A Musical Lament...

[endlessrarities]

Question:  WHY IS CLASSICAL MUSIC SO EXPENSIVE???

There's a Mehul overture, La Chasse de Jeune Henri, that I really want to get hold of.  Horse lovers who enjoy Classical music would love it - it inspired me to take up the French horn because of its wild and atmospheric depiction of a medieval hunt.

Only trouble is, that I'm going to have to fork out between nine and eighteen pounds to get hold of something that lasts about ten minutes!  Which isn't really good value to me...

Okay, I know the answer to my own question.  Because orchestral musicians need to live, and because classical music is so niche, it's impossible to produce CD's as cheaply as it is for the mass popular market.

BUT IT'S STILL REALLY ANNOYING!!  AARGGHHHH!!!!!

Comments

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Sounds like perfectly normal behaviour to me. Especially when you consider the price of a normal opera ticket. Although there's still something magical about feeling the sound move through the air around you and realizing that it is all coming from the body of the person singing in front of you.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

I don't like much in the way of opera. Scottish Opera did the Ring Cycle a few years back, but I couldn't afford to go:-(

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Yes, I don't like my odds of ever seeing one. Although Adelaide had one a few years ago and I've heard there's one planned for Melbourne (courtesy of the Wheelers who founded Lonely Planet and the BBC who bought them out).