Is it possible...?

[Joe_Campbell]

But what you don't understand is that my musical tastes are very wide, ranging from Machaut to Richard Strauss to Messiaen to 1980's pop music... Now, it is true that I do find an especially high mesmerism factor in works like La Mer, Pelleas and Faun but that's a separate matter.

You like Messiaen??

You don't even like Jeux...

[Homo Aestheticus]

You like Messiaen??

You don't even like Jeux...

Yes, but VERY little.

Only his Quartet For The End Of Time  and several scenes from  Saint Francis.

[Joe_Campbell]

Yes, but VERY little.

Only a few movements from  The Quartet For The End Of Time  and several scenes from  Saint Francis.

Because of this admission, I'm having a difficult time understanding why you would use this specific composer to give yourself 'variety-cred.' I mean, you don't even like an entire work of his! Maybe I'm expecting too much; after all, you still have some minor quibbles with Prelude apres...etc that you'd like to adjust.

[greg]

Ever seen Clockwork Orange?

I don't think so. This movie has the answer to my question?

[karlhenning]

An answer.

[ChamberNut]

I don't think so. This movie has the answer to my question?

Yes, partially.  It's a great movie.   

I watched that movie so many times, that I became "intrigued and interested" in Beethoven, the 9th Symphony, Wendy Carlos, Bach......classical music.

[Sarastro]

An answer.

Either there is taste, or there is not. Ask your wife, Karl.

[Diletante]

Every time I hear Ode to Joy, I have a strange desire to stick my friends' heads in buckets of water for an extended period of time.

I feel sorry for your friends if they're around whenever you hear Singing in the Rain.   

[Renfield]

I feel sorry for your friends if they're around whenever you hear Singing in the Rain.   

I still feel guilty about laughing at that scene, but the pointed absurdity of it got the better of me.

[Guido]

I TRY to like the music of particular composers.

I put on a piece by-let's say-Lutoslawski(later Lutoslawski, that is) or early Penderecki or some other 'great' modern/avant-garde composer, tell myself that it is 'great' music and that other people can appreciate the genius involved....and end up hating what I am hearing

On the other hand, I once liked Rachmaninov. I loved his Symphonic Dances, for example. Now(apart from the 1st Symphony and 'The Bells') I cannot listen to Rachmaninov without feeling slightly sick

One day all that may change

That is the nature of taste

What - even Lutosawski's cello concerto? Thatsa fine fine piece! 

Surely the Isle of the Dead still holds some charm for you?

There are pieces that I have burnt out on through listening to them too much. I don't dislike them, but I just know them so well that they seem almost mundane, like furniture. Hopefully If I come back to them in a couple of years I will have forgotten them sufficiently that I will be able to listen to them with fresh ears.