Ipod generation boosts classical music radio station by 500,000 listeners

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | May 10, 2007 | PAUL REVOIR

[mylife]

Music is mathematics in sound. Some perceive that more readily than the Pythagorean Theorem, but a grounding in mathematics, particularly Euclidean Geometry

Party Pooper! Where is the passion?

[kalee]

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[Bahbah]

Good news...interesting thread. Thanks for the ping.

[DesScorp]

I'd say the Internet is just as responsible as portable MP3 players for this. There's a virtually unlimited supply of quality classical MP3's on the web for free.

Could I also dare hope that todays music lovers, youth included, are growing tired of the no-talent hacks and crap that the record labels constantly throw at us?

Here's a great source for free, quality classical MP3's....it's a directory website called Classic Cat. Great, great selection, many from places like University music programs.

[mylife]

A portait of Bach PDQ Bach

[mylife]

Thanks. Very cool site

[Stoat]

Mozart and Beethoven remain as relevant today as they were in their own lifetimes.”

Imagine that

Actually, on this point I would wish to respectfully disagree with the author, and suggest that they are considerably more relevant today because now they have their timeless genius etched forever in history, something that could only have been imagined in their own times.

In addition, in the times of Mozart and Beethoven there was of course no such thing as sound recordings and the popular and inexpensive availability of their works for all to enjoy.  In their own times, their genius was indeed apparent to many, but it was not enthusiastically affirmed by billions of people the world over, from musical scholars on to those whose primary expertise lies elsewhere.  They have been universally heralded in their greatness over the course of centuries, and I would suggest that this makes them and their works of even greater relevance today.. 

[mylife]

Part of their wonderful writing reflects that they new how to embrace the moment.

Timeless while well aware of time.

[Stoat]

I'd say the Internet is just as responsible as portable MP3 players for this. There's a virtually unlimited supply of quality classical MP3's on the web for free.

Agreed.

Could I also dare hope that todays music lovers, youth included, are growing tired of the no-talent hacks and crap that the record labels constantly throw at us?

Oh, I sincerely hope that you are right!  The numbers and stats that I see pertaining to this are a bit tough to quantify....on the one hand, we have the record labels screaming about how their sales are plummeting and all of their profits are being eaten away by illegal music sharing.  On the other hand, we have the free-sharing boosters complaining that the output of the music industry is worthless pap, and people don't want to spend FIFTEEN DOLLARS (or more!) for a cd if there is only one or two tracks on it that are any good.

I would like to believe that people are voting on quality in the only way that they are able....by refusing to subsidize an industry that has forsaken art for profit.

Here's a great source for free, quality classical MP3's....it's a directory website called Classic Cat. Great, great selection, many from places like University music programs.

WOW!  That's a great-looking site!  Thank you very much for sharing.....I suspect that I will be spending a great deal of time there   :-)

There are also free classical MP3 files available from the Vatican:

Music for Christmas from the Vatican, in MP3 format (all free)

Music for Easter from the Vatican (in MP3 format, all are free)

[TAdams8591]

Refreshing news! : )

[martin_fierro]

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[Stoat]

Refreshing news! : )

It is indeed, isn't it?

In fact, there has been quite a bit of good news lately.....from the stunning French election going to someone who is promising Capitalist reforms and doesn't have a seething hatred for America to Hillary being the best that the Dems can muster for '08 (watching her crash and burn on the public stage will be great theater)  to this news that young people are turning to the Classics, there have been a fair number of things that suggest the world is not doing so badly after all   :-)

[Stoat]

Thank you very much for pinging your list   :-)

 

[clyde asbury]

Wonderful site - thanks for the link.

Regarding the article: Classical music is classical after all.

[TAdams8591]

It is important to take time to rejoice in the positive! : )

[Obadiah]

Cool.

[ER Doc]

My son hides his Beethoven and Canadian Brass CDs in his car, so that his friends don’t notice that he likes such “wierd” music.

[Stoat]

It is important to take time to rejoice in the positive! : )

I certainly think so; it's too bad that the vast majority of the media disagrees!

We could have had this Iraq thing taken care of by now if they had been playing on our team   :-(

But I won't let them stop me from recognizing the Good in the world, and I'm delighted that you and so many others feel the same way   :-)

 

[Stoat]

Cool.

I'm delighted that you like the article   :-)

It's nice to have some positive cultural news, isn't it?

 

[Stoat]

My son hides his Beethoven and Canadian Brass CDs in his car, so that his friends don’t notice that he likes such “wierd” music.

hehe!  That's great!  In a couple of years when more American teens have caught up with this British trend, your son will be able to truthfully say that he was a trendsetter and far ahead of the curve   :-)

His friends will look up to him as an oracle; someone to go to in order to find out about the latest in hip-ness   :-)

And in the meantime, he will have become well-versed in the best versions of essential works because you've loaned him your Penguin Guide   :-)

Amazon.com The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 Books Ivan March,Edward Greenfield,Robert Layton,Paul Czajkowski