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"Chopin is the greatest piano composer" Y/N?

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thriller mauve mediation
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Sienna glittery theater community account
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
thriller mauve mediation
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Hideous exhilarant forum tattoo
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Burgundy stain newt
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  12/19/12
lol
citrine nursing home
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
cowardly 180 market
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Heady stubborn people who are hurt
  01/10/13
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Fragrant ebony theatre
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
tantric factory reset button senate
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Heady stubborn people who are hurt
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Heady stubborn people who are hurt
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Thirsty Swashbuckling Home Queen Of The Night
  01/10/13
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big narrow-minded property
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
opaque boyish son of senegal
  01/10/13
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bat shit crazy well-lubricated nowag
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
nofapping confused antidepressant drug hunting ground
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
beady-eyed primrose juggernaut
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Electric mad cow disease rigor
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Lascivious duck-like indian lodge
  02/18/14
lol
Heady stubborn people who are hurt
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
shivering galvanic potus psychic
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Pale racy national security agency piazza
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
honey-headed rebellious headpube
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
nofapping confused antidepressant drug hunting ground
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Lascivious duck-like indian lodge
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse
  01/10/13
No
Cruel-hearted floppy kitty cat
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: thriller mauve mediation



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Sienna glittery theater community account

I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: thriller mauve mediation

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just like the same few pieces by him, which tbf are great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Hideous exhilarant forum tattoo

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Burgundy stain newt

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: citrine nursing home

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not compose it for the piano obv

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: cowardly 180 market

Bach, actually.

Wrote more complicated shit than most of the other composers people generally speak of when they're talking about goat composers and was considered the father of baroque music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he was a late baroque composer. He was more like the pinnacle of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Heady stubborn people who are hurt

I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 seconds before expounding on xo next time, huh breh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Fragrant ebony theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: tantric factory reset button senate

Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than three or four piano pieces by Satie that you know?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Heady stubborn people who are hurt

He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sense to compare him to Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist's piano composer, if you know what I mean. Not that that's all that matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist and easy. fun little pieces to play for girls, but it gets boring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Heady stubborn people who are hurt

I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His compositions are intentionally very limited. Nothing else quite gives me the same feeling as listening to the Gymnopedies, but it's a static kind of sensation, at least for me.

I like him, but it's almost as if he's not a "composer" in the same sense as someone like Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

music for people who don't really like music

now this is piano music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDY2E8LGpDI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to piano literature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Thirsty Swashbuckling Home Queen Of The Night

Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he was doing in the Hammerklavier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: big narrow-minded property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: opaque boyish son of senegal

Cr

I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the objective brilliance of beethoven is off the charts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: bat shit crazy well-lubricated nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: nofapping confused antidepressant drug hunting ground

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: beady-eyed primrose juggernaut

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Electric mad cow disease rigor

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdllqgXqyA >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiwmOJPGMjs

argerich too, you sexist shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pyf4sr6HDo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano composition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spotify, not realizing I had a Busoni thing running in the background on youtube and I was like "Holy shit this is the craziest thing I've ever heard, arhythmic, microtonal music written for two pianos out-of-tune with each other"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzewski's variations on "the people united will never be defeated"

it's pretty long (50 min) so if that's too much here's something cool from a little-known composer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K0sFpJRyA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Lascivious duck-like indian lodge

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Heady stubborn people who are hurt

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: shivering galvanic potus psychic

Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Pale racy national security agency piazza

One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have to thank for it being played on piano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: honey-headed rebellious headpube

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool recordings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp81bUoH3u4 -- heifetz plays the slow mvmt from dohnanyi's "ruralia hungarica"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: nofapping confused antidepressant drug hunting ground

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonata - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtgKDLzlLw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as it should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Buh6lu3eU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hNl_skTZQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3qrv3Yv0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVt9aYL3hs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKU2A_B6tA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered by the piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFXpcZoQPFw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Lascivious duck-like indian lodge

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTHXYd4c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYgZbSbEvO8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: drunken razzle-dazzle fanboi whorehouse

i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quartets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0_Pb-kVTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3ckjAgxqI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted floppy kitty cat

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2...id.#30107508)