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« on: 09:21:40, 07-07-2007 » |
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I wonder if others behave as I do when stressed , and listen to a particular piece of music to calm the nerves?
My music which takes my mind of everything , and saves my sanity is Barber's violin concerto..
Anyone else rush for the ipod in certain circumstances.. as I do?
And what do you listen to?
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« Reply #1 on: 09:30:03, 07-07-2007 » |
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The London Symphonies of Joseph Haydn. I prefer the recordings made by George Szell, but lately I'm listening a lot to Eduard van Beinum.
Mental aspirin.
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #2 on: 09:32:41, 07-07-2007 » |
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Good grief. The London Symphony itself is playing here at the moment. (La Petite Bande / Kuijken.)
Not for any analgesic qualities. But I do find some nicely ordered music does help bring my disordered morning brain into a fit shape to interact with the world.
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« Reply #3 on: 09:34:43, 07-07-2007 » |
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It's not an emergency, but so far my day has consisted of Mozart wind serenades.
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« Reply #4 on: 09:40:32, 07-07-2007 » |
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It's not an emergency, but so far my day has consisted of Mozart wind serenades.
Gosh. Normally I thought you might have considered that an emergency of some sort, Richard...  It's been a while since my nerves were last even slightly seriously scrambled. (That must be a good thing.) I remember Mahler 6 featuring heavily (Berlin Phil / Barbirolli). And the Tallis Lamingtons. (Taverner Consort.) |
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« Reply #5 on: 09:41:06, 07-07-2007 » |
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As a reminder that sanity is possible and a guide towards it, Haydn Quartets. They should be made available on the NHS.
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« Reply #6 on: 09:41:40, 07-07-2007 » |
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Morton Feldman, not because he takes my mind off things but I find his music so relaxing. Never listen on my portable device though (Hi-MD not ipod) - it's all too quiet. The Bach 48 are also very calming.
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« Reply #7 on: 09:47:38, 07-07-2007 » |
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errm, I've listened to nothing so far today, other than the distant sound of the sea, the kettle, the tapping of the keyboard and footsteps upstairs.
But yes, A; the wistfulness of the first movement of the Barber is wonderfully consoling, though I've not got anything which I'd consider an obvious first choice. Apart from perhaps Grainger at his whackiest, or something polyphonal...
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« Reply #8 on: 09:51:27, 07-07-2007 » |
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I think it is the first chord of the Barber that makes me take a deep breath, and the rest just relaxes me!
I love Haydn String Quartets too George, and pretty well any Bach... the unaccompanied cello suites for example, so complete.
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« Reply #9 on: 09:53:37, 07-07-2007 » |
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As a reminder that sanity is possible and a guide towards it, Haydn Quartets. They should be made available on the NHS.
Ooh yes, especially the Largo from the G minor op. 74/3. The 'Sun' quartets 1-3 are now spinning here. With the absolutely peerless Salomon Quartet. Anyone else here a fan of those recordings? I admit that by comparison I have no great desire to hear certain of their period-instrument counterparts. Ron, I suspect if I only had the distant sound of the sea and the kettle as part of the aural background and I knew the footsteps upstairs I wouldn't be quite so much in need of music of a morning... Actually, as a 'reminder that sanity is possible and a guide towards it' I've often found the words of George Garnett very helpful. But he knows that. |
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« Reply #10 on: 10:02:39, 07-07-2007 » |
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I agree with your last sentence ollie!!
As to Haydn quartet recordings, I like the latest Lindsays recordings ( an improvement on the early ones!) and I have the Endellion quartet recordings too, I like them although nothing spectacular. I must look out for a cheap Salomon recording!!
( I prefer to play them myself really!!)
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« Reply #11 on: 10:03:42, 07-07-2007 » |
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I too have found Haydn to be the sanest and most reasoned music ever. The more I listen to him,the more I have come to prefer him to Bach in this respect.
Schubert's Impromptus and Moments Musicaux are also very good at restoring calm and reason in my life.
But I think in times of great distress I have had the most consolation from the piano music of John Ireland. Like no other , it seems to me like a friend taking you by the arm and confiding in you.
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« Reply #12 on: 10:05:39, 07-07-2007 » |
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Interesting Smittims. Have you heard ( silly question I suppose) the Piano concerto of J Ireland on the cd with the Delius piano concerto ( Piers Lane) .... both fabulous.
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« Reply #13 on: 10:08:27, 07-07-2007 » |
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I must look out for a cheap Salomon recording!!
( I prefer to play them myself really!!) Playing them myself isn't an option of course... Oh dear. Neither, it appears, is a cheap Salomon recording. Just been off to Brazil to find that the Salomons' Haydns are all out of print and when they're available at all cost between €20 and €91.43 per disc. Time for a probably pointless letter to info@hyperion-records.co.uk... |
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« Reply #14 on: 10:10:13, 07-07-2007 » |
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So Karlheinz is not to be summoned in the event of an emergency and Khaikosru is unlikely to affirm your life.
Hmmm.
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