Dmitri's Dacha

[vers la flamme]

So I found something new to do on a night of miserable insomnia (made more miserable by a strong bout of the nausea and dizziness I'm battling for the last month): make a list of Shostakovich orchestral works that I can listen to during severe insomnia. Because really, he's probably a good composer for that sort of thing.

Even while being a little conservative in some respects by excluding stage works and film music and arrangements of other composers, but including vocal and choral works (because several of the symphonies are those anyway), I ended up with a list of 41 works. Which means the symphonies and concertos are only half the list.

The scale of those works does vary quite a bit, some are only a few minutes long.

So that's my latest listening "project", Shostakovich in the early hours of the morning. I'm not quite sure whether I'm starting now or whether the time spent compiling the list will help me go to sleep now...

Just wanted to say that you and I are in the same boat, as I'm also dealing with insomnia, nausea and dizziness this past month. Feel better soon. Music can indeed be a comfort.

[foxandpeng]

Just wanted to say that you and I are in the same boat, as I'm also dealing with insomnia, nausea and dizziness this past month. Feel better soon. Music can indeed be a comfort.

Insomniacs corner, here...