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Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day by

debsfielding583's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

ruthmoog's review against another edition

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informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

A very fun concept, full of interesting tidbits, and a variety of music. I found some new favourite pieces, and my Spotify wrapped for the year was heavily classical music influenced šŸ˜‚

Occasionally there will be longer pieces (20m) - it's a shame the length isn't mentioned so you can prepare to listen as most of the music is under 5m and the text is less than a page. There is quite a lot of worship music too, and opera which wasn't what I expected.

Really cute idea, I'd do it again - but not every year šŸ˜„

_inge_'s review against another edition

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informative relaxing slow-paced

4.0

I enjoyed my year of wonder and marked quite a lot of musical pieces to explore further, either learn more about the composer, explore the music or learn to play it. I also confirmed that I really don't care much for singing in classical music.

dogtrax's review against another edition

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4.0

Lovely short reads for every day ... and suggestions for classical music in a very approachable voice ... I appreciated how she moved both in the canon (Mozart, etc.) and way beyond it, particularly the stories of amazing women composers working/writing to stake out some ground in a culture that didn't often recognize their talents, or actively muffled their music.

poplartears's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.25

shannahc's review against another edition

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5.0

A very fun way of listening to more classical music. Iā€™m going to miss starting my day with this!

shereadsshedrinks's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved this journey through classical music during 2019, especially its care to go beyond just the dead white men that everyone associates with classical music. I discovered so many composers and performers that I would never have known about otherwise. I am finding myself wishing there was a second volume for 2020.

fionab_16's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring relaxing medium-paced

5.0

cleverbaggins's review against another edition

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I have tried 3 years to do this and some of the music is very good but idk if it's just too much to keep up with or what but I can't manage it.

elena21's review against another edition

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Didn't keep up with it every day and then it became an onerous task. Would be good in podcast/audio format with the music combined.