Classical Music Archives!
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Topic: Classical Music Archives!
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: Classical Music Archives!
Date Posted: May 18 2021 at 18:00
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There's Prog Archives, JazzMusic Archives, and MetalMusic Archives, with many people participating on multiple sites, if not all three. Why not a Classical Music Archives?
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: May 18 2021 at 18:03
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There are several sites dedicated to classical music, but I think it is too broad a subject to do a site about in the same way. After all we are speaking of a music tradition that is more than 1000 years old. |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: May 18 2021 at 18:08
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What I sometimes miss, on the other hand, is a PA like site dedicated to art rock. But maybe there are too many opinions on what that actually means. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 10:44
Art Rock is under the umbrella of Progressive rock, so fits well to be on this site.......You could certainly start a Art Rock Appreciation Thread. -------------   
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The Anders wrote:Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 10:55
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For me art rock is stuff by bands and individuals that is intelligent/inventive music that is not quite prog, such as Bush, Bowie, 10cc, ELO, Roxy Music (or at least while Eno was the resident knob twiddler) which probably includes several artists already here in crossover, or prog-related. [Does my memory deceive me or was the Eclectic Prog section once labelled 'Art Rock'?] ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:43
I agree a classical music site would have to be somewhat different from this site. For instance, there are literally thousands of recordings of the most popular works. It would be next to impossible to set up pages with the cover art for every single one, even if you don't take re-issues and compilations into account. My thought would be to set up composer pages with a list of all their works, and from there users could rate and comment upon the various recordings. Again, I'm aware this would take an extraordinary amount of work to set it all up. There are, of course, hundreds of books that list discographies, rate recordings, and reproduce concert notes. To have it all online where everyone could contribute at one site would be a real treat. There could also be pages for conductors, performers, and orchestras for people to comment upon. In classical music, even record labels (both existing and defunct) have devoted followings.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:47
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I think i miss more an Alternative music archives that is dedicated towards alternative music like alternative rock, punk, new wave, indie rock, shoegaze, etc. -------------  
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Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:59
To be honest I think much of composers' catalogues already exist online, but not in one place... it would probably be impossible to list individual recordings tho.
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 13:11
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Re Steve: Originally Max was going to introduce a classical site after the other three sites, but since these kind of websites are mostly a dying breed, he changed his mind. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 13:55
I was going to say something similar (although I would have said Max stopped caring about his websites). I agree it would be nice to get someone online where there can be a comprehensive comparison of all the different versions of all these various musics. I know for me, having to choose between 4 different recordings for the 'best one' is certainly an obstacle in enjoying and exploring this type of music. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 14:03
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Best one? What does that mean? Best audio? Best performance? Best arrangement? x an infinite number of orchestras and conductors. It's crazy I tell ya...CRAZY ! ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 14:50
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Best performance. There are plenty of reviews I've seen for classical discs that say something along the lines of 'this one is alright, but check out __________ for the paramount performance of this ____ masterpiece'. I suppose audio plays a role as well, but I've never been too disappointed with sound on classical releases (although I only have a handful). ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 15:05
I have a Classical Music Archive right here on PA, although admittedly, it only features Philip Glass so far. 
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