Re: The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con brio)
On Apr 3, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote:
On Tuesday 03 April 2007 05:52 am, Colin Brace wrote:
But for how much longer will this be true? A century on, fewer and fewer classical records are being made.
I couldn’t be more pleased. Recordings are to music what the Olympics are to sports — a very bad thing.
Oh please. I love being able to hear the music I like when I want to.
I don’t want to wait until your amateur bass is available to hear The
German Requiem or Bach’s Cantata #33, which I’m listening to now.
What a weird notion of authenticity.
Doug