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

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Maize splenetic sanctuary
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Jet-lagged psychic resort
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Maize splenetic sanctuary
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Excitant box office gaping
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Lascivious Mildly Autistic Den
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
orange mind-boggling heaven
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Supple iridescent library associate
  12/19/12
lol
Exciting potus mood
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Supple iridescent library associate
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Excitant box office gaping
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
frozen boltzmann
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Supple iridescent library associate
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
curious purple mediation temple
  01/10/13
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Stimulating base
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Bull Headed Adulterous Pocket Flask
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
curious purple mediation temple
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Supple iridescent library associate
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
curious purple mediation temple
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Motley space
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Supple iridescent library associate
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Carnelian Field
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Fragrant background story
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
electric school
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Supple iridescent library associate
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Vigorous alpha
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Motley space
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Motley space
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Motley space
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Motley space
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
arousing home
  02/18/14
lol
curious purple mediation temple
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
boyish fuchsia stead
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Motley space
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Excitant box office gaping
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
sticky spot azn
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Motley space
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
electric school
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Motley space
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Motley space
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Motley space
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Motley space
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Motley space
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Motley space
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Motley space
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Motley space
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
arousing home
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Motley space
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Motley space
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Motley space
  01/10/13
No
ocher market
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Maize splenetic sanctuary



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Jet-lagged psychic resort

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Maize splenetic sanctuary

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Lascivious Mildly Autistic Den

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: orange mind-boggling heaven

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Exciting potus mood

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: frozen boltzmann

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...#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: curious purple mediation temple

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...#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Stimulating base



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Bull Headed Adulterous Pocket Flask

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: curious purple mediation temple

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...#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

(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...#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: curious purple mediation temple

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...#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Carnelian Field

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...#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: China



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Fragrant background story

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...#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: electric school

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Supple iridescent library associate

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Vigorous alpha

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Motley space

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Motley space

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: arousing home

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: curious purple mediation temple

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: boyish fuchsia stead

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...#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Motley space

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Excitant box office gaping

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...#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: sticky spot azn

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: electric school

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Motley space

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: arousing home

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Motley space

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Motley space

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...#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: ocher market

No

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