Youtube/cd/or Something Else To Listen To Music?

...and the concerts?

ah eh! eheheheh I had forgotten the real music ....even if the question refers to digitized music. Thank you.

sisifo1987 wrote:

When you buy a musical compact disc, besides looking at the performer and the price, what else do you look at to realize what you are buying??

It might sound like a joke, but besides the performer and the price, I also look at the content.

You'll say: obviously! However, it often happens to stumble upon "duplicates," so if I don't rely on omnibus works, I try to avoid finding myself with 10 versions (but here even that might be okay) or worse, 10 copies of the same track.

I find the discussion about complete works interesting

Usually (even though it has been a few years since I last bought CDs) I am interested in the duration, different versions for duration, for instruments (if there are versions proposed with

period instruments for certain styles or otherwise rewritten for different instruments, when it does not involve voices), normally I do not place too much importance on the performer, because

it is not guaranteed that the most well-known and renowned interpreter will be pleasing in the performance of one piece or more, and very often I have bought CDs at random, without thinking
of a particular orchestra conductor, a specific performer or ensemble, but I have based myself on the composition itself and searched for different recordings.

Years ago I only bought CDs of piano concertos, especially contemporary music, some of which I still haven't listened to.

Eagle wrote:

I find the discussion about complete works interesting

what do you mean??

Piccinesco wrote:

normally I don't give too much importance to the performer, because

it is not certain that the most well-known and renowned interpreter might be liked in the performance of one or more pieces, and very often I have bought CDs at random, without thinking.

My last purchase was targeted: Glenn Gould (some variations and toccatas, price 7 euros) but I too in the past have purchased music by composers I didn't know, out of pure curiosity.

I usually, when I have to buy a record, already know what to get precisely because I've listened to it on YouTube. I go looking for the CD when I want to appreciate its sound quality. This certainly also depends on the fidelity of the system; that's why I always listen to classical music with monitor headphones.

sisifo1987 wrote:

My latest purchase was targeted: Glenn Gould (some variations and toccatas, price 7 euros), but I too have purchased music by composers I didn't know in the past, out of pure curiosity.

Quoting Gould made me think of an additional selection parameter, the recording date

It is not necessarily in a 1 to 1 ratio with performer and work

ttw wrote:

Quoting Gould, you made me think of an additional selection parameter: the recording date

It is not certain that it has a 1-to-1 relationship with the performer and the work

I quote; great performers, including Gould, reinterpreted what they had already played in their youth. It is interesting to draw a parallel to see how the pieces matured within the pianist's musical thought.

sisifo1987 wrote:

what do you mean??

If I am interested in everything regarding a composer and a certain performer for a large portion of the repertoire... then I get the complete works, see Brilliant, etc.

This allows one to save a lot compared to buying individual CDs

TheSimon wrote:

I look for the CD when I want to appreciate its sound quality. This certainly also depends on the fidelity of the system, which is why I always listen to classical music with monitor headphones.

I understand that to appreciate the quality a good system is needed and that using particular headphones can eliminate disturbances; what I don't understand is why use all these precautions if there is then a lot of white noise in the recordings. In this Glenn Gould CD, there is an even stronger hiss

On the tube there is stuff that's impossible to find and makes many things available to everyone ... so hats off to them. However, quality doesn't always "reward".... there are things that are only listenable there, without considering encrypted channels ... if you know the URLs you can even access unpublished copyrighted tracks that you won't find around because the legitimate owners have every interest in doing so ... and making people buy CDs