[lbo-talk] The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con brio)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 3 15:49:53 PDT 2007


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



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