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While I agree with you, Clark, Tom's observation isn't inaccurate by any means. Of the composers you've mentioned, I think in each case, their Symphonies are more popular than their chamber music to the general public. You may remember "The Music Bluffer's Guide", a small book which came out in the early '70s which, amongst other things, gave tongue in cheek definitions to musical terms. It defined "Chamber music" as "music for a small number of listeners". db On Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:29:36 PM, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >Tom Fine: My general beef about classical FM radio has always been an >over-reliance on chamber music. > >Noooo! > >You're talking the best of Beethoven, the best of Schubert, and much of >Mozart and Brahms and Shostakovich. How could you possibly think that!? > >It is true however that they "over-play Baroque" -- with the exception of >Bach, of whom there's never enough. Baroque is considered harmless music >for the carriage trade that tends to support public radio but isn't really >into music that much. > >c > > > > > >On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> My general beef about classical FM radio has always been an over-reliance >> on chamber music. It may be that the orchestral music is played at times of >> the day I don't tune in, but especially NPR-afflilated classic stations >> seem to over-play Baroque and other era small-ensemble music. This is not >> to my taste, so I usually choose my own music collection over FM radio for >> classical music. One notable exception was the Syracuse NY NPR station in >> the early 90s. Back when I lived in transmission range, I'd often tune in >> and here them playing newly-released Mercury CDs. Needless to say, I >> donated generously and let the program director know how much I enjoyed >> hearing the flood of great orchestral recordings then coming out on CD. As >> I recall, that station mercifully relegated chamber music to overnights and >> very early morning. WHen most people were tuned in, it was mostly >> orchestral music, and an excellent variety at that. No bias against >> American music or 20th Century music. It's hard to believe it was only 20+ >> years ago, but there was still a very vibrant classical recording scene in >> the US and Europe at the time. And it was the golden era of CD reissues, so >> there was a huge variety of music coming in from the record companies each >> month. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Johnsen" <[log in to unmask] >> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:23 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] classical announcers, was Future of CDs >> >> >> I would say that the two cities that most surprisingly have decent CM >>> stations are Miami/Broward and Las Vegas. >>> >>> NYC sucks! >>> >>> clark >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> On 18/05/2014, Lou Judson wrote: >>>> >>>> > Perhaps you will find one or two here: >>>> > >>>> > <http://www.kdfc.com/> Hoyt Smith isn't bad. >>>> > The one remaining Bay Area classical station. Now available >>>> > planet-wide on the internets. >>>> > >>>> BBC Radio 3 announcers are mostly OK. They do know how to pronounce the >>>> names of composers. >>>> >>>> Sarah Mohr-Peitch is excellent, I think. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> -- >>>> Don Cox >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > >