almost every time i’m on the computer i have classical music playing in the background. it defiantly helps with my other goal of becoming less stressful. it’s nice to clear my head and enjoy the music.
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How I did it: burned a CD of some popular classical music Bach and Mozart, then everytime i got on the computer i played it while i was doing whatever it was i was doing. Read how I did it…
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I don’t listen to classical in the morning…it’s just not right for me getting ready. I like my news and my weather. But I’ve been getting CDs from the library and listening to them at work. I am trying to remember more to pop them in…I don’t really get familiar with the works, but I do like it in the background. Recently it’s been Rachmoninoff, but I just put some Baroque stuff on the list (Bach and Handel).
Now on my iPod:
- Some Chopin
- Some Beethoven
- Some Bach (Itzhak Perlman <3 <3)
- Four sampler CDs of classical greats
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a few weeks ago I bought;
Olivier Messiaen- Turangalila Symphony
Toru Takemitsu- A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden/Spirit Garden/Dreamtime
got a couple of CD-R’s of the late Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the great Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan
For a year or so my love for classical music has grown. Now the great majority of the music I listen to is classical. However, my listening has always been unorganized.
I got a great idea from a poster in this site. She listened to a composer a month, so I’ll be doing more or less the same. Of course that doesn’t mean that I can’t listen to works by other composers, but I’ll focus on that particular composer.
I wanted to randomize it, so I put the names of many composers (58 to be exact) in papers in a bag. I took them out one by one and assigned each consecutive composer to a month.
This is what I got:
January: Paganini
February: Mahler
March: Weber
April: Mussorgsky
May: Händel
June: Ives
July: Dvořák
August: Fauré
September: Richard Strauss
October: Holst
November: Liszt
December: Webern
I’m looking forward to it!
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Bought Ennio Morricone’s ‘Dollars’ trilogy soundtrack on Saturday :)
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I’ve been really enjoying listening to some classical indian music, as inspired by a conversation with a good friend in the midst of a huge drum and bass night!
I mentioned to him that I’d been enjoying some indian inspired new age ambient music and he said he preferred it in it’s pure form, I realised I’d never listened to it. It’s beautiful.
Highlights:
Shivkumar Sharma – Alap
Sarwar Sabri – Taal Bundu Khani
Ali Akbar Khan – Raga Ramdas Malhar
Anoushka Shankar – Raga Mishra Piloo (Live) full track
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Highlights
Bach – Air in Gstring
Sergei Prokofiev- Dance of the Knights
Dvorak – Allegro Agitato—I think he’s becoming a favourite
Bedrich Smetana – Vltava (Moldau)
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Well it’s been a lovely a relaxing day in work, relatively speaking. I’ve enjoyed various classical composers- these are my highlights:
Haydn- Vivace Assai
Tchaikovsky- 1812 Overture
Antonin Dvorak- Molto Vivace, Allegro con Fuoco
Rachmaninoff
Toru Takemitsu
Bach- Sheep may safely graze
Beethoven- Fur Elise
Brahms- Cradle Song
Edvard Gireg- Morning
Mozart- Requiem
Any recommended personal favourites welcome!
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I’m listening to ‘Claude Debussy’s similar artists’ on last fm. A great resource for meandering musical exploration.
Classical at work is a good look. I love Drum and Bass but it doesn’t quiet the mind so much! At least not for me.



