Compositions you initially misjudged?

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Ken B

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June 20, 2018, 06:02:54 PM
Quote from: André on June 20, 2018, 03:05:16 PM
I suspect Delius is a composer whose works are routinely misjudged at first hearing. That was my case anyway, but I persisted !

I figure "persisted" with Delius includes getting through a first listening conscious.

I didn't like anything by Ned Rorem on first, or even second, acquaintance, but I quite like his music now.

Jaakko Keskinen

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June 21, 2018, 05:08:47 AM
Much of Berlioz. Kind of funny how many of his compositions took me several listenings to appreciate, considering he's, right after Debussy, my favorite French composer and one of my favorite composers of all time. There are still some compositions of his I don't get. Much of Les Troyens I still don't like (except for that absolutely wonderful march at the end of Act 1. If only the rest of  the opera were like that too) and the same thing with L'enfance du Christ and Les nuits d'été.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Jaakko Keskinen

#42
June 21, 2018, 05:25:04 AM
There are countless other works as well but from those I've recently have listened to, Prince Igor is a good choice. And get this: when I listened to it the first time, I didn't like it (save for Polovtsian Dances which I knew beforehand). Then, about 24 hours later I gave it another try and boom! most of it blew me away. Perhaps it was the change of recording that caused this reversal of opinion?
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

relm1

#43
June 21, 2018, 06:05:45 AM
Quote from: Alberich on June 21, 2018, 05:25:04 AM
There are countless other works as well but from those I've recently have listened to, Prince Igor is a good choice. And get this: when I listened to it the first time, I didn't like it (save for Polovtsian Dances which I knew beforehand). Then, about 24 hours later I gave it another try and boom! most of it blew me away. Perhaps it was the change of recording that caused this reversal of opinion?

That's a quick turn around!  Usually it takes me years to re-evaluate a work and come to admire it.
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