[Woodduck]

Spookily, I had a Mahler symphony on in the car today. Some folk say he wrote a good tune, but if he was so talented why didn't he take road noise into account? I could barely hear half of it.

Road noise? He didn't even take my refrigerator into account.

 

[Albert7]

Road noise? He didn't even take my refrigerator into account.

My stomach just groaned after hearing this.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Some composers must have lived in a fantasy world, and some conductors and record labels are over-indulgent. I have mixed feelings about recordings with very wide dynamic ranges, even if they are true to the score.