Yeah, but a symphony is meant to be listened to as a whole much more than an album. It of course depends album to album, some have a tight through line, some don’t as much. But there wasn’t as much of a way to listen to just a single movement before recordings, so you would listen to the whole long thing moreso than the movements individually.
There are plenty of progressive Rock and Metal albums that are also supposed to be listened to as a whole.
And people have been playing Ode To Joy on its own long before there were recordings - single instrument renditions of symphonic pieces exist for a reason.
I’m glad there is still long form music being made both inside and outside the classical world. I really appreciate when music builds a full world of it’s own.
Yeah, but a symphony is meant to be listened to as a whole much more than an album. It of course depends album to album, some have a tight through line, some don’t as much. But there wasn’t as much of a way to listen to just a single movement before recordings, so you would listen to the whole long thing moreso than the movements individually.
There are plenty of progressive Rock and Metal albums that are also supposed to be listened to as a whole.
And people have been playing Ode To Joy on its own long before there were recordings - single instrument renditions of symphonic pieces exist for a reason.
I agree. It’s just easier to split up nowadays.
I’m glad there is still long form music being made both inside and outside the classical world. I really appreciate when music builds a full world of it’s own.