A Musical Lament...

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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!!!!!

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It's Harold in Italy and Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale I'm after in particular. I've already got Symphonie Fantastique - lovely piece of music, but I have mixed feelings about it. When I toured as part of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland we were made to spend our day off sight-reading Symphonie Fantastique. It was supposed to be relaxation...