Parsons Playlists: Studying in the Parsons Music Library

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features a selection of music for a Music Library study session curated by Music Library student assistant Amy (class of 2025).

Studying in the Parsons Music Library

Study music

Frederic Chopin – Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, Op. Posth.

Camille Saint-Saens – The Carnival of the Animals The Swan

Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 – II Adagio sostenuto

Bach – Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010: 1 Prelude

Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, “Waltz of the Flowers”

Dvorak – Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B.52 – II Tempo di valse

Dvorak – Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22 – I Moderato

Ravel – Ma Mere L’Oye, M. 60 – I Pavan de la Belle au bois dormant

Piero Piccioni – Amore Mio Aiutami (Main Theme)

Dvorak – “Song to the Moon” Rusalka, Op. 114, Act 1

Respighi – Pini di Roma, P. 141: III I pini del Gianicolo

Borodin – Nocturne

Beethoven – Lenore, Op. 72, Act I “Mir ist so wunderbar”

Debussy – La Mer, L. 109, II Jeux de vagues

Lavinia Meijer – Dances for Harp and Orchestra, L. 103, II Danse profane

Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102

Faure – Pavane, Op. 50

Gershwin – The Man I Love

Debussy – Deux Arabesques, CD 74: I. Andantino con moto

Liszt – Liebestraum

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSwAwMtTLDwjK99x65ClwlqXWXG6vyGRP

And here it is on Spotify:

Parsons Playlists: Renaissance Polyphony to Get Your Brain Going

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a collection of Renaissance Polyphony curated by Music Library student assistant Ryan (class of 2022).

So here is “Renaissance Polyphony to Get Your Brain Going”:

Singing Angels - Van Eyck

The Ghent Altarpiece: Singing Angels (detail) by Jan van Eyck (1432)

William Byrd – Mass for Four voices

William Byrd – Infelix Ego

William Byrd – Mass for Five Voices

Some Renaissance musical notation

Thomas Tallis – Spem in Alium

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli

Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus

And here is a link to a YouTube playlist of all of the works above!

The Concert - Honthorst


Musicians of the late Renaissance/early Baroque era (Gerard van Honthorst, The Concert, 1623)

Parsons Playlists: Jazz Study Mix

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a collection of feel good indie/alternative music curated by Music Library student manager Abby (class of 2021).

So here are “some relaxing jazz instrumentals for your late night study sessions” curated by Abby for you:

“Soft Like Rain” – Anita Rosswell

Anita Rosswell - Soft Like Rain

“Relentlessly Fascinating” – Western Jazz Trio

“Body & Soul” – Hudson Harris & Haim

“Old Folks” – Southside Players

“First Season” – Henry Lindon

Sixth Street Quartet - Morning Heartache

“Good Morning Heartache” – Sixth Street Quartet

“I’m Old Fashioned” – Carl Bagge Trio

“If You Could See Me Now” – Astoria Three

“My Church” – Jacky Terrasson

“Summertime” – Tall Trees Jazz

Tall Trees Jazz - Summertime

“Blue Moon” – Kendrettes

“Skating” – We Three Trio

“Maybe We’ll Meet Again” – Kuipers & Winter

“Happy Chilled Jazz” – Happy Jazz

“Birthday Song” – Trygve Seim

Kuipers and Winter - Maybe We'll Meet Again

“Club France” – Classic French Jazz

“On A Turquoise Cloud” – Echoes of Swing

“He Was Too Good To Me” – Connie Hen

“Can’t Let Go” – Triosence

“Now We Know” – Ambient Jazz Collective

Fredrik Kronkvist - Altitude

“Theme for Ernie” – Fredrik Kronkvist

“Dear Ruth” – David Hazeltine

“Little Person” – Brad Mehldau Trio

“Curves” – Tord Gustavsen Trio

“Easy Living” – Massimo Faraò

Asi Kaplan Jazz Band - In the Blue of Evening

“In The Blue Of Evening” – Asi Kaplan Jazz Band

“You Left With My Heart Still Yours” – Jaden Berry

“Waltz At Midnight” – Midtown Trio

“In A Sentimental Mood” – The Uptown Players

“The Shadow Of Your Smile” – The Blue Green

Coffee House Classics

“Bee Blues” – Brad Mehldau Trio

“Aves” – Ennio Máno

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – The Red Robin Quartet

“Late Nights” – Coffee House Classics

and here is a link to most of the above songs on YouTube.