In the era of "[loudness war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war)", a modern popular music song with no quiet passages generally has a flat dynamic range:

[![dynamic range](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7tBuv.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7tBuv.png)

[Clipping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio)) is also common - albums can be practically 100% distorted when record producers strive for maximal volume.

As acoustic music relies on shifts in dynamics, is dynamic range compression used by recording engineers in classical music recordings?