What are you listening to?

[bombasticDarren]

Bruckner - Symphony No.9 (Jascha Horenstein, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Legends)

[Jared]

Having read the liner notes, I can see how Simon will be able to divide this up into a fascinating study:



I tell you, I'm salivating at the prospect...

[Diapason]

LOL!

[fergus]

How are you liking that one Darren?

PS You have a new PM.

[fergus]

There is some lovely music on this set, particularly that of Alessandro Scarlatti.

[fergus]

These String Quartets are really great works which I thoroughly enjoyed. They are very accessible and a very good listen; the slow movements were particularly lovely. Both works are very well played by the Oslo String Quartet.

[Jared]

I'm giving it another go, and believe me, it's every bit as unappealing as it was the first time around...

[Jose Echenique]

There is some lovely music on this set, particularly that of Alessandro Scarlatti.

I don´t think there´s a single piece of music in that album that is not a masterpiece Fergus.
Gérard Lesne´s performance of Handel´s La Lucrezia is the finest since Janet Baker´s, and you are right the Scarlatti disc is just exquisite. Thank God that Virgin documented so throughly the art of Gérard Lesne.

[Jose Echenique]

I'm giving it another go, and believe me, it's every bit as unappealing as it was the first time around...

I can´t speak for Messiaen and Dutilleux Jared, they are too avant-garde for me too, but I do love (a lot) the Ravel songs. Maybe put away the Fleming disc for now, but if you ever encounter again some of the Ravel songs give them another chance.

[Diapason]

I'm giving it another go, and believe me, it's every bit as unappealing as it was the first time around...

I'm intrigued now. I'd probably love it!

(When it comes to Messiaen, I find it requires a lot of exposure to get into the sound world, but once you do it doesn't even really sound discordant boy more. At least, that was true in my case, you might differ...!!)