cassical music
4 months ago
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 to listen to more classical music
It made me
peaceful
 "I found a time and place that worked for me to fit it in my life."
How I did it: I started looking at lists online of what I should be listening to, but now I've moved to just getting different CDs based on random thoughts that pop into my head. "Brahms...I should listen to Brahms" or "Hmm...do I know anything about the Romantic period?" I put some on my ipod at first...then I tried listening to the classical station in the morning, but I missed my news and weather. Finally, I settled into using CDs at my desk and just putting different ones in all day for background music. I thought I wasn't picking up anything, but I do absorb it and get parts of pieces stuck in my head.
Lessons & tips: Find the best time and place for you. It might not work in the mornings or during your work out, but maybe it's the right kind of music while you're gardening or washing dishes or cleaning. If you know nothing, start with a couple period compilations, like "Baroque Favorites" so you can find out if there's a particular composer or period you like (I'm partial to Baroque) Broadly, period music will sound similar to those within the period (the way 80s music sounds similar to other 80s music but not similar to current pop music). If you like a particular instrument, you can find plenty of compilations that highlight piano, violin, etc. Baroque - Bach, Handel Classical - Mozart, Haydn (Beethoven transitioned between classical and romantic) Romantic - Schubert, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin Modern - Strauss, Profokiev
Resources: The cheap CD rack. There is NO SHAME in buying classical CDs off those cheap racks for $5. None. It's a great way to have some basics in your collection. My favorite classical piece ever (Variations on a Theme by Corelli by Rachmaninoff) came from a $7 "piano favorites" CD from some mall store. THE LIBRARY. Libraries have tons of CDs you can borrow, and the classical ones are not nearly in as high demand as pop artists. This means you can renew the CDs and keep them for quite a while, getting familiar with pieces as well as switching them out. I just search by author (currently, I'm doing Brahms and Handel) and reserve 5 to 7 CDs of each. I renew them as long as I can, then return them and get a new set. I always have 10 to 12 CDs at my work desk for free. If I really like one, I either find a used copy or order or make a note to reserve it at the library again. The internet. Obviously, you can find lots of information out there as to what you might like or where to start.
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It made me
mellow
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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library music
8 months ago
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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Turangalila
10 months ago
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
Organizing my listening
11 months ago
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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Classical Indian music
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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
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Another successful day's listening
13 months ago
Highlights
Bach – Air in Gstring
Sergei Prokofiev- Dance of the Knights
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Day's listening
13 months ago
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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Untitled
13 months ago
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.
