Tuesday, 19 December 2006

Favourite Music - to be updated regularly...

Now for something completely different...

Since I'm listening to my Ipod I thought I'd make a post dedicated to some of the most beautiful music in the world. In this post, which I will try to keep updating when I come across good music, will include my favourite classical and other songs. I know it's really bad to separate songs into Classical and Not but it's really the easiest thing to do. I could title them all Romantic, Classical, Baroque, Pop, Jazz, Rock etc. but it would take forever and I wouldn't know where to put half of them!
Please note: these lists are not in any sort of order other than the order my Ipod plays them in!
Also note: songs added to the lists will be added at the top of each list!

Classical (don't disregard these just because they're classical; this list contains my favourite music and the most beautiful music in the whole wide world!):


  • Allegretto II: Symphony No. 7 in A Major - ABC Classic 100, Volume 2
  • My Life Before Me (Prologue from 'The Portrait of a Lady') - Swooning
  • Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - ABC Classic 100, Volume 1
  • Ave Maria (all the different versions by different composers!)
  • Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma', Variation No.9 'Nimrod' - ABC Classic 100, Volume 1
  • Oh! Ne T'eveille... - Composed by Godard - Swoon Collection (Gold Edition, 2005)
  • Konzert a-moll BWV 1041 - Composed by JS Bach - Violinkonzerte BWV 1041-1043
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Composed by WA Mozart - ABC Classic 100, Volume 1
  • Die Walkure (The Valkyrie) - Composed by Richard Wagner
  • Canon in D (from Canon and Giegue in D Major)
  • Song for Athene - Swoon Collection (Gold Edition, 2005)
  • O Fortuna; Carmina Burana - ABC Classic 100, Volume 2
  • Kust Tunnen Kodu (How Can I Recognise My Home?) - Swoon Collection (Gold Edition, 2005)
  • Song to the Moon (from Rusalka) - ABC Classic 100, Volume 2 (with Yvonne Kenny)
  • Intermezzo from Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (played by Duo Sol)
  • The Nutcracker (the whole thing!) - Tchaikovsky
  • Cello Suite No. 1, BWV1007 I: Prelude - ABC Classic 100, Volume 1


Other (in other words anything that is not classical...this could be pop, rock, jazz, random, funny, soundtracks, anything...):

  • How You Remind Me - Nickleback
  • The Blues Are Still Blue - Belle and Sebastian
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Michael Bublé or Queen
  • My Happiness - Powderfinger
  • Lola - The Kinks
  • Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
  • Russian Lullaby - Blue Drag
  • Imagine - John Lennon
  • Decomposing Composers - Monty Python
  • Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas (Disney)
  • Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
  • Sway - Michael Bublé
  • If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting
  • Since I've Been Lovin' You - Shades
  • All Things Dull And Ugly - Monty Python
  • Son Flamenco - Los Del Caney
  • God Only Knows - Beach Boys
  • Mack the Knife - The Joey Thomas Big Band or Kevin Spacey
  • Money (That's What I Want) - Flying Lizards
  • Wild Thing - The Trogs
  • I Love Your Ways - Powderfinger
  • If You Go Away - Dusty Springfield
  • Apple Blossom Time - The Andrew Sisters
  • Amour et Cul - Les Wriggles
  • So Beautiful - Pete Murray
  • Ne Me Quitte Pas - Jacques Brel
  • L.O.V.E - Heikki Kahkola
  • A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
  • Montgolfière - Les Wriggles
  • Lovefool - The Cardigans

CDs I love (the whole lot...no point writing out every song!):

  • Swooning
  • The Lord of the Rings (soundtracks, all of them)
  • Amélie (soundtrack)
  • Les Triplettes De Belleville (soundtrack)
  • Chicago (soundtrack)
  • Freaky Friday (soundtrack)
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (soundtrack)
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (soundtrack)
  • Les Choristes (soundtrack)
  • The Lion King (soundtrack)
  • Love Actually (soundtrack)
  • Monty Python Sings
  • Moulin Rouge (soundtrack)
  • Movie Masterpieces - Ennio Morricone (soundtrack)
  • My Best Friend's Wedding (soundtrack)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (the show, not the movie, but it was good too)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (soundtrack)
  • Sole Believer - The Shades
  • The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Twin Peaks (soundtrack)
  • Shrek (soundtrack)

2 comments:

Simone said...

Just skip over Paris then. Clearly not important! (jk)

They listen to weird music here, unless of course its in English, then it is still weird but familier and therefore welcomed.

Anonymous said...

emmmy! you finally updated!

speaking of music, how did you find the cds i burnt for you? good hopefully.

i posted you guys letters on friday, so they'll hopefully arrive sometime before new year.

- pia