How many times should one listen to a recording?

[Todd]

It varies.

For instance, 0 (zero) would be appropriate for the following:



The number increases with the quality of the recording, so I choose the only sensible option: banana.

[mn dave]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

[prémont]

Premont says 16.

OK. 

There are recordings I could listen to every day, if I had the time.

On the other hand I usually listen to a recording two or sometimes three times before I relegate it to the dustbin.

These are the extremes, everything is possible in between.

[Brian]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

Probably it would be a piece of music which is very rarely recorded, but which I love, so that my choice is restricted. I think it might be the Naxos recording of Roussel's Suite in F. I have listened to that about once per month for the last 3 years.

[Brian]

It varies.

For instance, 0 (zero) would be appropriate for the following:



The number increases with the quality of the recording, so I choose the only sensible option: banana.

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/v/G2pYprIy19Y

[prémont]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

Don¨t know. Probably Helmut Walcha´s recording of the AoF, even if I have not listened to it recently.

Being the owner of 126 recordings of this work I can not listen to HW every time.

[Todd]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

Probably something by Led Zeppelin.

[amw]

Zero. One should instead form opinions on a particular recording from looking at the cover art, reading the liner notes and testing the CD's ability to be skipped across bodies of water.

[Jay F]

One should listen as many times as one likes, hence banana.

[Jay F]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

Something by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Miles Davis, or Mahler (Bernstein/CBS).

[kishnevi]

As many times as you enjoy it.

[ibanezmonster]

A million.

The entire recording should be compressed so that it is a millionth of a second long and looped a million times so that it can be listened to a million times in exactly one second. It's called "speed listening," and it's good for people with scarce time to listen to music.

[Karl Henning]

Which recording have you listened to the most?

No idea.  And I rather enjoy that I have no idea

[mn dave]

A million.

The entire recording should be compressed so that it is a millionth of a second long and looped a million times so that it can be listened to a million times in exactly one second. It's called "speed listening," and it's good for people with scarce time to listen to music.

[Karl Henning]

If paulb were here, his answer would be "once, and only to a 60-second clip."

[DavidW]

I don't know how many times I've listened to the White Album.

[Karl Henning]

And you never skip "Revolutuion 9"!

[mn dave]

Yeah, The Beatles. Oh, boy...

[Karl Henning]

Yeah, The Beatles. Oh, boy...

(I read the news today.)

[Karl Henning]

The banana rules!