I was glad to hear Barenboim say that the current/future of music is digital (though of course, live music is in a class by itself!). I was a teenager/young adult during the vinyl LP era, and I really don't understand the nostalgia for vinyl during recent years. It's bizarre! I guess some people miss the snap/crackle/pop of vinyl...not to mention how easy it is to damage them, how much space they take to store... HELL NO! It's like saying you prefer to write with an old manual typewriter instead of a computer/smart phone, etc. It's crazy!
I had an old recording of Bolero once, on vinyl. After a few spins, the beginning started to get lost in the surface noise and the loudest part always sounded distorted. I was so happy to finally get a recording of it on CD. And Shostakovich's 7th Symphony? BLAAAAAT BLAAAAATA BLAT BLAT
People who are seriously interested in classical music often find compositions difficult to understand, especially if they haven't received any musical education. It would be better if the promoters of Peral Music also include a supporting series of educational programmes like what Andras Schiff did for Beethoven's piano sonatas.
17:35 It surprised me to hear Barenboim say that he would avoid listening to music if he wasn't really "in the mood" or fully engaged with it. I always think of him as eating, breathing and sleeping music, as being completely absorbed in it, whether making it, listening to it or writing about it/thinking about it!
I was glad to hear Barenboim say that the current/future of music is digital (though of course, live music is in a class by itself!). I was a teenager/young adult during the vinyl LP era, and I really don't understand the nostalgia for vinyl during recent years. It's bizarre! I guess some people miss the snap/crackle/pop of vinyl...not to mention how easy it is to damage them, how much space they take to store... HELL NO! It's like saying you prefer to write with an old manual typewriter instead of a computer/smart phone, etc. It's crazy!
I had an old recording of Bolero once, on vinyl. After a few spins, the beginning started to get lost in the surface noise and the loudest part always sounded distorted. I was so happy to finally get a recording of it on CD. And Shostakovich's 7th Symphony? BLAAAAAT BLAAAAATA BLAT BLAT
People who are seriously interested in classical music often find compositions difficult to understand, especially if they haven't received any musical education. It would be better if the promoters of Peral Music also include a supporting series of educational programmes like what Andras Schiff did for Beethoven's piano sonatas.
17:35 It surprised me to hear Barenboim say that he would avoid listening to music if he wasn't really "in the mood" or fully engaged with it. I always think of him as eating, breathing and sleeping music, as being completely absorbed in it, whether making it, listening to it or writing about it/thinking about it!
Will you do operas too?
19:46 Is this Steve Jobs of classical music?