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

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Vigorous indecent den
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
splenetic frozen volcanic crater coldplay fan
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Vigorous indecent den
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
mind-boggling theater
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
appetizing crackhouse
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Jet digit ratio
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  12/19/12
lol
Arousing hell hairy legs
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
mind-boggling theater
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
dead turdskin
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Duck-like Factory Reset Button
  01/10/13
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bistre aromatic bawdyhouse old irish cottage
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
hairraiser goal in life locus
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Duck-like Factory Reset Button
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Duck-like Factory Reset Button
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
misanthropic avocado background story property
  01/10/13
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cock and awe
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
milky razzmatazz twinkling uncleanness
  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
Opaque ungodly rehab
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Flatulent Crotch Box Office
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
infuriating pisswyrm
  02/18/14
lol
Duck-like Factory Reset Button
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Swashbuckling Slap-happy Foreskin Resort
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
mind-boggling theater
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Overrated Dark Tanning Salon
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Opaque ungodly rehab
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
infuriating pisswyrm
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot
  01/10/13
No
180 lime brunch mexican
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Vigorous indecent den



(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: splenetic frozen volcanic crater coldplay fan

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: Vigorous indecent den

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: mind-boggling theater

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: appetizing crackhouse

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: Jet digit ratio

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

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: Arousing hell hairy legs

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

(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: mind-boggling theater

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: dead turdskin

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Duck-like Factory Reset Button

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: bistre aromatic bawdyhouse old irish cottage



(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: hairraiser goal in life locus

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Duck-like Factory Reset Button

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

(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: Duck-like Factory Reset Button

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

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: misanthropic avocado background story property

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: cock and awe



(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: milky razzmatazz twinkling uncleanness

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: A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:



(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: Opaque ungodly rehab

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Insecure Floppy Antidepressant Drug

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: Flatulent Crotch Box Office

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: mind-boggling theater

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: infuriating pisswyrm

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: Duck-like Factory Reset Button

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: Swashbuckling Slap-happy Foreskin Resort

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: mind-boggling theater

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: Overrated Dark Tanning Salon

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Opaque ungodly rehab

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: infuriating pisswyrm

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: Galvanic Fortuitous Meteor Idiot

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: 180 lime brunch mexican

No

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