Hi I'm looking for some advice on speaker placement in my kitchen/diner room - photo attached.

[img]https://ibb.co/LNV2Dqq[/img]

The room is about 3.5m wide and 8m long with high ceiliings (probably 3m at the top of the cathedral windows).

I'm looking to upgrade my audio setup (aiming to spend ~£1-2k) but am concerned on what to do with the speakers - what type and where to place them. The obvious aesthetically pleasing place is in the tall alcoves (where they are in the photo), but I've now read lots of warnings that glass nearby is a really bad idea. Before reading that I was thinking of either having higher stands or floorstanding.

It feels like my only other main option would be wall-mounted speakers in each corner higher up, but I haven't read good things about that approach either!

In case it helps this my goal is great sounding music, I'm less fussed about the tv\cinema experience.

Thanks in advance for suggestions!