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

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Comical State
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
free-loading hot psychic stag film
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Comical State
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
lime lodge mental disorder
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
blue splenetic base
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Irate Kink-friendly Mad-dog Skullcap Death Wish
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  12/19/12
lol
demanding sneaky criminal
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
lime lodge mental disorder
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Curious cheese-eating abode tank
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Concupiscible dark church building
  01/10/13
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Mentally impaired station persian
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
cobalt twinkling uncleanness pisswyrm
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Concupiscible dark church building
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Concupiscible dark church building
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
autistic crotch
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Orange crackhouse
  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
Primrose multi-billionaire
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
stirring crystalline area
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
rusted histrionic goal in life library
  02/18/14
lol
Concupiscible dark church building
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
supple faggot firefighter volcanic crater
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
lime lodge mental disorder
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Sienna Temple Foreskin
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Primrose multi-billionaire
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
rusted histrionic goal in life library
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address
  01/10/13
No
Plum garrison rigpig
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Comical State



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: free-loading hot psychic stag film

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=5310752#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Comical State

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: blue splenetic base

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Irate Kink-friendly Mad-dog Skullcap Death Wish

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: demanding sneaky criminal

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Curious cheese-eating abode tank

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=5310752#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Concupiscible dark church building

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=5310752#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Mentally impaired station persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: cobalt twinkling uncleanness pisswyrm

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Concupiscible dark church building

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=5310752#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

(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=5310752#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Concupiscible dark church building

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=5310752#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

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=5310752#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: autistic crotch

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=5310752#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=5310752#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Orange crackhouse

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=5310752#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=5310752#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Primrose multi-billionaire

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac shimmering hell brethren

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: stirring crystalline area

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: rusted histrionic goal in life library

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Concupiscible dark church building

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: supple faggot firefighter volcanic crater

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=5310752#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: lime lodge mental disorder

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=5310752#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Sienna Temple Foreskin

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Primrose multi-billionaire

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: rusted histrionic goal in life library

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Orchid Motley Hissy Fit Address

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=5310752#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Plum garrison rigpig

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310752#30107508)