How do you discover new classical music?I've always enjoyed hearing it but was put off thinking I'm too much of an uneducated pleb to ever have taste. Recently I downloaded the Goldberg Variations on a whim, and realized I really enjoyed listening to i

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Anonymous 02/06/15 (Fri) 07:33:08 No.141

How do you discover new classical music?

I've always enjoyed hearing it but was put off thinking I'm too much of an uneducated pleb to ever have taste. Recently I downloaded the Goldberg Variations on a whim, and realized I really enjoyed listening to it. I've had some okay results using it as a Pandora seed, but I feel like trying to find classical music on Pandora is really doin it wrong.

Is there some kind of radio that will feed me good new material? Should I just give up and start reading up on music history? Unfortunately I hate reading about music, I can never relate the jargon critics use to my own experience of listening to it. (and for non-classical, I've found that critics are all retarded)

Anonymous 02/06/15 (Fri) 10:44:24 No.142

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>Goldberg Variations
nice

The way I usually found stuff was going through music recorded by musicians I liked, which worked well for me. Say for piano, I would listen to Horowitz or for orchestral works, Karajan.
Going through, I would find certain composers that I really loved listening to, whose works I would explore further. Since you enjoy the Goldberg Variations, maybe you could try listening to more Bach?

Anonymous 02/07/15 (Sat) 10:39:38 No.143

There's a radio station on my city that always features new stuff. Really good for discoveries

http://www.radionuevoleon.com.mx/opus.html

Anonymous 02/13/15 (Fri) 19:40:50 No.149

I just used Last.fm's radio feature.

Anonymous 09/04/15 (Fri) 20:52:44 No.170

>>141

classical critics are retarded too

a lot of recordings get pushed to the top because of who made them, not how good they are

music libraries (public and private) are a good place to browse because other people explicitly requested or selected the recordings there

another problem is a LOT of the classic recordings were on vinyl and have not been digitized

honestly though the best way to engage with music is to play an instrument. probably piano.