@BaconAndAvocado I’m on my second go round of the book, and the first time I used YouTube for all the pieces as I don’t have Spotify - it’s fine in the main part, very occasionally it’s a pain to find the particular piece or version Clemency is referring to, but i think that’s true with spotify too that there’s a rare time when the version on the playlist is not the one referred to in the text. The vast majority are easy and straightforward to find though!
He doesn’t have to start from 1st Jan - I think some people just listen as and when, whatever the day happens to be.
From the past few days the Messiaen is an incredibly moving story which again I find difficult to separate from the piece itself.
The Scriabin is rich and lovely. I didn’t ‘favourite’ it last time but have done this time (as in I add it to a playlist of faves to come back to!)
I like today’s oboe piece too, though I also listened to the first movement which I somewhat preferred as it’s so jolly!