what music do you love and know by heart?

Posted on March 15, 2018 by e.

a cross-genre list of music that inspires me.

double asterisks (**) mark my especial favorites.

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classical piano

Debussy – L’isle joyeuse ** I once loved this piece so much that I wrote about it

Scriabin – Etude 42.5 **

Chopin – Polonaise 44

Infante – Danses andalouses

choral & chamber

Howells – Requiem ** yea, though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil

Biebl – Ave Maria

Beethoven – String Quartet op 131 especially the first and last mov’ts

Talbot – Path of Miracles – Leon we sleep on the earth and dream of the road

new age & soundtrack

Yanni – Until the Last Moment **

David Lanz – Vesuvius

Abel Korzeniowski – Dance for Me Wallis for contemporary dance; move like water

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musical theater

Once – Leave ** simple and raw

Love Never Dies – Til I Hear You Sing

Next Thing You Know – Manhattan Bridge

jazz-inspired & barbershop

OSTER project – pianoxforte **

Marilyn Monroe / Lynnell Diamond – I’m Through With Love

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favorite voice & piano textures

Vienna Teng – Stray Italian Greyhound ** everything that I am

Sara Bareilles – Gravity

simple but moving pop/rock textures

Lifehouse – Make Me Over ** take me deep, till I find / every corner of your mind

Daughtry – Call Your Name and when you fall apart / am I the reason for your endless sorrow?

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louder, more rhythmically driven textures, electronic elements

Chrome Sparks – Goddess **

Hundred Waters – Boreal **

Coldplay – 42

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EDIT (2018-06-30): A few compositions later, I look back on this list and see clear gaps! There’s no mention here of video game music, japanese pop/rock, or the great american songbook, all of which have shaped my view of music significantly. Perhaps this list can evolve over time.