Here's a chance to talk about what music has failed to click with you and why. For me, it's:
1. "Symphonie Fantastique" (Berlioz): it just bores me with its endlessly self-conscious emotionalism and unsubtle aural narrative.
2. Bruckner; any of the symphonies; paints on too wide a canvas/sprawling/bigger isn't better;
3. Mahler; any of the symphonies; same reason as Bruckner; wears its heart on its sleeve;
4. Any large scale choral/orchestral work, eg. Brahms German Requiem, Mahler 8, last movement Beethoven #9 - too much; less is more. The result ends up being muddied noise, IMO;
5. The avant garde; anything at all from this movement because much of it is sonic art rather than music.
Well, that's sure to create controversy. These are purely personal responses.
1. "Symphonie Fantastique" (Berlioz): it just bores me with its endlessly self-conscious emotionalism and unsubtle aural narrative.
2. Bruckner; any of the symphonies; paints on too wide a canvas/sprawling/bigger isn't better;
3. Mahler; any of the symphonies; same reason as Bruckner; wears its heart on its sleeve;
4. Any large scale choral/orchestral work, eg. Brahms German Requiem, Mahler 8, last movement Beethoven #9 - too much; less is more. The result ends up being muddied noise, IMO;
5. The avant garde; anything at all from this movement because much of it is sonic art rather than music.
Well, that's sure to create controversy. These are purely personal responses.
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