Posted by ed_uk2010 on November 26, 2013, at 11:56:30
In reply to classical music, posted by alexandra_k on November 15, 2013, at 16:33:52
> anybody into it?
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> i've realized that i'm loving electronic music because i'm finding it mentally stimulating so it wakes me up but not attention grabbing (i think mostly in virtue of lack of lyrics) so i'm able to focus on reading / writing while gaining the benefits of mental alertness.
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> but alertness / wakefulness is what i'm going for. maybe playfulness. not sleepiness. not too boomy / dramatic / attention capturing. does this make sense?
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> any recommendations?
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>Very difficult to recommend because taste is so varied. I especially like these:
A bit of Vivaldi (with score), eg. RV242 (a very stimulating one!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxkUlp3rs4
GF. Handel. Opus 6, Concerti Grossi. I think they were published around 1740. Very well known gems of the Baroque era. Something for all moods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqksy-991sI
TG. Albinoni. Opus. 10, concerti a cinque (much less well known than the Handel). Well worth getting to know if you enjoy this style of music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J4mWbpzZvs
...the first concerto is not the most unique of the set. I suggest the one at 59:20 mins as a good example, but there are many.
Something spiritual? I suggest the Stabat Mater by Vivaldi. Here's a little clip of the song, which was used in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ83_ABa4Q
Or maybe Giorgio Allegri's pure and sublime Miserere mei, Deus 'Have Mercy on me, O God'. This recording is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKj1iK2WKS8
And now to England. One of the greatest works of 17th century music, Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas. A very mournful song from the opera 'When I am laid in Earth' which could be a trigger for some. But it is exquisite. This sample including the introductory recitative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
Oh I just found this. Cory Hall (Florida pianist) playing a JS. Bach transcription of one of Vivaldi's Op. 3 concertos for YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y87FWH5dBNo
If anyone likes Domenico Scarlatti's highly unique Spanish influenced Baroque keyboard music, here is a great little example... (played here on a highly expensive looking electric piano). Not sure exactly when this piece was written, maybe about 1740.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWqwOFCwl68
Or for relaxation, maybe Christoph Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1762).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFqbJgGkyc
Moving a few hundred years forward to 1936 and across to America, how about Samual Barber's devine Adagio for Strings from Opus 11? Either the original string quartet or the lush orchestrated version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM
Anyone who's now feeling totally Classicaled out should finish off with a bit of pure and cheesy dance pop. Perhaps the Scissor Sisters...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsPOI0YxA3E
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