Upcheering music

[cria]

Papagena and Papageno's joy at having discovered each other will surely cheer anyone up, especially in this delightful video with Huw Montague Rendall & Elisabeth Boudreault

It's absolutely gorgeous & to me, unforgettable. Thanks

[Serial_Apologist]

It's absolutely gorgeous & to me, unforgettable. Thanks

Which must make it criagenic!

[LMcD]

Which must make it criagenic!

If it made you sad, would you crialot?

[oliver sudden]

Haydn. The 'Sunrise' quartet, but really almost any Haydn quartet. For me he's the voice of reason and well-being in music

I am currently on a project (motivated by social media!) to hear one Haydn symphony a day until I’ve heard them all. I am nearing the end of the Morzin period and so far having a whale of a time.

[vinteuil]

I am currently on a project (motivated by social media!) to hear one Haydn symphony a day until I’ve heard them all. I am nearing the end of the Morzin period and so far having a whale of a time.

... nice project : which recordings are you favouring?

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[oliver sudden]

... nice project : which recordings are you favouring?

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I had planned to make my way through the Decca ‘Haydn 107’ box when I bought it about five years ago. So I’m basically doing that but cross-referencing it against whatever’s on my shelf, which in these early stages is mostly Solomons and Goodman.

[silvestrione]

'Benediction de la Dieu dans la Solitude', Liszt, played by Alfred Brendel or Brigitte Engerer

[kernelbogey]

I haven't got this on CD - must rectify that - so this is from former times when I played mostly LPs: Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets.

[Ian Thumwood]

Of several, I think my own most potent choice is JSB Goldberg Variations - played by Beatrice Rana.

I have this CD too . It is brilliant.....nice to know what it should sound like as opposed to playing with my banana like fingers.

[kernelbogey]

I have this CD too . It is brilliant.....nice to know what it should sound like as opposed to playing with my banana like fingers.

Pavel Kolesnikov's CD is also interesting (among many).

[Barbirollians]

I feel very apologetic (not unusual for me, especially around these parts!), but I wouldn't think to use music to affect my mood. I listen to music - composers or individual works - to find out about them; or I listen to works I know and like; sometimes even works I know and don't like to give them another hearing. Being fairly equable by nature I don't have strong mood changes. The idea of 'music to cheer you up' is in the same category as 'music to relax you'; or 'music to help you concentrate on your studying'. But we all differ.

I don't agree . Music to cheer you up - need not be cheery music but a piece of music that gives you great pleasure to listen to may simply mean a brief respite from life's troubles or may improve your mood simply by being exposed to a great piece and a great performance.

For me - its Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 - turned up quite loud with Barenboim and Klemperer.

[LMcD]

I don't agree . Music to cheer you up - need not be cheery music but a piece of music that gives you great pleasure to listen to may simply mean a brief respite from life's troubles or may improve your mood simply by being exposed to a great piece and a great performance.

For me - its Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 - turned up quite loud with Barenboim and Klemperer.

[cloughie]

Schubert Sym 5 - somehow always exudes Sunshine.

[Padraig]

Papagena and Papageno's joy at having discovered each other will surely cheer anyone up, especially in this delightful video with Huw Montague Rendall & Elisabeth Boudreault

Gurnemanz I have bookmarked this for a future fix if I need one - really upcheering! But I think it owes much to those two performers - more power to them. The music of JSB always draws my ear and from that the Italian Concerto on piano is one that grabs me in a similar way.

András Schiff - Bach. Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - YouTube

[pastoralguy]

Of several, I think my own most potent choice is JSB Goldberg Variations - played by Beatrice Rana.