music recommendations wanted

[cellio]

I'm looking for music recommendations to solve a specific problem.

My office is next to a noisy conference room, so my officemate and I sometimes need to generate white noise. We have a small stereo for this purpose. (So I'm looking for CDs, not MP3s to play on the computer.) The important characteristics are: (1) instrumental [clarification: non-vocal] and (2) (this is important!) very uniform volume levels. Lots of classical music qualifies under (1) but has too wide a dynamic range to be practical for use in masking noise. I have a CD of Bach played on classical guitar that works well, but I'd like more variety.

Just about any genre would be fine. (I don't care for blues.) The music probably shouldn't be too perky; its job is to sit in the background, not inspire us to get up and dance. :-)

Any suggestions for specific recordings?

Comments

[kayre]

That's almost precisely my requirements for "sleepy music"-- the CDs I play all night long (to keep the music in my head from keeping me awake). So I'll share my list, with the caveat that I have one more requirement-- soothing. These aren't exactly perky keep-you-alert selections, for the most part. Most are "New Age" tending towards Celtic inspiration.

Hilary Stagg (harp plus other stuff)-- Sweet Return; Feather LIght

Kevin Kern (piano plus)-- In The Enchanted Garden; Beyond the Sundial

Derek Bell-- Mystic Harp 2

Tingstad/Rumbel/Lanz-- Woodlands; Emerald

Tingstad/Rumbel-- Homeland

David Arkenstone-- another star in the sky

Northern Lights-- Harp and Hammer Dulcimer

Kobialka-- Rainbows

Metamora-- Morning Walk

Michael Jones-- After the Rain (solo piano, probably my favorite of all these)