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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I never thought id say this but i have recently started listening to classical music and opera music particularily if sung by women and it helps with my insomnia!

Anyone recommend any opera songs by women to chill too?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bizets Carmen is nice to chill to. Try that

gets the hair on the back of my neck up x

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

My friend is going to see Bocelli in Prague next weekend......am slightly envious.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"My friend is going to see Bocelli in Prague next weekend......am slightly envious."

Beautiful city, excellent tenor: I'm jealous too.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Bizets Carmen is nice to chill to. Try that

gets the hair on the back of my neck up x"

Went to see that when I was at school, but a few of us got bored after 15 minutes and fucked off to the pub

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

don't mean any offence but I just don't get it although been told it's something you have to go an see to understand

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Always liked a nice bit of opera in a movie or a classical piece ftom an add or whatever so i decided to download a bit.

It hasnt sorted my insomnia (awake since 5 ffs) but its nice listening now and then.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bellini Norma..... "Casta Diva"

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I can't think of any that have put me to sleep.

The Allegro Miserere is one of my favourites for calming and lifting my spirits. The Rutter Agnus Dei also has a similar effect.

Opera, I'm in a Madame Butterfly mood at the moment.

Enjoy, there is so much to discover. Off to book my Prom tickets now.

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

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"I can't think of any that have put me to sleep.

The Allegro Miserere is one of my favourites for calming and lifting my spirits. The Rutter Agnus Dei also has a similar effect.

Opera, I'm in a Madame Butterfly mood at the moment.

Enjoy, there is so much to discover. Off to book my Prom tickets now."

Madame Butterfly absolutely my favourite!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any Verdi aria will do it if you're looking to chill. It's to with the shape of the melody lines he creates.

Listen also to Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony. It's late romantic, rather than classical, which is only a very short period in orchestral terms. Debussy will also get you nicely off to sleep, as will Delius.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bizets Carmen is nice to chill to. Try that

gets the hair on the back of my neck up x

Went to see that when I was at school, but a few of us got bored after 15 minutes and fucked off to the pub

We did the same when we saw Othello. One boy shouted at the screen when Desdemona is dying in his arms 'fuck her while she's still warm'

It got us chucked out. Thankfully.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

1. Sull'Aria from the Marriage of Figaro) sung by Gundula Janowitz (generally known as the theme from Shawshank Redemption)

2. Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera Rusalka

3. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Softly awakes my heart) from Saint Saens "Samson and Delilah

4. Generally speaking there are some hauntingly beautiful arias in Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", Delibes "Lakme", Puccini's Turandot and Gluck's Orheus and Eurydice.

Barber's Adagio, Allegri's miserere are great as some others suggested as is music by the Hilliard Ensemble "Officium" for example.

Good luck with those - once you get really into this kind of music it will open another, very beautiful world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Champions league song..

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Great stuff on here....cheers guys.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1. Sull'Aria from the Marriage of Figaro) sung by Gundula Janowitz (generally known as the theme from Shawshank Redemption)

2. Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera Rusalka

3. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Softly awakes my heart) from Saint Saens "Samson and Delilah

4. Generally speaking there are some hauntingly beautiful arias in Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", Delibes "Lakme", Puccini's Turandot and Gluck's Orheus and Eurydice.

Barber's Adagio, Allegri's miserere are great as some others suggested as is music by the Hilliard Ensemble "Officium" for example.

Good luck with those - once you get really into this kind of music it will open another, very beautiful world.

Each and everyone an utterly awesome selection !!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I never thought id say this but i have recently started listening to classical music and opera music particularily if sung by women and it helps with my insomnia!

Anyone recommend any opera songs by women to chill too?"

On yr 'Before I die' list put the DVD to watch -Anthony Minghella's New York Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly - it is ABSOLUTELY breathtaking. Includes kabuki theatre n puppetry

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

i cant get enough of Andre rieu after a stressful night shift one of his dvds relaxes me enough to get some sleep

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By *lyce and Mister MCouple
over a year ago

Falkirk

Thomas Tallis

any!!! Outstanding

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the above are stunning pieces of music.

One favourite of mine is the Slave's Chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Bizets Carmen is nice to chill to. Try that

gets the hair on the back of my neck up x

Went to see that when I was at school, but a few of us got bored after 15 minutes and fucked off to the pub

We did the same when we saw Othello. One boy shouted at the screen when Desdemona is dying in his arms 'fuck her while she's still warm'

It got us chucked out. Thankfully. "

Ha ha lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

love it all really, I have to say that as a violin player, but if stuck , stick on classic fm.

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"love it all really, I have to say that as a violin player, but if stuck , stick on classic fm.

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I was lucky that I grew up with classical music and classic FM remains one of my favourite channels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nothing wrong with opera we listen to all sorts of music and love Katherine Jenkins its nice to have on in the back ground when you just want to chill out

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By *exycleanerWoman
over a year ago

pontefract

my father loved classical music so i grew

up with can hear a tune and know i remember even tho i dont know its name.

as he passed away many years ago listening to it now would make me cry.

doe anyone remember the late jill dando on the holiday programme going to sydney opera and the bbc arranged for cliffe richard to me her secort for the night as a surprise

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I do like a lot of classical music, it was just the opera experience that bored me.

Did once sit through an entire rendition of Verdi's Il Trovatore, we went to the pub after though

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"I do like a lot of classical music, it was just the opera experience that bored me.

Did once sit through an entire rendition of Verdi's Il Trovatore, we went to the pub after though

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Thing is with opera, you sometimes have to sit to some parts that are not as good and that can make it a bit tedious - I completely get that!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1. Sull'Aria from the Marriage of Figaro) sung by Gundula Janowitz (generally known as the theme from Shawshank Redemption)

2. Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera Rusalka

3. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Softly awakes my heart) from Saint Saens "Samson and Delilah

4. Generally speaking there are some hauntingly beautiful arias in Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", Delibes "Lakme", Puccini's Turandot and Gluck's Orheus and Eurydice.

Barber's Adagio, Allegri's miserere are great as some others suggested as is music by the Hilliard Ensemble "Officium" for example.

Good luck with those - once you get really into this kind of music it will open another, very beautiful world.

Each and everyone an utterly awesome selection !!!!

Have to agree. Aphrodite has taste

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I do like a lot of classical music, it was just the opera experience that bored me.

Did once sit through an entire rendition of Verdi's Il Trovatore, we went to the pub after though

Thing is with opera, you sometimes have to sit to some parts that are not as good and that can make it a bit tedious - I completely get that!

Sir Adrian Bolt once said 'Wagner has some great moments. It's a pity there are so many terrible quarters of an hour'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its not classical but Sarah Brightman and Andre Bocelli singing "Time to Say Goodbye" gets me everytime

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By *plankyMan
over a year ago

Beeston

I've seen Puccini's "Turandot" 5 times. It's famous for the Nessun Dorma aria, but the climax has to be the Signore Ascolta set piece with 3 different singers trying to rise above each other in terms of the drama. For me, it outscores Madam Butterfly which has the high point of una bella dis but otherwise is rather drab.

Have yet to get through the entire ring cycle but have tried several times .....

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"I do like a lot of classical music, it was just the opera experience that bored me.

Did once sit through an entire rendition of Verdi's Il Trovatore, we went to the pub after though

Thing is with opera, you sometimes have to sit to some parts that are not as good and that can make it a bit tedious - I completely get that!

Sir Adrian Bolt once said 'Wagner has some great moments. It's a pity there are so many terrible quarters of an hour'."
Is this a quote from the "All you ever wanted to know about classical music but were too afraid to ask guide" ?

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"Its not classical but Sarah Brightman and Andre Bocelli singing "Time to Say Goodbye" gets me everytime"
A fine line between classical and non classical and one to be disputed. Einaudi for example is not strictly classical yet is recognised as classical by some. WHo is to judge, eh?

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"I've seen Puccini's "Turandot" 5 times. It's famous for the Nessun Dorma aria, but the climax has to be the Signore Ascolta set piece with 3 different singers trying to rise above each other in terms of the drama. For me, it outscores Madam Butterfly which has the high point of una bella dis but otherwise is rather drab.

Have yet to get through the entire ring cycle but have tried several times ....."
One composer I cannot get in to... Wagner. Ooops

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I do like a lot of classical music, it was just the opera experience that bored me.

Did once sit through an entire rendition of Verdi's Il Trovatore, we went to the pub after though

Thing is with opera, you sometimes have to sit to some parts that are not as good and that can make it a bit tedious - I completely get that!

Sir Adrian Bolt once said 'Wagner has some great moments. It's a pity there are so many terrible quarters of an hour'. Is this a quote from the "All you ever wanted to know about classical music but were too afraid to ask guide" ?

No. Just my old music prof from years ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have yet to get through the entire ring cycle but have tried several times .....One composer I cannot get in to... Wagner. Ooops "

Start with the overtures.

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

Have yet to get through the entire ring cycle but have tried several times .....One composer I cannot get in to... Wagner. Ooops "

It's Mahler I don't really like.

Debussy, Clair de lune is a commonly known piece but lovely to mooch to.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Felix Mendelssohn : The Hebrides "Die Hebriden" (Fingal's Cave) - Overture

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Don Giovanni...makes me get goosebumps....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1. Sull'Aria from the Marriage of Figaro) sung by Gundula Janowitz (generally known as the theme from Shawshank Redemption)

2. Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera Rusalka

3. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Softly awakes my heart) from Saint Saens "Samson and Delilah

4. Generally speaking there are some hauntingly beautiful arias in Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", Delibes "Lakme", Puccini's Turandot and Gluck's Orheus and Eurydice.

Barber's Adagio, Allegri's miserere are great as some others suggested as is music by the Hilliard Ensemble "Officium" for example.

Good luck with those - once you get really into this kind of music it will open another, very beautiful world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flower duet, lakme. Is one of my favourite. Also madame butterfly, puccini.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Its not classical but Sarah Brightman and Andre Bocelli singing "Time to Say Goodbye" gets me everytimeA fine line between classical and non classical and one to be disputed. Einaudi for example is not strictly classical yet is recognised as classical by some. WHo is to judge, eh?"

Well, musicologists probably.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The 'Song to the Moon' from Dvorak's opera Rusalka ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1PMzQ8PuCo )

The 'Pie Jesu' from Fauré's Requiem ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJanc3-a320 ), and the 'Ihr habt nun traurigkeit' from Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIcldiIZAE )

The 'In Trutina' from Orff's Carmina Burana ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsjemjEtqk )

The 'Esurientes' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7U8YCwEnwA ) and 'Et misericordia' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUXgUQD27FQ ) movements from Rutter's Magnificat

And for fun: 'Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind' from Rutter's song cycle 'When Icicles Hang' ( https://play.spotify.com/album/0b1uyMXFE00cl4yiqMV6aA )

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thanks again guys, never knew there were so many enthusiasts

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By *econdhand RoseWoman
over a year ago

Nr Dumfries

For calming music I have a cd called Enchantment by Charlotte Church. There's a song on it called The Little Horses which is a lullaby and I absolutely love it.

I also love Fingals Cave and the Peer Gynt Suite as calming classical music. I have a fantastic complilation set of classical cds which has a cd for every mood which I also play alot.

Makes a change from my usual taste of heavy rock

Vixen xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's really annoying when people describe the whole of classical music as 'calming' or 'relaxing'. These people need to listen to some Bartok or Berg :D Or Vaughan Williams's 'Beat! Beat! Drums' from Dona Nobis Pacem ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XlYen5oEaFY#t=173s )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The flower song (Bizet's Carmen) is my favourite (gets me every time!) and love Vivaldi, Four Seasons!

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By *oodvibrations68Couple
over a year ago

Lake Constance

...quite impressed about the response!

...always thought opera wasn't that popular in the UK...

...and is notoriously difficult to see in a live performance...

...certainly a verdi fan - however mozart is not bad for insomnia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My all time favourite piece is Pachebels Canon in d minor.

Love Vivaldis four seasons

Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Mozart like most classical pieces.

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

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Carmina Burana by Carl Orff always makes the hair on my arms stand up and sends shivers down my spine.

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

It's not opera, but Emma Kirkby singing Dowland (and other song writers from that period) with Anthony Rooley on the Lute does for me.

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"My all time favourite piece is Pachebels Canon in d minor.

Love Vivaldis four seasons

Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Mozart like most classical pieces.

I first came across Pachelbel's canon in the mid-'70s when the Jean Fransoise Payard orchestra released a versin of in on the Erato label. Talk about music to pour a single malt and put your feet up to!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My all time favourite piece is Pachebels Canon in d minor.

Love Vivaldis four seasons

Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Mozart like most classical pieces.

I first heard it at one of my school concerts and fell in love with it, so much so I had it played at our wedding just sends shivers all over my body. Such a beautiful piece of music.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My all time favourite piece is Pachebels Canon in d minor.

Love Vivaldis four seasons

Bach, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Mozart like most classical pieces.

I first heard it at one of my school concerts and fell in love with it, so much so I had it played at our wedding just sends shivers all over my body. Such a beautiful piece of music.

Got to go and listen to it now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Carmina Burana by Carl Orff always makes the hair on my arms stand up and sends shivers down my spine.

I think you mean just the opening (and closing) movement, the famous 'Old Spice' music (for those of a certain age

) -- the 'O Fortuna'.

There's lots of other fantastic music in Carmina, including an amazing drinking song (In Taberna), a depiction of a swan roasting over a spit (sung by the swan himself), and probably the best musical version of an orgasm ever in music (Dulcissime) :D

And check out Orff's sequel, Catulli Carmina, which contains lyrics like, 'Oh your penis! It rises eagerly, longing for your fountain.' Quite appropriate for here, I reckon

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"Carmina Burana by Carl Orff always makes the hair on my arms stand up and sends shivers down my spine.

I think you mean just the opening (and closing) movement, the famous 'Old Spice' music (for those of a certain age

) -- the 'O Fortuna'.

And check out Orff's sequel, Catulli Carmina, which contains lyrics like, 'Oh your penis! It rises eagerly, longing for your fountain.' Quite appropriate for here, I reckon

Have you ever come across the reconstruction of the Carmina Burana's original medaevile setting Philip Pickett did with his New London Consort? Very much worth getting hold of.

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"I first came across Pachelbel's canon in the mid-'70s when the Jean Fransoise Payard orchestra released a versin of in on the Erato label. Talk about music to pour a single malt and put your feet up to!

I first heard it at one of my school concerts and fell in love with it, so much so I had it played at our wedding just sends shivers all over my body. Such a beautiful piece of music.

Got to go and listen to it now.

One of my Army mates in Germany in the '70s, (GRIEF!!! Am I REALLY that old???) taped my copy of Pachelbel to use as a closing "smoochy" number for his disco. He lost count of the number of times he could have sold copies.

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By *ondonpride69Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

when on my own, no one to bother me i play Katherine Jenkins, Sacred Arias. I go straight for number 12 bang it on repeat. Agnus Dei.

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"when on my own, no one to bother me i play Katherine Jenkins, Sacred Arias. I go straight for number 12 bang it on repeat. Agnus Dei. "

Which, for a total classical music freak like me, begs the question, Who's Setting?

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By *ondonpride69Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

"when on my own, no one to bother me i play Katherine Jenkins, Sacred Arias. I go straight for number 12 bang it on repeat. Agnus Dei.

Which, for a total classical music freak like me, begs the question, Who's Setting?

Who's setting????

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By *plankyMan
over a year ago

Beeston

".....One composer I cannot get in to... Wagner. Ooops "

Some composers would have loved the swinger life.

Puccini liked to cultivate his "little gardens" - mistresses who would inspire him in his work. One such was Corinna from Turin who is supposed to be the inspiration for madame Butterfly.

Wagner liked to cuckold the conductor of his Ring cycle: "I want you in my pit, and your wife in my bed!".

Opera - it's the old rock and roll.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My friend is going to see Bocelli in Prague next weekend......am slightly envious."

He is the best hecis performing at leeds arena this was hoping to go but at 52 quid cant afgord it.

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

I'm an ardent fan of Classical and Choral music, especially the latter and have performed it with a choir across Europe in the 1970's.

Anything by Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Byrd, Lassus, and Palestrina are amongst my favourites.

Listening to "Spem in Alium" by Tallis reduces any stress to nothing.

But for sheer tranquility and calm, listen to the track "Nosciens Mater" by the composer, Jean Mouton. It is on Youtube, but the very best version if you can get it, is on a CD called Pilgrimage to Santiago, featuring the Monteverdi Choir. Brilliance!

I'll get it played at my funeral; there won't be a dry eye in the church!

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".....One composer I cannot get in to... Wagner. Ooops

Some composers would have loved the swinger life.

Puccini liked to cultivate his "little gardens" - mistresses who would inspire him in his work. One such was Corinna from Turin who is supposed to be the inspiration for madame Butterfly.

Wagner liked to cuckold the conductor of his Ring cycle: "I want you in my pit, and your wife in my bed!".

Opera - it's the old rock and roll."

Er........... Actually it was the Broadway hit 'straight' play Madame butterfly that Puccini saw whilst in London in the 1890 's that was his inspiration to compose the opera - unless you were referring to the character coI coi San?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I never thought id say this but i have recently started listening to classical music and opera music particularily if sung by women and it helps with my insomnia!

Anyone recommend any opera songs by women to chill too?"

Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff is relaxing....ha ha

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"It's really annoying when people describe the whole of classical music as 'calming' or 'relaxing'. These people need to listen to some Bartok or Berg :D Or Vaughan Williams's 'Beat! Beat! Drums' from Dona Nobis Pacem ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XlYen5oEaFY#t=173s )"

Or any one of Bruckner's symphonies, and not to forget Dmitri Shostakovich

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By *ondonpride69Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

Listening to "Spem in Alium" by Tallis reduces any stress to nothing

I'd agree 100%

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"I'm an ardent fan of Classical and Choral music, especially the latter and have performed it with a choir across Europe in the 1970's.

Anything by Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Byrd, Lassus, and Palestrina are amongst my favourites.

Listening to "Spem in Alium" by Tallis reduces any stress to nothing.

I'll get it played at my funeral; there won't be a dry eye in the church!"

Can't really improve on the above, but is the CD Pilgramage to Santiago the same one Phillip Pickett did? If so, have you encountered his CD Libre Vermiel?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I can't think of any that have put me to sleep.

The Allegro Miserere is one of my favourites for calming and lifting my spirits. The Rutter Agnus Dei also has a similar effect.

Opera, I'm in a Madame Butterfly mood at the moment.

Enjoy, there is so much to discover. Off to book my Prom tickets now."

Madame butterfly is lovely

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By *erbyshire BobMan
over a year ago

derby

"when on my own, no one to bother me i play Katherine Jenkins, Sacred Arias. I go straight for number 12 bang it on repeat. Agnus Dei.

Which, for a total classical music freak like me, begs the question, Who's Setting?

Who's setting????"

The prayer Angus Dei has been set to music by a multitude of composers. Would like to know which one did the Katherine Jenkins version.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Listening to "Spem in Alium" by Tallis reduces any stress to nothing

I'd agree 100%"

Sacred choral music at its best.

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By *ondonpride69Couple
over a year ago

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"when on my own, no one to bother me i play Katherine Jenkins, Sacred Arias. I go straight for number 12 bang it on repeat. Agnus Dei.

Which, for a total classical music freak like me, begs the question, Who's Setting?

Who's setting????

The prayer Angus Dei has been set to music by a multitude of composers. Would like to know which one did the Katherine Jenkins version."

Henry Francis Lyte

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over a year ago

May I recommend Von Weber's clarinet concertos to the uninitiated. Relatively short, but focused on the most beautiful, yet haunting instrumental voice- they first peaked my love of classical.

I have also been rediscovering Erik Satie of late. Very few short instrumental pieces are capable of producing such strong emotion. Wonderful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lakme by Delibes and La Boheme by Puccinni (makes me cry at its tragic beauty though!) xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I find pretty much anything by The Supremes is classical these days - I hear A Symphony n My world is Empty Without You work pretty well for me

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By *econdhand RoseWoman
over a year ago

Nr Dumfries

I didn't call all of classical music "calming" I said that the particular cd I was referring to was calming. I was also responding to the original question about classical music that may help to induce a good sleep pattern.

I am fully aware that there is far more to the repetoire of classical music than just calming or relaxing but in this case the op asked about that particular area of classical music!

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

"Listening to "Spem in Alium" by Tallis reduces any stress to nothing

I'd agree 100%

Sacred choral music at its best."
Another one of my favourites, a capella music by Orlando di Lasso, Hildegard von Bingen and Palestrina. I adore choral music

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lets just have a little in the way of clarification. What's clear so far in this thread is a confusion on what people regard as 'classical' rather than what is in fact just orchestral music.

The term classical is attributed to a time somewhere from the early 18th to the early 19th century. So naming Wagner in classical terms is a nonsense. He's late romantic btw.

So, certainly lets talk about the orchestra, but can we ignore classical as a term, unless we are talking about the period.

Sorry for the Thursday rant delivery. But it is my field. X joe

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By *econdhand RoseWoman
over a year ago

Nr Dumfries

Well you learn something every day! Thanks Joe, that's something I didn't know. Though I still wouldn't be able to differentiate between orchestral and classical because I don't know when most of the things that I like were written

Vixen xx

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

BBC4 has a programme on Wagner's Ring Cycle now.

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over a year ago

"Well you learn something every day! Thanks Joe, that's something I didn't know. Though I still wouldn't be able to differentiate between orchestral and classical because I don't know when most of the things that I like were written

Vixen xx"

I'm calm now Vixen. I read my post and was horrified at the tone of it. Sorry.

Anything performed by an orchestra - whatever the size - is orchestral.

The classical thing is a bit if a red herring. The most important thing to recognise is what you like, fuck the label idiots like me try to put on it!

Enjoy the music.

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