When I read reviews of an album by someone who likes classical music they usually give bad reviews because the music is not technically complicated. Not that I know what the heck they are talking about since I am not trained in music. Frankly I find most classical boring, maybe because it is too complicated. But mainly I think its the sqeaky violins. Violins are great when used appropriately.
Usually in any application the simpliest method in acheiving functionality is the best and requires the most intelligence. I would think this applies to music as well. If you can acheive a theme using the simplist method it'll sound better than a complicated arrangement.After all I think we are only capable of absorbing about 5 instruments at a time.
Metallica S&M is a good example of this. Some of the songs are overwhelming to absorb with the entire orchastra playing. But 'NO Leaf Clover' where the orchestra compliments the band and doesn't dominated the song is an absolutely stunning piece of music.
It seems to me technical training has blinded classical lovers from enjoying some very good music because it is to simple, for which I'm glad to be ignorant..