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

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pearly impressive volcanic crater church building
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
irradiated unhinged den gaping
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
pearly impressive volcanic crater church building
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Red high-end kitchen
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
sticky sexy roommate
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
mahogany resort
  12/19/12
lol
Bateful Judgmental Puppy
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
mahogany resort
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Comical lilac queen of the night rehab
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
mahogany resort
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
beady-eyed theater pisswyrm
  01/10/13
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Mewling Swashbuckling Address Clown
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Arousing Windowlicker
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
beady-eyed theater pisswyrm
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
mahogany resort
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
beady-eyed theater pisswyrm
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
mahogany resort
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
slippery misanthropic haunted graveyard
  01/10/13
...
China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
dashing piazza
  01/10/13
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things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Amethyst unholy mental disorder
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
mahogany resort
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Coiffed trip trailer park
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Exciting Black Indirect Expression
  02/18/14
lol
beady-eyed theater pisswyrm
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
motley fortuitous meteor
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
racy godawful bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
opaque field
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Amethyst unholy mental disorder
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Exciting Black Indirect Expression
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage
  01/10/13
No
big parlor
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: pearly impressive volcanic crater church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: irradiated unhinged den gaping

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: pearly impressive volcanic crater church building

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Red high-end kitchen

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: sticky sexy roommate

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: mahogany resort

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Bateful Judgmental Puppy

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: mahogany resort

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Comical lilac queen of the night rehab

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: mahogany resort

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: beady-eyed theater pisswyrm

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Mewling Swashbuckling Address Clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Arousing Windowlicker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: beady-eyed theater pisswyrm

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: mahogany resort

(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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: beady-eyed theater pisswyrm

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: mahogany resort

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: slippery misanthropic haunted graveyard

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: dashing piazza

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#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\u0026mark_id=5310481#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Amethyst unholy mental disorder

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: mahogany resort

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Coiffed trip trailer park

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Exciting Black Indirect Expression

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: beady-eyed theater pisswyrm

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: motley fortuitous meteor

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: racy godawful bawdyhouse

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: opaque field

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Amethyst unholy mental disorder

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Exciting Black Indirect Expression

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Cracking Coldplay Fan Menage

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\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: big parlor

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#30107508)