I want to cry.

[Gothic Sponge]

I'm listening to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. What a moving piece!

[Kierkegaard]

1. One of my favorites!

That and anything by Telemann, Haydn or Handel...

[Kierkegaard]

2. What are you listening to it on?

[Gothic Sponge]

5. On my Mp3 player.

[Kierkegaard]

7. Ah,

technology meets the classics.

I was hoping for a fellow audio nut...

[wtmusic]

3. That piece sucks

j/k, let it all out, you big blubbering sponge!! :cry:

[Gothic Sponge]

6. I need to be squeezed out.

;)

[elperromagico]

4. I have always enjoyed "Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia"

by Aram Khachaturian - uber-romantic stuff. Love it. :D

[Gothic Sponge]

9. I love the contemporaries too..

although, i think he died in the 70s.

[elperromagico]

10. It's a very Tchaikovsky-like piece, IMO.

Sidenote: Did you know that Khachaturian was originally supposed to contribute to the score for Lawrence of Arabia? He was supposed to write the Arabian themes while Benjamin Britten would write the British military themes. But it didn't work out because Khachaturian refused to leave Russia, and Britten said he'd need a year to write the music. I found that bit of trivia very interesting.

[Gothic Sponge]

11. I did not know that.

Thanks

[WMliberal]

8. wah, want moving piano music? try

Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto, Andante movement or Rachmoninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, Adagio movement. VERY powerful stuff. Shostakovich wrote this movement right after he fell out of favor with Stalin and the party and they had him fired from his gig in Moscow.