Having just had an interesting exchange of views with the Hifi Pig himself (with me being just a humble Hifi Piglet!) I thought it would be worthwhile to explain what will be guiding my choices of ‘classical’ music to review … and why it perhaps differs from the approach to be taken for non-classical music.
Choice of repertoire
What to cover?
Yet another recording of Beethoven’s 5th symphony?
There is no reason why not – a lot of folk would be very interested, I am sure. There’s nothing wrong with Beethoven’s 5th! It’s a glorious work, and justly famous. How does the latest conductor wunderkind compare to the grand old masters? Fascinating stuff! More »
conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
eben (violin), Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester, Claus Peter Flor conducting.
Naxos 8.572554. Released 2010. More »
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Jerry’s Reviewing Ethos for Classical Music
Having just had an interesting exchange of views with the Hifi Pig himself (with me being just a humble Hifi Piglet!) I thought it would be worthwhile to explain what will be guiding my choices of ‘classical’ music to review … and why it perhaps differs from the approach to be taken for non-classical music.
Choice of repertoire
What to cover?
Yet another recording of Beethoven’s 5th symphony?
There is no reason why not – a lot of folk would be very interested, I am sure. There’s nothing wrong with Beethoven’s 5th! It’s a glorious work, and justly famous. How does the latest conductor wunderkind compare to the grand old masters? Fascinating stuff! More »