Posted on 04/17/2006 11:30:05 AM PDT by sitetest
Do folks find this to be the case? I don't know whether they play any substantial number of the 650 works, but here in Washington, the classical station, WGMS, seems to play a bit more than the same six pieces.
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He wrote all that music before the age of 35? I better get a move on.
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Seems to be the same for almost any music style. Stations play the same 15-30 tunes, over, and over, and over again. Which is, I think, why some stations are getting smart and promising "no repeat work weeks" or "no repeat work days".
I used to work in an office where people in three different parts of the office had their radios tuned to different stations, with the same format. They ALL Played the same set of songs, at different times of the day.
I see you are in the DC Metro area if you listen to WGMS. It's one of my favorite stations, and I think one of the few classical stations which really tries to mix things up a bit. I know I've heard quite a variety from a number of composers. Whoever does their programming seems to understand that too many repeats fatigue the listener.
Sadly, since they moved to 103.9 and 104.1, the signal quality hasn't been nearly as good in my area. But even though I have Sirius, WGMS' programming and on air talent is much more entertaining and engaging.
If you're interested, you can get a nice set of recordings of all his works (170 CDs) for about $110 shipped by ordering it from Amazon's German website:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A0HFZS/302-1605862-2756849?%5Fencoding=UTF8
You don't have to pay for VAT, which basically makes up for the shipping expense.
I did this a few weeks ago.
Then Salieri picks out "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik". The priest gets all excited "I know that! That's charming! You wrote that?"
"No" says Salieri, "HE did."
Schubert was 31 when he died! No loss was ever more untimely as he was a virtual masterpiece machine at that point. The year and a half between Beethoven's and Schubert's death has been called the best in music history.
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While it's true that you generally hear the same Mozart over and over again, I have an extensive collection of Mozart on CDs and records. I don't have his entire collection, but pretty much.
I don't necessarily rely on orchestras and radio stations for my regular Mozart fix. I have my recordings. I also have my piano and several books full of his music, which I play with execrable skill, but with great appreciation.
If you're in a major city, someone's always performing Mozart somewhere, every week. Often the local university's string quartet or chamber orchestra is doing one of the less-heard works, and at a bargain price.
Where I am, the Minnesota Orchestra may not be playing some minor symphony of Mozart's, but one of the smaller ensembles will be doing so.
I used to be a semi-pro oboist, and always sought out opportunities to play Mozart in whatever ensemble was doing something. Fortunately, oboists aren't in great supply, so I have many chances. Sometimes, the groups were a small orchestra connected with some local church, a college group that didn't have a regular oboist, or something like that. If a piece of Mozart's music has an oboe part, I've probably played it at least once.
The writer here is apparently too snobbish to seek out the performances of works that are less than old workhorses. Too bad for the writer.
Dear Crolis,
I like the stations except for the morning host, James Bartel, who is an insufferable, opinionated, bloviating, piece-of-you-know-what liberal swine.
sitetest
Of course there seems to be a limited selection of Mozart or any other classical composer played on the air. WQXR in New York is probably better than many stations, but still the selection is limited: the last six symphonies, the Gran Partita, Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, some piano concerti and sonatas, a few string quartets and some operatic music is about 95% of what one will hear. I can't say I own a complete Mozart (always regretted not getting Phillips edition a few years ago, but I couldn't quite justify the cost to my thrifty spouse), but I have a good selection of CDs and listen to the with some attention to listening to less well-known things as well as pieces I've come to love.
I will plagiarize this excellent phrase liberally.
I was about to say the same thing.
There's lots of classical music via online radio. Helps me get through the workday. Classical Online Radio in the USA
http://www.magnatune.com/genres/classical/
Great stuff for internet listening.
Very tempting.
Have you received the huge box of CDs yet? How long did shipping take? How good are the performances?
Yes, I did receive it. The box came by regular mail after about 10 days.
You can by the complete works of Mozart from amazon's regular US site, but it costs over $300.
BTW, I learned about this from an article in the WSJ.
Soon the complete works of Bach will be available too.
Concur on Schubert. Also, Bizet and Purcell only made it to 36, and Mendelssohn to 38.
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