For example, most of Philip Glass's stuff leaves me cold, but I do like some of the pieces in Glassworks, especially "Facades." I love "Blunt Object", but I'm indifferent to much of Carla Bley's other stuff. I love most of J S Bach's contrapuntal music, but little of his choral music. And so on. I'll make one caveat to that, however - I've never yet come across a piece by Stockhausen that I've liked. I'm reminded of a quote by the great conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, a man noted for his witty and sometimes acid tongue. An interviewer once asked asked him if he had ever conducted any Stockhausen. He replied "Stockhausen, Stockhausen ..." pausing for thought "... no, I don't think so. I do remember stepping in some, once."
