Classical Music - suggestions
 

I find my work easier & far more creative when i'm listening to classical music.

Can anyone suggest some good artists.

chopin, tchaikovsky, bach

beethoven, vivaldi, mozart

shubert and copeland - if youre into harder stuff - wagner

I have a double CD called "The #1 Classical Album" that's really good. In fact I'm going to play it now. It has Strauss, Bach, Mozart, Ravel, Chopin, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc...

Apocolyptica (sp)

there is a big difference between classical music you can enjoy and classical music which is not serious enough to distract you from your work. there's no way i would be able to listen to chopin, liszt or skryabin while doing something else - they demand total attention.

with that said, my suggestion would be ravel. if you like impressionist painting, you're going to like ravel's music. mozart and vivaldi are good choices if you want to go a bit older and bach's fugues would work fine as well.

as far as general listening, you haven't lived until you've experienced skryabin, liszt and chopin. tchaikovsky's 1st concerto is one of my all-time favourites as well on a personal level.

At the moment I'm really into Rachmaninoff. Especially his stuff performed by Ashkenazy and Richter is great.

excellent keep them coming!