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housewolf

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18. I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:03 AM
Dec 2011

It just washes out anything unlike beauty, surrounds me and fills me with beauty. it's as though though there is nothing but beauty when I listen to it.


You might like to hear the glass harp rendition I posted.

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Bach's "Brandenburg concertos" Itchinjim Dec 2011 #1
Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL music! housewolf Dec 2011 #19
A surprisingly hard question REP Dec 2011 #2
It is very hard! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #6
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring SecularMotion Dec 2011 #3
:) I'm going to see it performed live in May! sibelian Feb 2012 #42
I've never seen a live performance SecularMotion Feb 2012 #43
Do you mean never an orchestra sibelian Feb 2012 #44
Never live Stravinsky - Rite of Spring SecularMotion Feb 2012 #45
Me neither! sibelian Feb 2012 #46
"The Moldau" - Smetana Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #4
Ditto! elleng Dec 2011 #33
I am, of course, jealous as hell. What an incredible experience that must have been! Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #34
It really was, and quite a surprise. elleng Dec 2011 #35
A true favorite of mine. I sing it when I get Mira Jan 2012 #38
Either D# or Eflat, I just can't decide. Scuba Dec 2011 #5
I find Maurice Duruflé, Toccata (from Suite Op.5) absolutely amazing. Gregorian Dec 2011 #7
The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto canetoad Dec 2011 #8
Yes elleng Dec 2011 #32
The Mendelssohn / I love it with my core. And did you know Mira Jan 2012 #39
5 years after your post but, Mendelssohn wrote 2 violin concerti pangaia May 2016 #71
Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Major 1monster Dec 2011 #9
a great Fiddle Tune entitled Koeller's Hornpipe appropriates the general theme.. 2banon Dec 2011 #14
I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music housewolf Dec 2011 #18
I have a Pakistani friend who was trained in Sitar and closeupready Dec 2011 #21
I can understand that housewolf Dec 2011 #23
An interesting story about that piece... regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #25
Winton Marsalis's version Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #51
It shifts from one to another. Buzz cook Dec 2011 #10
Mahler 7 gets me every time. laconicsax Dec 2011 #11
That was my first purchase of a Mahler 7 performance. Great stuff.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #12
James Horner also ripped off the 2nd movement for Wrath of Khan. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13
tough choice....but gotta be Mahler....... dhill926 Dec 2011 #36
Wow..a single piece is too tough! Sancho Dec 2011 #15
I lve Tchai's 4th - also 6th - NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #16
Pachelbel's Canon in D Major housewolf Dec 2011 #17
Pachelbel's Canon in D always brings a special memory..... northoftheborder Dec 2011 #29
Oh, that's so sweet housewolf Dec 2011 #30
Dvorak's always been my favorite. If I had to pick one, I would say 'Slavonic Dances' RZM Dec 2011 #20
...and I'd have to go with the "New World" regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author rdharma Feb 2013 #59
Dvorak's New world rdharma Feb 2013 #61
I also like Dvorak's New World Symphony Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #66
I really have to say I think it's Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - and anything closeupready Dec 2011 #22
Lately I'm enthralled by anything Le Taz Hot Dec 2011 #26
Such a beautiful thread -- thanks to all melonkali Dec 2011 #27
I know it's months later... FredStembottom Apr 2012 #47
Boy tough one. Guess I keep coming back to Alkan's minor key Preludes, op. 39. nt dmallind Dec 2011 #28
Moldau, Smetana, among others. elleng Dec 2011 #31
River Torridge - Fantasia on a Theme freshwest Jan 2012 #37
I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself. FredStembottom Jan 2012 #40
Second movement of Beethoven's 5th piano concerto BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #41
Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is my fave nickinSTL Jun 2013 #62
No one has mentioned Mozart? Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2012 #48
erik satie's Gnossienne La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2012 #49
Cecile Chaminade's Automne, 2nd etude, opus 35 aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #50
We've got a few Mahler fans...so one more... SwissTony Jul 2012 #52
My classical IceScar Dec 2012 #53
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #54
Anything Benjamin Britten defacto7 Dec 2012 #55
Peter Schickele tried to parody Phillip Glass Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #56
It's too bad you don't share my enthusiasm for Britten defacto7 Jan 2013 #57
Britten is just not to my taste Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #58
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherezade op. 35 rdharma Feb 2013 #60
Cencored endesano Aug 2013 #63
If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina Rstrstx Aug 2013 #64
I came across a nice adaptation of Mozart's Magic Flute in three parts Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #65
Another Mozart piece, Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 - 2nd Movement Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #67
Of course it always changes, but right now Toccata and Fugue in Dm "Dorian" sir pball Oct 2013 #68
I'm so torn. Requiem or the Ninth. sir pball Oct 2013 #69
I was just reminded of the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, K 466 Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #70
Not sure I can reduce it to one favorite, but Mozart is most of my top five. ManiacJoe May 2016 #72
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