Title : Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music
Author : Pachelbel, Johann
Release Date : 19940609
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $13.99
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Buyer Reviews : I fondly remember the LP record 'Classical Music for People who Hate Classical Music' from my undergraduate days in the early 1960's. Now I teach music literature online and in college. I haven't purchased this CD yet because of a couple of disastrous customer reviews and its price.
Most customers who purchased this don't seem to know much about classical music, but like this CD very much. I've noticed that unsophisticated listeners like music that's well performed much better than mediocre performances by 'no-name performers' and performances that were digitally recorded better than those that were transcribed from analog to digital, even though they usually can't explain why they like one better than the other. I listened to the samples on your web site. The performances weren't great, but the pieces were very 'forgiving' (even played badly they sound good).
Your top 500 reviewer, John Grabowski, trashed this CD for good reasons, but he's trashed some other things I like too, for good, thoughtful reasons. I decided to buy the CD anyway. If it's as good as I remember, I'll play some of it in my class. If it's as bad as he says, I'll give it to my brother-in-law.
