Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: hackneyed choices

The selections in this classical sampler are a bit cliched. Item: Pachelbel's Canon, Rossini's William Tell overture, Strauss's Emperor Waltz. If I were to give a cd sampler to entice anyone to classical music, I definitely would not choose this poor, uninspired collection. Any beginner would immediately come away thinking that the classics are is stale and boring, mere accompaniment to bugs bunny cartoons. The disc simply does not give an exciting impression. I'd choose a collection that features exciting and shorter compositions (perhaps a Paganini caprice, a Chopin etude, any Mozart sonata or concerto, a Bach cello suite--anything that rocks!!!) Furthermore, this cd has only ten tracks. Tsk, tsk. Classical music-whether performance or composition-is too overwhelming a field of human activity and achievement to be triviliazed by such a tasteless "sampler". Stay away.