Chris Bonds wrote in response to Deryk Barker:
>> Start with the 9th, a masterpiece.
>
>I don't know these works at all, but shouldn't he start with one or
>more of the others and then hear the 9th?
I appreciate the concern with my starting point for Simpson's string
quartets. I'll have to decide soon since the 6 Simpson discs arrived
in my mailbox today ahead of the usual delivery schedule.
Ah, but there was a 7th disc on Thorofon containing Magnard and Caplet
wind quintets w/piano. I'll start with the Thorofon, and as for the
Simpson discs - there's always tomorrow.
I will likely select the 1st quartet initially and work up. I'm a
straight line guy.
Don Satz
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