUY?
I have considered this one ; 50 greatest pieces of classical music
By the London philharmonic orchestra


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I started in a random manner having little understanding of what I was buying. My first purchase was of Barenboim playing a selection of Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony [Haitink], because they were the only classical LPs in the sale at the local shop. Over the years I have enjoyed exploring music for myself. It has taken me to places the reviewers and critics [and compilation makers] are unlikely to go. That said, the CD you mention is as good a place to start as any.

[andyrlb]

I started in a random manner having little understanding of what I was buying. My first purchase was of Barenboim playing a selection of Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony [Haitink], because they were the only classical LPs in the sale at the local shop. Over the years I have enjoyed exploring music for myself. It has taken me to places the reviewers and critics [and compilation makers] are unlikely to go. That said, the CD you mention is as good a place to start as any.

Cheers John


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[Lawrence001]

My first classical LP at the age of 11 was CfP 1812 Overture c/w Night on a Bare Mountain after I heard the latter in my music lesson at school. I then started listening to Radio 3 before and after school and discovered I loved Baroque and early Classical chamber music when played in an authentic manner. So my personal preference would be something like Vivaldi's Opus 1 Sonatas by Trio Sonnerie IIRC, Telemann's Tafelmusik (ok on Naxos), or some JC Bach quintets. I later ventured into vocal music and loved Handel's oratorios, I think the Messiah by Pinnock is another excellent starting point.

What I never liked was old slow ponderous recordings of the late Romantic genre, I'd rather have walked barefoot over broken glass than listen to that. However as I get older I find myself disliking it a little less, along with well recorded lounge type jazz numbers, I guess that's just what growing old does to you..

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[andyrlb]

My first classical LP at the age of 11 was CfP 1812 Overture c/w Night on a Bare Mountain after I heard the latter in my music lesson at school. I then started listening to Radio 3 before and after school and discovered I loved Baroque and early Classical chamber music when played in an authentic manner. So my personal preference would be something like Vivaldi's Opus 1 Sonatas by Trio Sonnerie IIRC, Telemann's Tafelmusik (ok on Naxos), or some JC Bach quintets. I later ventured into vocal music and loved Handel's oratorios, I think the Messiah by Pinnock is another excellent starting point.

What I never liked was old slow ponderous recordings of the late Romantic genre, I'd rather have walked barefoot over broken glass than listen to that. However as I get older I find myself disliking it a little less, along with well recorded lounge type jazz numbers, I guess that's just what growing old does to you..

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One that I do own though perhaps not strictly classical is joolz gianni pavane opus 50
And his other track is called silver


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[Liberdade]

It's an impossible task, so I'm interpreting it as an entry point. In which case, why not go with a fantastic and inexpensive disc of Wagner's orchestral music. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Orchestral-Music-Ring-Nibelung/dp/B01EXZ1U0G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530985498&sr=8-1&keywords=wagner+orchestral+music+szell) A lot can flow from this ...

[Landloper]

It's an impossible task, so I'm interpreting it as an entry point. In which case, why not go with a fantastic and inexpensive disc of Wagner's orchestral music. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Orchestral-Music-Ring-Nibelung/dp/B01EXZ1U0G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530985498&sr=8-1&keywords=wagner+orchestral+music+szell) A lot can flow from this ...

Good call, David.

[andyrlb]

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[Lawrence001]

It's an impossible task, so I'm interpreting it as an entry point. In which case, why not go with a fantastic and inexpensive disc of Wagner's orchestral music. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-Orchestral-Music-Ring-Nibelung/dp/B01EXZ1U0G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530985498&sr=8-1&keywords=wagner+orchestral+music+szell) A lot can flow from this ...I've got a CD of Wagner opera highlights by Solti, it's a nice collection. Several instrumental pieces on it for those not ready for opera, but having said that who can not love The Ride :)

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