r/cratedigging • u/Away-Contribution614 • Dec 15 '25

Digging Classical

Hello! Been crate digging for years, getting back into, I’m big into jazz, funk soul and the usual genres.

Just thinking a lot of my charity shops where I get most records have LOADS of classical, I know there would be some good elements but where do I start? Should I stick to orchestras or piano concertos? Any tips because I’ve brought some awful classical vinyl before with so much going on there wasn’t a clean sample I liked?

Cheers

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u/ninjamike808 Dec 15 '25

You gotta treat classical similarly to some of the more obscure jazz, depending on how you hunt. Everyone knows Miles Davis but not everyone knows Leonard White III. But you also want to find stuff you might like, Mozart of Beethoven or whatever. Maybe you like arias and operas over simple compositions, but my point is you want a baseline of composers and musicians.

Or just buy all cheap 101 strings albums and roll your eyes like I did.