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

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Flesh insane indian lodge
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
light market personal credit line
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Flesh insane indian lodge
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Coral sticky organic girlfriend gas station
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
alcoholic heady mental disorder
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Wonderful Parlour
  12/19/12
lol
Stirring Bisexual Pit
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Wonderful Parlour
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
bistre provocative pocket flask striped hyena
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Wonderful Parlour
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Aquamarine pozpig goal in life
  01/10/13
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motley trump supporter
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
slate ape
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Aquamarine pozpig goal in life
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Wonderful Parlour
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Aquamarine pozpig goal in life
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Wonderful Parlour
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Bateful step-uncle's house friendly grandma
  01/10/13
...
China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
glittery brass regret
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
French shimmering chapel
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Wonderful Parlour
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
beady-eyed private investor
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
carnelian shrine
  02/18/14
lol
Aquamarine pozpig goal in life
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Azure brunch halford
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Bossy Ruby Mediation
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
jet-lagged aqua new version electric furnace
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
French shimmering chapel
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
carnelian shrine
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef
  01/10/13
No
sepia thirsty area
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Flesh insane indian lodge



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: light market personal credit line

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Flesh insane indian lodge

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Coral sticky organic girlfriend gas station

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: alcoholic heady mental disorder

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Stirring Bisexual Pit

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: bistre provocative pocket flask striped hyena

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=week#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Aquamarine pozpig goal in life

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=week#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: motley trump supporter



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: slate ape

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Aquamarine pozpig goal in life

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=week#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

(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=week#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Aquamarine pozpig goal in life

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=week#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Bateful step-uncle's house friendly grandma

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=week#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\u0026show=week#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: glittery brass regret

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=week#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\u0026show=week#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: French shimmering chapel

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Wonderful Parlour

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: beady-eyed private investor

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: carnelian shrine

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Aquamarine pozpig goal in life

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Azure brunch halford

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=week#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Bossy Ruby Mediation

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=week#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: jet-lagged aqua new version electric furnace

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: French shimmering chapel

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: carnelian shrine

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Vibrant alcoholic mad-dog skullcap french chef

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=week#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: sepia thirsty area

No

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