tantaene animis caelestibus irae music suggestions

[jeregenest]

peaseblossom was just looking over a list of cds I'd ordered from the library for tantaene animis caelestibus irae, and she wanted to know why Nephilim and Opera are so firmly intertwined in my mind (the last time I ran pure Nephilim it was entirely intertwined with an opera by Monteverdi). I don't have a good answer, other than the fact my music-fu is very, very poor. So, take a look at my fiction inspirations and offer me some musical ones.

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[head58.livejournal.com]

This Mortal Coil and Cocteau Twins. Except that it will remind me of being in college and thinking moping is the One True Path to Getting Some :)
Peter Gabriel's "Passion"
Pink Floyd's "Mettle"

and of course Rush's "Hemispheres"

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

I would think some classical pieces that are non-opera would be appropriate. Such as Holsts's "The Planets", The Descent of Ishtar (sorry composer forgotten), etc.

[chrislehrich.livejournal.com]

Arnold Schoenberg, almost anything.
Olivier Messaien, "Quartet for the End of Time"
Gustav Mahler, Symphony #2 "Resurrection"
J.S. Bach, "The Art of the Fugue"
Alfred Schnittke, almost anything, but especially his viola concerto (nice CD recorded by Yuri Bashmet, the greatest violist around)

For giggles, Erik Satie's musical score for a Rosicrucian ritual

Conceptually, Schoenberg and to a lesser extent Mahler are doing what you're doing: weaving together history fugally.