Dear Budding Classical Music Listener:
Of course, one of the easiest to "understand" and is very enjoyable to listen is Franz Schubert's violin sonatas on the Naxos label, the violinist's name escapes me at this moment. Very lyrical melodies with simple harmonic structure from the piano accompaniment. Brahms' viola or clarinet sonatas, , have a more complex harmonic structure, but extremely lyrical. Kim Kashkashian's performance is while worth it, I beleive it is on the ECM label.
For cello, Faure's small chamber pieces for cello and piano are well worth a listen. Very lyrical and some pieces have very little harmonic structure, just ethereal pleasure.
Julian Johnson once said: just because you can see does not mean you know how to read, so goes it with sound: just because you can hear does not mean you know how to listen. Classical music is meant to be critical listened, it is art and not some commodity off the shelf. So take care of it and it will reciprocate in kind.
Of course, one of the easiest to "understand" and is very enjoyable to listen is Franz Schubert's violin sonatas on the Naxos label, the violinist's name escapes me at this moment. Very lyrical melodies with simple harmonic structure from the piano accompaniment. Brahms' viola or clarinet sonatas, , have a more complex harmonic structure, but extremely lyrical. Kim Kashkashian's performance is while worth it, I beleive it is on the ECM label.
For cello, Faure's small chamber pieces for cello and piano are well worth a listen. Very lyrical and some pieces have very little harmonic structure, just ethereal pleasure.
Julian Johnson once said: just because you can see does not mean you know how to read, so goes it with sound: just because you can hear does not mean you know how to listen. Classical music is meant to be critical listened, it is art and not some commodity off the shelf. So take care of it and it will reciprocate in kind.