I bought the vinyl LP more than thirty years ago, but finally decided I ought to get a CD as well. Just playing The Odyssey again, after not hearing it for years, brings home how striking it is, and also shows its longevity. I am no musician, but it still strikes me as one of the great modern symphonic pieces, deserving to be ranked alongside other classics.
It tells a great story, without using any words, and the entrance of Odysseus in The Battle in the Hall never fails as one of my all-time spine-tingling musical moments.