Roger Eno - Music of Neglected English Composers

A deadpan joke of the fashion so beloved by a certain subset of classical music aficionados, Roger Eno's 1996 album The Music Of Neglected English Composers creates eight composers from the 17th century to the 1990s out of whole cloth and then ascribes several brief compositions to each of them. It's all a put-on, of course -- the Goon Show-like liner notes should be enough to clue in even the most credulous of readers -- but The Music Of Neglected English Composers is nonetheless one of Eno's most enjoyable albums. Read More