The Classical Chat Thread

[JBS]

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/why-we-still-pay-to-hear-classical

[Spotted Horses]

We used to have a member named Don who only listened to Bach organ works for fifteen whole years, which is the standard you should measure yourself against anytime you feel your genre listening might be crossing the line into insanity 

If I'm thinking of the same Don, he also listened to harpsichord music (especially the Goldberg Variations) as well as a smattering of other music.

[Karl Henning]

Bad for Pbgh, bad for New Music.

[Brian]

I had a dream overnight that I was on a video conference call for journalists, where I was trying to interview Klaus Heymann about Naxos at the same time that all the other journalists on the call were trying to interview pop stars about pop music, using the same call 

After the call ended in the dream I kept thinking of more and more questions until my brain got too active and woke me up.

[Brian]

Android phones have a newish feature where the phone's operating system will identify songs playing around you and display the song title on your lock screen. I've been testing this in restaurants and at home, and it's mostly good...but NOT with classical music.

Monday, it identified a Scarlatti sonata in E flat as the slow movement from Beethoven's piano trio Op. 1 No. 3. (It even tried guessing the performers, telling me it was Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, and Emanuel Ax. It was Benjamin Frith.)

Right now, it is identifying the famous "Clock" movement from Haydn's Clock as...Pachelbel's Canon.     EDIT: And the minuet of the same symphony is...Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, slow movement, as played by Hilary Hahn. (It's really Sandor Vegh live on Orfeo.)

[Florestan]

Android phones have a newish feature where the phone's operating system will identify songs playing around you and display the song title on your lock screen. I've been testing this in restaurants and at home, and it's mostly good...but NOT with classical music.

Monday, it identified a Scarlatti sonata in E flat as the slow movement from Beethoven's piano trio Op. 1 No. 3. (It even tried guessing the performers, telling me it was Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, and Emanuel Ax. It was Benjamin Frith.)

Right now, it is identifying the famous "Clock" movement from Haydn's Clock as...Pachelbel's Canon.     EDIT: And the minuet of the same symphony is...Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, slow movement, as played by Hilary Hahn. (It's really Sandor Vegh live on Orfeo.)

Try some opera, it should be funnier still. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I had a dream overnight that I was on a video conference call for journalists, where I was trying to interview Klaus Heymann about Naxos at the same time that all the other journalists on the call were trying to interview pop stars about pop music, using the same call 

After the call ended in the dream I kept thinking of more and more questions until my brain got too active and woke me up.

That sounds like quite the nightmare!  If you do ever get to interview him (if you haven't already), just make sure NOT to hit the conference call button.

Android phones have a newish feature where the phone's operating system will identify songs playing around you and display the song title on your lock screen. I've been testing this in restaurants and at home, and it's mostly good...but NOT with classical music.

Monday, it identified a Scarlatti sonata in E flat as the slow movement from Beethoven's piano trio Op. 1 No. 3. (It even tried guessing the performers, telling me it was Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, and Emanuel Ax. It was Benjamin Frith.)

Right now, it is identifying the famous "Clock" movement from Haydn's Clock as...Pachelbel's Canon.    EDIT: And the minuet of the same symphony is...Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, slow movement, as played by Hilary Hahn. (It's really Sandor Vegh live on Orfeo.)

I suspected that those apps weren't that great with classical music and would be much better with pop music, country, etc.  How does it do with jazz?

To be fair, there are so many different classical recordings of popular works--including live ones to further complicate the matter.  If I were an app, my "head" would be spinning!

PD

[Karl Henning]

Android phones have a newish feature where the phone's operating system will identify songs playing around you and display the song title on your lock screen. I've been testing this in restaurants and at home, and it's mostly good...but NOT with classical music.

Monday, it identified a Scarlatti sonata in E flat as the slow movement from Beethoven's piano trio Op. 1 No. 3. (It even tried guessing the performers, telling me it was Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, and Emanuel Ax. It was Benjamin Frith.)

Right now, it is identifying the famous "Clock" movement from Haydn's Clock as...Pachelbel's Canon.    EDIT: And the minuet of the same symphony is...Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, slow movement, as played by Hilary Hahn. (It's really Sandor Vegh live on Orfeo.)

Bet it has no trouble with Adele.

[Florestan]

Bet it has no trouble with Adele.

It's all about hooks, as per another thread... 

[Karl Henning]

It's all about hooks, as per another thread... 

My thought, as well.

[LKB]

Try some opera, it should be funnier still. 

Indeed. 

[Brian]

New one!

Actual song: "Gretchen am Spinnrade" by Schubert, arr. Liszt for piano

What my phone thinks the song is: "Technicolor" by Kudasaibeats