I have a "waiting to be listened to" pile for CDs. After one or more hearings, the CDs are either filed on my shelves or, very occasionally, put in a rack beside my player as "keep handy for repeated listening". Rarely, and only once in a while, I remove a CD from the "waiting to be listened to" pile if it has been there too long and is evidently unlikely to be listened to, for one reason or another. Such a CD is filed in a "morgue" section reserved for unheard CDs.

Such was very nearly the fate of a CD of twelve sonatas for unaccompanied violin by Georg Philipp Telemann played by Angèle Dubeau (1993 recording). 38 movements of unaccompanied violin pieces by Telemann! The listening challenge was too great. Fortunately, before sending the CD to the morgue, I sampled it. Wonderful music, and I take back all my uncharitable thoughts concerning Telemann and his music. Dubeau's playing is quite acceptable, although violinists such as Janine Jansen or Alina Ibragimova might have brought more light, shade, colour and variety to the violin playing. Anyway, far from going to the morgue, the CD has gone to the "keep at hand for replaying" rack since it is highly enjoyable music and so rarely played, if ever (unlike the unaccompanied violin works of Bach, Paganini and Ysaÿe which are somewhat played to death).