Do You Know How Much Classical Music Is Edited?

When we think of editing in music, we might think of quantizing lining up rhythm in an R&B song or autotune fixing the vocals of a pop singer. Many people don’t realize that editing exists in classical recordings as well. This episode of Sound Field explores the current debate in classical music of how much recordings should be edited. Nahre Sol interviews a panel of classical musicians about their take on editing. Jon Nakamatsu, Joyce Yang, Tanya Gabrielian, and Corin Lee share their opinions on how much editing is okay and when it goes too far. At the end of the episode Arthur Buckner and Nahre face off in a quiz to see who can tell which instruments are virtual and which are real. Why Is Für Elise So Famous?    • Why is Beethoven's Für Elise So Famous?   00:00 - Editing in Krystian Zimerman Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 01:22 - Why Do Musicians Edit? 02:23 - Recording and Editing History 04:33 - Classical Musician Panel on When Editing Goes Too Far 06:27 - How Classical Editing Differs From Pop Music 08:24 - How Editing Affects Music Listeners 09:04 - How Editing Affects Music Students 10:09 - How Editing Affects Musicians 11:11 - Editing in Classical Music Today and in the Future 12:13 - Real Vs. Virtual Instrument Quiz 15:25 - The Pros and Cons of Editing in Classical Musiic Please SUBSCRIBE! ►► https://tinyurl.com/SoundFieldPBS We like music. You like music. Let’s break it down. Sound Field is a PBS Digital Studios web series produced by Rewire.org. #SoundFieldPBS #Rewire #PBSDigitalStudios van cliburn