Of course the second one demurs regarding the quality of this music, one is open to being accused of every "ism" in the book - but that's the point: one suspects that it is being promoted primarily as a virtue-signalling exercise - or perhaps, more mildly, for its historical interest and significance - but in fact having done the same as MB I must agree that the music is rather commonplace and uninteresting.
Just as I am completely indifferent to a composer's moral character, I do not care about his - or her - identity regarding gender, race etc. Just one question: is the music any good - or rather, do I enjoy it?
Thanks, Nick Barnard, for having the courage to prick the Florence Price bubble. I have listened to all three recorded symphonies several times over and, by and large, find them not merely conservative but dull. I’m a great lover of neglected romantics but really these works, the ‘jubas’ perhaps aside, hardly deserve the fuss, much less the praise bestowed on them. As for a Gramophone Recording of the Month, well, words fail me...
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