The Classical Rules...

Corbett | March 7, 2010 11:50 AM

My classical music chops aren't as cultured as they should be. I think I have two albums listed as "Classical" on my iPod. One is Faure's Requiem in D minor, and the other is the Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo. I have about 50 other "essential" classical CDs that I never copied over since I just never listened to them. They're in a box somewhere.

So as part of the "opening and reform" of my ears, I wanted to put together a good playlist of 100 top must have classical albums. This turned out to be extremely difficult since I didn't really know where to start. Rolling Stone made it easy with their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which I still haven't assembled, but at least I heard most of them so could have an opinion.

Since I'd recorded and produced several British orchestras before, and found the British to be quite expressive and opinionated about classical music - and tea - I started with the Telegraph where to my delight they had done the work for me with their article:

100 Best Classical Recordings: Our critics' survey of the music no classical fan should be without

I read through the list, and was thinking to myself, "Do I really want to do this?" Then I read to the bottom of the long article and saw their "10 Classical Rules".

Rule #10: Names to avoid
Karajan, Ashkenazy, Kissin, Lang Lang, Maazel, Mrs Mills and Richard Clayderman. Forget you ever knew these people.

That sealed it for me. Lang Lang and Richard Clayderman banned in one sentence.

Category: Music

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