Classical music

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I'm a professional rock musician and I listen to almost nothing other than classical music when I'm not playing with my band.

 

Beethoven is great too

 

I recommend the Six Sonatas for violin by Bach.

 

Yes classical music is relaxing and beautiful. I mainly listen to hip hop, soul, folk and indy but listening to classical is a great way to chillout.

I'm listening to the album Classic FM Classical Chillout 50 at this very moment. I do like the Classic FM compilations as well as the music of Hayley Westenra, Katherine Jenkins, Joshua Bell, Vannessa-Mae and Escala.

 

What really chills me out is acoustic based music with high pitched vocals.

Dylan LeBlanc, Israel Nash, Tom Odell, Ben Howard, Beck ect...

 

I like Tori Amos when I want to calm down with music, particularly Night of Hunters or Scarlet's Walk. Not only is the music and vocal good but both records tell a story from beginning to end.

 

I was specifically talking about these pieces. They have this beauty that is unlike anything else ever written. You should check them out.

 

I've always had a strange preference towards Baroque music, especially Bach, to the extent that I don't really like other piece's of music. I'm not too sure why exactly, but they're the easiest pieces for me to understand. Especially like the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Goldberg Variations, and the Partitas.

 

music is spoiler .

 

I never tire of the Goldberg Variations, or the 48. There's a Naxos CD of a Russian pianist, whose name I can't remember, playing the Goldbergs, and it's wonderful.

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