Like most other people, I can't work with music that has words in it, at least not words in English I can make out - they just distract me. I just loaded a "study" playlist onto my MP3 player as it seems assignments are looming again and it's time to lock myself away in the library for the next few weeks. We have;
* Aaron Copland - Billy the Kid, Rodeo Suite & Appalachian Spring
* Vivaldi - The 4 seasons
* Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition
* Mozart - Horn Concerto #4 (cos Mozart makes you smarter, right?)
* Smetana - Ma Vlast
* Beethoven - Piano Sonata 14 "moonlight" and Symphony #6 "pastoral"
* Karl Jenkins - Adiemus 1
and some other miscellaneous bits and bobs. Iv'e a feeling most of this will need changed though, it's far too rousing, I usually stick to piano and baroque pieces for studying and working. And Einaudi is a MUST.
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