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Jul. 25th, 2020 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Another thing about working from home is that I'm listening to my music on my Homepod, rather than shitty $10 headphones. (I intentionally use shitty headphones because I need to be able to hear if anyone's trying to get my attention. They are also weirdly the most comfortable to wear for 12+ hours--with the exception of noise-cancelling cans, which I don't use for see above.)
This means I have discovered that a lot of my classical recordings are GARBAGE. This is a collection I built out of bargain bins at Circuit City before I knew anything about specific orchestras, conductors, and record labels in the classical sphere. My Durufle Requiem has such audible compression artefacts it's practically unlistenable.
The question now is how much I care about actually rebuilding this with better quality recordings. Because I honestly listen to Peer Gynt or A Little Night Music once every decade or two. The classical pieces I love I've already sought out better recordings.
(I have to highly recommend "The Insider's Guide to Classical Recordings" by Jim Svejda for this. He has absolutely spot on recommendations, and he usually has two or three per piece, with explanations of the different flavors of the different recordings. Which is why I have three recordings of the Rite of Spring.)
((Also also, this is why I will never go to streaming as my music consumption model, because the digital ecosphere has proven itself to be shite at the entire genre of classical music.))
This means I have discovered that a lot of my classical recordings are GARBAGE. This is a collection I built out of bargain bins at Circuit City before I knew anything about specific orchestras, conductors, and record labels in the classical sphere. My Durufle Requiem has such audible compression artefacts it's practically unlistenable.
The question now is how much I care about actually rebuilding this with better quality recordings. Because I honestly listen to Peer Gynt or A Little Night Music once every decade or two. The classical pieces I love I've already sought out better recordings.
(I have to highly recommend "The Insider's Guide to Classical Recordings" by Jim Svejda for this. He has absolutely spot on recommendations, and he usually has two or three per piece, with explanations of the different flavors of the different recordings. Which is why I have three recordings of the Rite of Spring.)
((Also also, this is why I will never go to streaming as my music consumption model, because the digital ecosphere has proven itself to be shite at the entire genre of classical music.))