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As I recently went to my parents' for a couple of days I was able to convert some CDs into AACs to put them on my IPod, and I'm currently rediscovering a couple of great stuff.
Last night I was listening to some Satie again, and I must say I absolutely loveGymnopédies (especially I) for some reason. Not sure why though. Makes me feel a bit nostalgic but at least it's nice and relaxing and I certainly need that right now (5 exams left, 2 of them tomorrow )...
Other than that I recently listened to my Saint-Saëns best of again, and I still enjoy it as much as ever, if not more. Danse Macabre is probably my favourite.
Anyway, what have you guys been listening to recently? Any suggestion on what I should add to my collection? Anything you're rediscovering after ignoring it for years because too busy listening to other stuff or because you couldn't have access to your full CD collection?
I remember listening to the Gymnopédies on mescaline last summer, just staring at the clouds. Good times....
I'm quite liking the 1st movement of the Masquerade Suite by Khachaturian, it has this sinister epic quality to it that makes one feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
Mozart's piano concerto is another one that I keep going back to, so perfect.
because i'm feeling generous, i'd like to share with you all... my personal classical starter's kit, which includes but is not limited to:
(if a movement isn't mentioned, it means universally inclusive for all movements of the piece)
Albinoni – Adagio for Organ and Strings
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Bizet – Carmen Suite
Bach – Ave Maria
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Movements 1 and 3
Bach – Cello Suites 3 and 6
Bach – Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, Movement 1
Bach – Minuet and Badinerie
Bach – Orchestra Suite No.3 in D Major, Movement 2 (Aria)
Bach – Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Movement 1
Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Beethoven – Fur Elise
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 (‘Emperor’)
Beethoven – Piano Sonatas No. 8 (‘Pathetique’), 14 (‘Moonlight’), 21 (‘Waldstein’)
Beethoven – Romance for Violin in F Major
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 4, Movement 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, Movement 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6, Movement 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, Movement 2
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Movements 2 and 4
Beethoven – Tempest
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D Major
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5
Chopin – Fantasie Impromptu
Chopin – All nocturnes, waltzes, mazurkas
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 1
Copland – Hoe Down
Debussy – Claire de Lune
Debussy – La Mer
Dragonetti – Bass Concerto, Movements 1 and 3
Dvorak – New World Symphony
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings
Dvorak – Waltz, Op. 54
Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance
Elgar – Salut D’Amour
Faure – Elegie
Franck – Violin Sonata in A Major, Movement 1
Gardel – Tango Por Una Cabeza, arr. John Williams (from Scent of a Woman soundtrack)
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Glinka – Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Grainger – Molly on the Shore
Greaves – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D Major
Holst – St. Paul’s Suite
Holst – The Planets
Jenkins – Palladio
Kreisler – Liebesfreud
Kreisler – Liebesleid
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, Movement 1
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and 6
Liszt – La Campanella
Liszt – Liebestraum
Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Movement 4
Mascagni – Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet – Elegie
Massenet – Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn – Rondo Capriccioso
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E Minor
Mendelssohn – Wedding March, Op. 61
Monti – Czardas
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 5, Movement 1
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 8, Movement 1
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 12, Movement 1
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20, Movement 2
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 22, Movement 3
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23, Movement 3
Mozart – Piano Sonata in A Major
Mozart – Requiem Mass
Mozart – Symphony No. 25, Movement 1
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3, Movement 1
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4, Movement 1
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Orff – Carmina Burana
Pachabel – Canon in D Major
Paganini – Caprices No. 5, 13, 24
Ponchielli – Dance of the Hours
Rachmaninov – Elegie
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 3, Movement 1
Rachmaninov – Prelude in G Minor
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Variation 18
Ravel – Bolero
Ravel – Sonatine
Reinhold – Russian Sailor Dance
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee
Rodriguez – La Cumparsita
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Rossini – The Thieving Magpie
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto in A Minor, Movement 1
Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre
Saint-Saens – Intro and Rondo Capriccioso
Saint-Saens – Samson and Delilah, Bacchanale
Sarasate – Caprice Basque
Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy
Sarasate – Navarra for 2 Violins
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
Schubert – Ave Maria
Schubert – Standchen (Serenade)
Schumann – Traumerei
Shostakovich – Jazz Suite No. 2
Sibelius – Finlandia
Smetana – Ma Vlast, Vlatava (The Moldau)
Sousa – The Stars and Stripes Forever
Strauss – Emperor Waltz
Strauss – Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss – The Blue Danube, Movement 1
Strauss – Voices of Spring
Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky – Marche Slav
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky – Polonaise
Tchaikovsky – Romance, Op. 5
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 (‘Pathetique’), Movements 1 and 3
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Swan Lake
Tartini – Devil’s Trill
Toselli – Serenade
Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Movement 1
Vivaldi – Double Cello Concerto in G Minor, Movement 1
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto No. 6 in A Minor, Movement 1
Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner – Tristan un Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Wieniawski – Scherzo-Tantarella
I have:
Banya - Beethoven Virus
Banya - Canon D
Banya - Dr. M
Banya - Pump Me Amadeus
Banya - Turkey March
Banya - Winter
DJ Taka - Kakumei
DJ Taka - V
Naoki - End of The Centuary
Makes me feel a bit nostalgic but at least it's nice and relaxing and I certainly need that right now (5 exams left, 2 of them tomorrow 
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