What are you looking for here?

**Janszoon** · 08-24-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Likewise, I'd like to see more activity in the classical sections. Just a little more! For awhile I think I was one of the only people keeping it alive, but I get that the genre doesn't have a huge hardcore following here. It's mostly just noobs posting in the "Favourite Composers" thread to get their post count up so they can spam the place.

I'd be interested but my main problem is I don't know very much about classical. So I think I'd mostly just be looking for recommendations without contributing much. Maybe we should start a classical album club?

Burning Down · 08-24-2012, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'd be interested but my main problem is I don't know very much about classical. So I think I'd mostly just be looking for recommendations without contributing much. Maybe we should start a classical album club?

In theory, that's a good idea. In practice, I don't think it would work so well since there are hundreds of different recordings of pretty much every piece by every big composer, done by different performers who interpret the music differently. Or actually, maybe one or two works by composers nominated could be chosen, and only ONE specific recording of that piece, so that we'd all be listening to the same thing. I would definitely run something like this but I'd have to see what the general interest is first. I won't nominate anything avant-garde for the unseasoned listeners among this community, more like the popular stuff first and then branch out from there...

Would that work?

**Janszoon** · 08-24-2012, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

In theory, that's a good idea. In practice, I don't think it would work so well since there are hundreds of different recordings of pretty much every piece by every big composer, done by different performers who interpret the music differently. Or actually, maybe one or two works by composers nominated could be chosen, and only ONE specific recording of that piece, so that we'd all be listening to the same thing. I would definitely run something like this but I'd have to see what the general interest is first. I won't nominate anything avant-garde for the unseasoned listeners among this community, more like the popular stuff first and then branch out from there...

Would that work?

That's exactly what I'm looking for. One of my biggest obstacles in getting more into classical has been not knowing which recording of which piece I should check out. I'd love it if there was a place for people to nominate specific recordings.

And with you, me, Zyrada and Trollheart, it looks like we already have four participants.