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jhon

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If you will choose a classical piece to be you and your fiance/e's theme, what will it be? Perhaps, Liszt's "Libestraume," Chopin's Op.10/3, Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation from Paganini Rhapsody...

I go for any of these three: Liszt's "Un Sospiro", Rachmaninoff's Prelude in D major (Op.23/4) or Chopin's Prelude in A-flat major (Op.28/17).

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pianonut

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #1 on: June 30, 2005, 04:21:55 AM

anything by schumann or macdowell. maybe macdowell's 'to a wild rose.' i think macdowell didn't like it at first and threw it into the fireplace. his wife ran and rescued it (if i remember the story correctly). he must have thought it too simple at first, but somehow it seems sweeter that way. sort of like the 'talking melody' on another thread.

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guru_of_time

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #2 on: June 30, 2005, 06:03:36 AM

Rach 2 2nd & 3rd Movement

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Teddybear

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #3 on: June 30, 2005, 10:10:52 AM

Adagio from Hachaturian's ballet 'Spartacus'. It's such a great and sentimental piece.

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pokeythepenguin

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #4 on: June 30, 2005, 10:14:59 AM

gotta be Wagner-Liszt "Isoldas Liebstod" ^.-

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nanabush

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #5 on: June 30, 2005, 09:35:40 PM

Petrarch Sonnet 104, I guess it sounds like a love song... and Venetian Boat song by Mendelsshon, not sure if he had more than one but it's in F sharp minor...

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jhon

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #6 on: July 01, 2005, 05:05:18 AM

Glinka's La Separation (Nocturne) seems to be meant for a "break-up" between two lovers.

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apion

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #7 on: July 01, 2005, 10:40:51 PM

Slow mvt of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto

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donjuan

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #8 on: July 01, 2005, 10:46:23 PM

Quote from: pokeythepenguin on June 30, 2005, 10:14:59 AM

gotta be Wagner-Liszt "Isoldas Liebstod" ^.-

"love in death"? come on man, lighten up!

I would vote for something less utterly inevitable like Chopin's G minor Ballade

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Eusebius_dk

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #9 on: July 02, 2005, 01:14:11 AM

Ballade Pour Adeleine...

This subject is a bit cheesy, but I'll play along with the game - 2nd mvt of Chopin F minor Concerto.

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mlsmithz

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Re: Your Classical "Love Theme"

Reply #10 on: July 02, 2005, 02:56:46 AM

This isn't something I've thought about in quite some time, but my personal choice would probably be something by Debussy - the Ballade in F major, or 'Reverie', most likely. Or, if I were in the mood for something overplayed, the E major Arabesque or, worse yet, 'Clair de lune' (I must admit that one makes me gag unless I'm hearing it with the rest of the Suite bergamasque, but it does seem to fit the subject).

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