I agree that it's very difficult to approach classical in this day and age. It's not very popular among younger people (teens and 20s) so it isn't talked about much and can be hard to find recommendations. Not only that, but once you have finally found composers you feel you enjoy, they all have dozens and dozens (sometimes hundreds) of compositions that span many diverse ends of the musical spectrum - from violin sonatas to trombone concertos to operas to ballets and symphonies. It's so hard to get a handle on all of that!Originally Posted by Rengori
I really do wish to expand my knowledge of classical music, but it's proving to be harder than it was to expand my knowledge of things like death metal.Now, which people like classical music and which just like to think of themselves as the type of people who like classical music?
And I don't know much about classical, but I'm partial to the Moonlight Sonata, most of Paganini's Caprices, Mozart's Requiem and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.
As if that weren't difficult enough, actually *acquiring* good classical can be a very time-consuming and money-intensive process. It's difficult to just go about randomly downloading classical music like you could with any other genre (as you suggested, death metal). You have to first pick a piece you're interested in, and then seek out a quality recording with a reputable conductor and orchestra (and/or soloist), which is often difficult to do while browsing p2p or other filesharing methods, so... one has to spring the cash and actually purchase the stuff to truly get what they want / know what they're getting.
Oy.
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