Not exactly, no. My (admittedly rather lame) comment that the awakening probably had nothing to do with the music went...unanswered. I was really enjoying things up to that point, though.fergus wrote:I suppose that both you and Gustav were not flavour of the month!!!
Like many, I find it hard to know where to start with big, large-scale romantic symphonies a la Mahler. Unless I "know" them already or can spot the more memorable tunes off the bat, I find them hard to follow. My only method is to let them wash over me enough times that I can start to get some placeholders and build my understanding around it. It's rare that anything captures my imagination on first listening. Alas, this is a time-consuming way of listening to things and time seems to be at a premium these days, so I've a few box sets of unexplored music just waiting on my shelves. The more dynamic it is, the less likely I'll get to listen to it. Unfortunate but true.
