26 mixes taggedimpressionist

for the rest outside the big noisy city, where open meadows, ancient trees and endless skylines. even 33 modern/contemporary/classical tracks including Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy and Henryk Górecki.

*cover by Camille Corot. Le pont de Mantes (1870)

A musical travel diary.

Starting with an stunningly complex ballade from Frédéric Chopin to finish with the minimalistic works from Erik Satie this playlist is a brushstroke of the history and evolution of piano compositions since the beggining of the XIX century.

All the way from the greatest romantic pianists to the french impressionists from the early last century.

A Prayer for Old Age

God guard me from those thoughts men think
In the mind alone;
He that sings a lasting song
Thinks in a marrow-bone;
From all that makes a wise old man
That can be praised of all;
O what am I that I should not seem
For the song's sake a fool?
I pray -- for word is out
And prayer comes round again --
That I may seem, though I die old,
A foolish, passionate man.
-- W.B. Yeats
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I hope you are feeling better...

Eight tracks including music by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Maria Joao Pires and Nelson Freire.

It's Debussy time. I hope this mix feels more put-together than the previous "random classical music" selections. We start with a Tocatta, and taper down slowly to a dreamlike Reverie.

Originally included "Passepied" - replaced with "L'isle Joyeuse" due to 8tracks requirements. "Menuet" was replaced with "La fille aux cheveux de lin" because the original track got replaced by a strange, definitely un-Debussy song.

(Image credit: Mort Graphics)

Eight tracks including music by Angela Hewitt, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, soloist), and Claudio Abbado conducting, Michel Beroff Piano.

Music which evokes night. Eight tracks including music by Chopin, Khachaturian, and Debussy.

Eight tracks including music by Alessandro Stella, Giorgia Tomassi, Carmina Quartet, and Jakub Ciupinski.

Music from the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Nine tracks including music by Angela Hewitt, Christopher O'Riley and Herbert von Karajan.

12 Beautiful Masterpieces by Ravel brilliantly played by Albrecht Mayer, Angela Hewitt, Martha Argerich, and more virtuosos

Odd commercial acoustic/folk/rock impressionistic mix that took me on a joyride to emotional purgatory.