I think context matters too. For instance, I rarely listen to Mahler or Bruckner at home on the hi-Fi but really love hearing it in a live concert where the music's impact is at its most impressive. (Coupled with the fact that the loud bits are really too loud for a domestic setting, neighbours and all that!)
Oddly, I loath Massenet's 'Mediation' from ' Thais' and will turn it off if it comes on the radio but I enjoy playing it since it's always effective.
Oddly, I loath Massenet's 'Mediation' from ' Thais' and will turn it off if it comes on the radio but I enjoy playing it since it's always effective.
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