Lana Mountford wrote:
> How about some recommendations for music for a cross-country solo road
> trip? I'll be driving through a lot of area where there's unlikely to
> be classical music on the radio, and an over-abundance of
> country-western (not my cuppa tea).
> I'm particularly interested in music that *isn't* conducive to "rest and
> relaxation," as the last thing I want to do is get drowsy on a two-lane
> highway. And it doesn't *have* to be opera, either -- I'll be taking
> some of my favorite choral works (Bach B-minor Mass, Mozart Mass in
> C-minor, Britten War Requiem, etc.).
I assume you have a CD player in your car....
I find that on long car rides, I need a healthy supply of
long CDs. Short ones with collections of short pieces are
over too fast, unless I'm inclined to play them over and
over. I use them as the sorbet between the more elaborate
courses.
For me, there's nothing like a long, marvelous, Mozart
opera! Marriage of Figaro and Cosi conducted by George
Solti are my favorites. And it's a great opportunity to
have time to listen to longer operas like Wagner's "Ring"
Cycle, Die Meistersinger, etc., and even Prokofieff's
setting of War and Peace. (I actually own a few of these
and some other operas on CD that I don't have time to listen
to much, so if you're interested in a loan until your trip
is over, e-mail me privately).
And for those long, boring, flat, midwestern stretches,
nothing beats a good Book on Tape. What would work best for
you is the outfit that rents them to you for a month via
mail. My uncle uses "Books on Tape". Here's their web site:
http://www.booksontape.com/
Peggy
Then for a change of pace, Anna Russell CDs, and Firesign
Theater.
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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