nimj2323ck

Okay, I've recently been listening to a lot of classical music (mostly to get me to sleep) but I really enjoy it now. I was wondering if any of you listen and have any recommendations on what is the best to listen to. I prefer low tempo music and that's pretty much the only specification I have. Thanks in advance.

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kimchicowboy

boccherini's cello concerto in B-flat major. one of my favorite cello pieces (and one i played myself)


Chopin- Sonata No 4 in B-Minor apparently, this is from the truman show soundtrack. not sure though

pachelbel's canon is always a good one.

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Mozart's Requiem
Palestrina - Sicut cervus
Faure - Pavane (This is one of my favorite pieces)
Faure Requium
Debussy - The Engulfed Cathedral and Clair de Lune
Samuel Barber (I think) - Hesitation Tango
Beibel - Ave Maria (As sung by Chanticleer)
Schumann - Ave Maria
Beethoven - Ave Maria
JS Bach - Air on a G String
Aaron Copland - Simple Gifts, Lincoln Portrait and Grand Canyon
Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess (This is the title in English...I forgot what the French one is)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

There you go...these are some of my favorite slow pieces. If you want the faster ones...I'll give those to you too....later... :

Enjoy!

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

I highly recommend that album. One of the first CDs I ever bought in fact.

zenbooty

Just get all of Beethoven's symphonies.

Ravel is really good, too. Get Bolero and La Valse.

And get more Russian into you as well. Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, etc.

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Sesshomaru

Not to hijack this thread, but does anyone know the name of the classical piece they play in the British Airways commercial? It has a calming effect on me, and I want it . Thanks.

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Agent Plissken

To name that piece I would need to hear it, do you have a link?
I recently archived hundreds of my classical music CDs into 2 formats... lossless WMA and normal sized WMA for my portable muvo2. I think it would fit on 2 DVDs in the normal wma if anyone is interested... (PM)

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IrishSS

Well, Grainger Guy pretty much stole all my recommendations...

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Try some of these:

Holst's The Planets. Once you start listening to it, you can easily see the influences it has had on other modern composers - John Williams especially.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons. It is very common now and you hear it EVERYWHERE - you just didn't know what it was.

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (Serkin's rendition is quite good)

Beethoven's Fuer Elise - everyone knows the first movement of this piece, but the more dramatic movements are after that and are quite engaging.

These are what immediately came to mind, though I have many others in my collection. I'll have to review them when I'm home and see if anything else might interest you.

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JS. Bach - Tocatta & Fugue, D Minor

probably the most beautiful work of art ever.

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Sesshomaru

I found it:

"The Flower Duet" From Lakme by Delibes

Agent Plissken

Ok, cool. Was it a vocal version (Charlotte Church), or the instramental version?

Sesshomaru

It's the vocal version. The voice just has a quality I can't resist. I know who Charlotte Church is, but I don't know if it was her. Do you have a version sung by Charlotte Church?

Agent Plissken

Why yes I do.

nimj2323ck

Can you point out which don't have voices accompanying the music? I prefer no singing myself. Thanks for all the help.

Agent Plissken

If you really want pieces suggested which you will enjoy, you should list some of the pieces that you are currently listening too. Chances are you may not even be listening to classical music, but baroque or romantic instead. In which case you will not like our suggestions.

DaFunkyUnit

JS. Bach - Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte (BWV 174)

nimj2323ck

Don't worry. I've listened to a few of these before and I do enjoy them. I was just wondering if there were any other good pieces that would fit into the category I listen to.

ski

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto I - the best 11 minutes of my life

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