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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2019-08-31 04:46
While I took a 33-year break from clarinet playing I listened to a lot of recordings of music instead. Daily listening sort of fulfilled my musical needs. I amassed a significant collection of classical piano cds.
About 11 and a half years ago I started playing clarinet again, and daily practice and playing came to fulfil my musical needs. I still listened to some recordings, but far less often and not even every day. By now I've reduced my cd collection some, but probably 1300 cds remain, along with a couple hundred lps I'd gotten earlier in life. It's rare now for me to listen to any of them; I do my listening via Youtube instead.
Has anyone noticed a similar dichotomy of listening vs. playing in themselves? What are the music listening habits of clarinetists? What kind of music do you like to hear? Do you tend to critique performers or prefer to simply listen to the music?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2019-08-31 05:58
I also have a library of over 1000 classical CDs and probably the same amount of LPs. Also a very large CD collection of jazz, big band, rock, Broadway, etc...
I'll usually take out the CDs of the current orchestral pieces we're working on, and listen in the car every day until performance day, just to familiarize myself with everything going on around the clarinet parts.
Daily listening at home? 1950s Doo-Wop and 1960s early rock.
...GBK
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-08-31 06:27
I've experienced a similar inverse proportion of listening to playing. While practicing, rehearsing, performing everyday; there was just no real desire to sit and listen to anything. I wasn't bored of music or worn out, I just lost the urge. Of course I listen to classical music in the car to pass the time. Every now and then when there is a truly inspired performance I will turn my attention to what is playing. The last example of that several months ago was a recording of a late Haydn symphony played by Riccardo Muti and the European Chamber Orchestra. But that sort of attention isn't called for most of the time.
................Paul Aviles
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2019-08-31 08:06
I basically just listen, and like a number of styles. I do tire of one style easily at times. Maybe I can listen to stuff like Chuck Mangione or Maynard a bit more than other styles. I do listen to classical clarinet solos, mostly to get some ideas in case I should play the piece. I have literally suitcases full of mostly audio cassettes, some VHS', CDs, DVDs, even camcorder tapes. All of my own playing and school concerts I have conducted over the years. None of this has much to do with my daily practice routine.
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2019-08-31 19:52
Yes. Being an active participant is quite a lot more satisfying than being part of the audience, physical or electronic. Still subscribe to the Digital Concert Hall, though. It's good to be reminded frequently of where the standards should be set.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-08-31 22:04
Just a quick beef about the BPO's digital concert hall. I realize they're working to stay current and relevant (still one of the finest orchestras), but would it kill them to make more of Karajan's opus available for streaming?!!? You KNOW they are sitting on TON'S of material the general public has never heard.
..............Paul Aviles
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2019-08-31 23:53
20 years of music retail (nearly 10 of that at 40 hours/week): not music I would have or did choose to play was on all the time. For about the first 8-10 years of that, Balkan stuff was new to me so I listened a TON.
Now, I listen to metal/hard rock in the car. I play some classical and some Balkan (anywhere from 6-10 hours a week). I teach about 11-15 hours a week (both playing and listening to varying percentages). I own about 1500 cds plus random lps I don't have a way of playing. I only listen to the cds on road trips because my car only has a line in, radio, or Bluetooth. No easy way to pop a cd in day-to-day.
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2019-09-01 20:19
Paul: I don't have any information on this, but (a) did they have the full camera setup in the Philharmonie back then, and (b) do they own the recording/broadcast rights, or was there some kind of contract with DGG that would get in the way?
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-09-01 22:24
On that. There are archived videos from that period that are available which are (or have been) Deutsche Grammophon recordings. I assume then that they "cherry-picked" from what is available. Just the ones I can think of FAR outnumber what has been placed on their website.
Again, I know it is more work, maybe more money, and they want to present the current fare, which is great...............but, let's not lose that history.
..............Paul Aviles
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