I'm not 100% sure this is the cover art, but the shoe fits; we're wearing it.
As a self-admitted non-music critic/reviewer there's really nothing I can bring to the table that will bring you as a reader a deeper appriciation for Bethoven so I'm not going to try. If you haven't listened to any of his compositions at this point in your life you either a) made a decision not to or b) have been procrastinating for way too long. If you're part of the latter group I'd recommend this set as a good primer. Beyond that though I don't have much to add. So instead of writing about the music itself I'm going to throw out a few random thoughts I had over the course of listening to this.
- Third grade was my first exposure to Bethoven. When I would sit down and to homework my mom would put some on and amazingly enough I was able to focus and get my work done. We eventually petitioned my school to allow me to do the same in class. This made my classmates very jealous. Not too surprisingly while listening to these albums at work it had the same effect. Lesson learned is that sometimes what worked in elementary school works in adulthood.
- One thing this listen did remind me of is how compressed as hell modern music is. When you listen to classical it's almost striking the difference in volume between the loud and soft sections and that's exactly how it should be. Now we listen to so much music where every instrument is just as loud as every other, where the interludes are just as loud as the peaks that it tires out the listeners ear. I'm afraid it's probably too late for us to turn back from this trend but next time you get Listener Fatigue I'd suggest throwing some classical on.
- I'm fairly confident when I say that if Beethoven was alive today he'd be a DJ List Top 100 DJ and vying for the title against Armen Van Buuren. No joke this album had more drops than a blind man on rollerskates.
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