Although we have not studied music or know the great authors of classical music, at this point it is not about analyzing a work or its musical form, but about letting ourselves be carried away by its melody, feeling it, and seeing if it moves us. It is important to follow our intuition and our emotions, when something excites us we have to follow that emotion, it can reveal many things about ourselves. So let’s try to develop that listening.
Here are a few titles of musical pieces, classified as a guide, but of course the last word is up to each one, because the music that counts is the one that makes us feel good, and this is personal and non-transferable, although it is true that there is a type of music (such as plainchant or Tibetan bowls…) devoid of emotion that is already in its own listening a kind of meditation, with great healing powers. In any case, the best thing is to let yourself go… and see what happens… From here on, you will set the criteria yourself, observing what happens. It is also useful to write down in a notebook the sensations that we experience in each listening. It is difficult to make a selection of all possible music, there are very beautiful music waiting to be discovered, this is just the beginning…
Music to find calm
- Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor.
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major.
- L. Janacek: Sinfonietta.
Music to transform pain
- J.S. Bach: Suites for lute.
- Palestrina: Motets.
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater.
- Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata.
- T.L. de Victoria: Officium Defunctorum.
- G. Allegri: Miserere Mei, Deus.
Music to overcome addiction and dependency
- Pachelbel: Canon in d.
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35.
- Edward Grieg: In Holberg’s time.
Music to overcome fears
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.
- Handel: Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks.
- Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major.
Music to transcend depression
- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
- M. Praetorius: Terpsichore.
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos.
- F. Poulenc: Melancolie.
Music for eroticism
- Ravel: Bolero.
- Chopin: Nocturnes.
- Debussy: The sea.
Music for tenderness and heart
- J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor.
- Debussy: Dances for harp and orchestra.
- Handel: The Messiah.
Music to strengthen defenses
- Debussy: Prelude to the Siesta of a Faun.
- Carl Off: Carmina Burana.
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Music for concentration and memory
- J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier.
- Camille Saint-Saëns: First Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 33.
- Palestrina: Mass of Pope Marcellus.
Music for clarity
- Vincenzo Bellini: Casta Diva.
- Monteverdi: Magnificat.
- Haendel: Hallelujah.
Music to sleep better
- Erik Satie: Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes.
- J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (BWV 988).
- Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
Music to stimulate creativity
- Hector Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony.
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.
- Joaquín Rodrigo: Aranjuez concert.
Music to stimulate and energize
- Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
- Aram Khachaturian: Saber Dance.
- Antonio Vivaldi: The “Spring”, from The Four Seasons.
- Stravinsy: The Firebird.
Music to release emotions
- G. Faure: Pavane, Requiem.
- Samuel Barber: Adagio for strings, Agnus Dei.
- Puccini: O mio babbino caro.
Music for mother and son
- Beethoven: Ballads for violin and orchestra.
- Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals.
- Mozart: The Magic Flute.
Music for beauty, mysticism and instrospection
- Hildegard von Bingen: Voice of the Blood.
- Llibre Vermell Montserrat.
- Gregorian chant.
- Early music.
- The Trobairitz.
