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

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Embarrassed to the bone rigor
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
azure new version
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Embarrassed to the bone rigor
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
flushed base
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
vivacious iridescent chapel regret
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  12/19/12
lol
purple razzmatazz gaming laptop piazza
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
abusive point
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
narrow-minded haunting institution reading party
  01/10/13
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curious snowy police squad site
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Unhinged cream masturbator
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
narrow-minded haunting institution reading party
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
narrow-minded haunting institution reading party
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
swashbuckling box office
  01/10/13
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cock and awe
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
mind-boggling dysfunction theatre
  01/10/13
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A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
chestnut twisted lay
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
out-of-control shaky karate abode
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
pearl low-t school cafeteria scourge upon the earth
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
odious market clown
  02/18/14
lol
narrow-minded haunting institution reading party
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Provocative incel
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
free-loading passionate nowag
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
chestnut twisted lay
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
odious market clown
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
jet concupiscible parlour
  01/10/13
No
rebellious state jewess
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone rigor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: azure new version

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone rigor

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22282076)



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

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: vivacious iridescent chapel regret

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: purple razzmatazz gaming laptop piazza

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: abusive point

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\u0026show=6hr#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: narrow-minded haunting institution reading party

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\u0026show=6hr#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: curious snowy police squad site



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Unhinged cream masturbator

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: narrow-minded haunting institution reading party

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\u0026show=6hr#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

(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\u0026show=6hr#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: narrow-minded haunting institution reading party

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\u0026show=6hr#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: swashbuckling box office

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\u0026show=6hr#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: cock and awe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: mind-boggling dysfunction theatre

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\u0026show=6hr#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: chestnut twisted lay

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: out-of-control shaky karate abode

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: pearl low-t school cafeteria scourge upon the earth

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: odious market clown

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: narrow-minded haunting institution reading party

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Provocative incel

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\u0026show=6hr#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: fear-inspiring histrionic laser beams

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\u0026show=6hr#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: free-loading passionate nowag

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: chestnut twisted lay

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: odious market clown

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: jet concupiscible parlour

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\u0026show=6hr#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: rebellious state jewess

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#30107508)