I can only offer how it is for me,or how I started. I guess the Lone Ranger theme was my start/as a kid. (That's Rossini) Then on to the Tchaikovsky's 1812,also as a kid.
Movies are loaded with great classical music> Amadeus/ Out Of Africa in the mid 80's and on to Immortal Beloved all got my juices flowing.
Then it was on to public radio. The price of admission?--Owning an FM tuner. To start with use it as background or while driving, till something peeks your attention. Our local station plays mostly the great pieces by the great orchestras. Referred to as "The Basic Repertoire"
For some reason the pieces mentioned in the equipment reviews are mostly all unknown to me and I own lots and lots of stuff.
Haydn's 100+ symphonies all put me to sleep /save #94 the "surprise" --the purpose for which it was written.
I guess he know there were lots like me--that needed to be woken up.
Back in the late 80's ;for all the big 3day holidays they would play the top hundred requests in countdown fashion. Beethoven's 9th almost always won.)--Second mostly always was Rachmaninoff's' Piano #2)
Then every Sat.AM they would take one major work and play 5/6 versions.picking apart each and telling you why--then move onto the next movement and so on till they picked the best version. Even if you didn't agree it was a good introduction to the piece. These were my introductions to the good stuff.
Movies are loaded with great classical music> Amadeus/ Out Of Africa in the mid 80's and on to Immortal Beloved all got my juices flowing.
Then it was on to public radio. The price of admission?--Owning an FM tuner. To start with use it as background or while driving, till something peeks your attention. Our local station plays mostly the great pieces by the great orchestras. Referred to as "The Basic Repertoire"
For some reason the pieces mentioned in the equipment reviews are mostly all unknown to me and I own lots and lots of stuff.
Haydn's 100+ symphonies all put me to sleep /save #94 the "surprise" --the purpose for which it was written.
I guess he know there were lots like me--that needed to be woken up.
Back in the late 80's ;for all the big 3day holidays they would play the top hundred requests in countdown fashion. Beethoven's 9th almost always won.)--Second mostly always was Rachmaninoff's' Piano #2)
Then every Sat.AM they would take one major work and play 5/6 versions.picking apart each and telling you why--then move onto the next movement and so on till they picked the best version. Even if you didn't agree it was a good introduction to the piece. These were my introductions to the good stuff.