I gave each of the CD’s I bought a spin. Some didn’t make it very far before I hit the “skip disk” button on my remote, but I did give each track a listen (some longer than others). I still need to take more time and figure out what it is that I like / dislike about each one, but I figured I’d give my real quick, unorthodox ranking. And I reserve the right to change my order after I listen to them some more… LOL
I bought these:
Holst, Planets
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake
Dvorak, Cello Concerto
Respighi, Symphonic Poems
Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe
Brahms, Hungarian Dances
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Smetana, Ma Vlast
Khachaturian, Spartacus
Janine Jansen's Four Season's – Vivaldi
Beethoven’s 7th
In order of best to worst….
1 - Janine Jansen's Four Season's – Vivaldi
2 - Dvorak, Cello Concerto
3 - Brahms, Hungarian Dances
4 - Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake
5 - Smetana, Ma Vlast
6 - Khachaturian, Spartacus
7 - Beethoven’s 7th
8 - Respighi, Symphonic Poems
9 - Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
10 - Ravel, Daphnis et Chloe
11 - Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances
12 - Holst, Planets
I like string music, a lot. I didn’t care for the last three because they’re just too, oh I don’t know… sorta movie theme-ish. I don’t like that and I don’t really know why. The Gershwin is too, well dated for me. I doubt I’ll be listening to the any of those four again.
Based on my very initial impressions, is there a particular type of Classical that I should be looking at??
