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Originally Posted by zamler
Classical music (which I don't listen to much at at home) especially lends itself to the live experience.
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Classical music is MUCH better live. Often there are so many quiet things going on, that they get lost on a recording. Meanwhile, you can hear it all when listening live.
For example, I went to the CPO on Friday eve, they were playing Mahler's third symphony. In the first movement, a percussionist goes backstage to play a snare drum, to get a different sound out of the drum. In the third movement, there is a trumpet solo that comes from behind you up on a balcony. Those kinds of things are totally lost on a recording.