fergus wrote:
Good for you....I will be interested to read what you think when you eventually get to listen to it; Easter 2012 perhaps!!!
it will be about then, Fergus!! LOL
I will tell you how my listening plans have been working for the past 4 or 5 months....
Generally, I build up a collection of 7 or 8 loosely themed CDs (recent batches have included Handel & Haydn, Baroque choral, Liszt piano, Berlioz orchestral, or at present Tallis Scholars) which get played 6 times each... everything gets played a minimum of 6 times before being allowed into my main collection, or else I won't have done it justice.
Every once in a while, I will collect up a batch of 7 or 8 miscellaneous CDs, usually from charity shops which I hadn't planned to buy, and play them as a group.
On average one batch in every 3 will be revision sets, where I am listening to new recordings of work I am already familiar with. The new recording will get a minimum of 3 listens, and will often get compared to the existing recordings of the work I own. The above Handel disks will therefore find themselves alongside the likes of something like the Bach Mass or Monteverdi Vespers (haven't decided yet) for a New Year revision listen...
my older recordings come out randomly, and tend to get played at work quite a bit....
anyway, you'll probably find all that rather anally retentive (indeed it is!) but at least it ensures a thorough and even listen to all new works..
