Music and Study

While research suggests that alternating your study location (e.g. home, library, coffee shop) aids in memory retention, adjusting the auditory environment in order to concentrate is a personal issue that varies from individual to individual.  Some apply ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones, while others prefer to loop a favorite track.  There are also a number of websites providing different types of ambient noise, ranging from natural sounds to simple white noise.

The NYIT Library subscribes to Naxos Music Library (NML). A collection of close to 1 million tracks and 70,000 discs, NML is the world´s largest online classical music library, offering everything from Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor to John Cage's Percussion Works.  Listed below are a few favorites.  Enjoy!

• BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 (Casals)
• GOULD, Glenn: Original CBC Broadcasts - Bach, J.S.
• Popular Guitar Classics, EMI Classics
  
• CALLAS, Maria: Very Best of (The)
  
• BRAHMS, J.: Deutsches Requiem (Ein), Op. 45 (Klemperer)
  
• ARGERICH, Martha: Legendary 1965 Recording (The)
• VIVALDI, A.: Violin Concertos (Perlman)

And

• 50 Spiritual Classics, EMI Classics
• Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World…Ever!