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Somehow missed this thread until now!

 

Queen, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, White Stripes, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, YourCodeNameIs:Milo

 

If I start singing along, it usually means my play is suffering...it usually means my housemates are suffering too.

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2500+ songs on my iPod (all legal) - your guess is as good as mine - could be Enya, Eminem, Mozart or Metallica.
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I seem to be in a bit of a minority.

Until last week my computer hard disk had a bit on an emphasis on 'B', as it had:

Bruckner symphonies 6,7,8,9

Bach B-minor mass, magnificat

Beethoven piano sonatas

(and some other stuff by Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn and Elgar).

But! Our hard disk broke, we've just replaced it, and the new one has no music at all on it yet. I think I'll go back to Schubert piano sonatas & string 4tets for a while, haven't listened to them for ages.

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Frances, you are by far not alone, great music! Right now, as I read this, I am listening to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Elias" (we're having a concert with that in january). Most pieces of Dvorak are fantastic, not to forget Berlioz, Sibelius and Debussy and and and.... Did you ever listen to Nigel Kennedy? A sensitive rebel and on the violin (of course not everybody's darling...).

But I am a music maniac and love different stuff. An interesting thing is CAMILLE: "Le fil", it is French (perhaps) Jazz; she took one tone (le fil) and performs with her voice pieces around that, very few instruments. Stefano di Battista's "Parker's Mood" is really fine for dreaming, relaxing, playing online bridge or whatever. And good old QUEEN: hmmmmm :D My favourite CD is "A Night At The Opera". I better stop now, n8 :)

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House Music!

 

:D :) :) :) :) ... Ahhhh its 1989 all over again!

 

The deeper the better. I need a full-on dose of mad 303 action to get the juices flowing. Tribal, Acid, Deep, Electro, Proggy, Breaks - its all good!! And its always good for the soul to be throwing a few shapes whilst reaping a few IMPs!

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Now that I have an ipod, I may use it when I play live (if its allowed) as well.

i was gonna ask that if you ever use your ipod when you play live bridge, why would they not allow it, afraid you have watson play of the hand on ipod :(

I am using my ipod at a sectional this weekend. It's nice, I think I will continue to do it. It is also allowed :(

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I have a strange musical ritual playing online bridge.

 

I listen to soul music, especially Barry White, Luther Vandross, Low Rawls, and James Brown.

 

It's the only time I listen to soul music.

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I seem to be in a bit of a minority.

Until last week my computer hard disk had a bit on an emphasis on 'B', as it had:

Bruckner symphonies 6,7,8,9

Bach B-minor mass, magnificat

Beethoven piano sonatas

(and some other stuff by Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn and Elgar).

But! Our hard disk broke, we've just replaced it, and the new one has no music at all on it yet. I think I'll go back to Schubert piano sonatas & string 4tets for a while, haven't listened to them for ages.

I'm also part of this minority. I listen to many orchestral recordings, mostly remastered versions of classic LPs from the 1950s/60s. I am a big fan of the work of Herbert von Karajan, who has achieved a technical perfection from the Berlin Philharmonic that no orchestra has matched since. All records are of Karajan and the BPO unless otherwise noted. My favorites for bridge are

 

Relaxing (first online game, or tense period)

- Beethoven, Symphony No. 6

- Dvorak, Symphony No. 8, von Dochnanyi Cleveland

- Grieg, Peer Gynt Suites, Karajan VPO

- Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, with Berman

 

Exciting (whistle along during a casual game)

- Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2, Leinsdorf Chicago, with Richter

- Dvorak, Symphony No. 9

- Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

- Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Karajan [old] Philharmonia, with Schwarzkopf, ...

 

Dominating (listening while playing well)

- Bach, Brandenburg Concertos, I Musici

- Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Furtwangler Bayreuth, with Schwarzkopf, ...

- Offenbach / Rosenthal, Gaite Parisienne

- Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture with choral, Lockhart Boston Pops

 

Contemplating (listening while playing less well)

- Mozart, Violin Concerto, with Mutter

- Ravel, Bolero

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