The one hundred and thirty-fifth classical recording: #844 Oliver Messiaen - Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus
In the end, not all works will give me the emotions I need. As a work written in the final months of the German occupation of Paris in 1944, the tone of this work is sombre and sad in a way that hits at that same depressed point. While still a well played piece, with the listed performance by Yvonne Loriod sounding great, there's a delicate black cloud hanging over the piece that doesn't connect to me more deeply, like other pieces have tended to do.