Chopin-Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, Mov. 2

Handel "George Frederic Handel"..

This Is My Favorite for Handel ..." George Frederic Handel , Sarabande "
They Said About Him : 



Beethoven : "Handel was the greatest composer that ever lived.  I would uncover my head, and kneel before his tomb."
King George III called Him "the Shakespeare of Music."  
George Bernard Shaw: "Handel is not a mere composer in England: he is an institution.  What is more, he is a sacred institution."

Samuel Butler: "Handel is so great and so simple that no one but a professional musician is unable to understand him."

Leigh Hunt : "Handel was the Jupiter of music;... his hallelujahs open the heavens. He utters the word 'Wonderful', as if all their trumpets spoke together. And then, when he comes to earth, to make love admidst nymphs and shepherds (for the beauties of all religions find room within his breast), his strains drip milk and honey, and his love is the youthfulness of the Golden Age."

Wolfgang Mozart : "Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt."

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Rachmaninoff - Vocalise For Violin ..

"For me this is the second Best Music For Rachmaninoff "

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Op. 34. Written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel (of the singer's choosing). It was dedicated to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova.

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Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23 #5 ..

By :Valentina Lisitsa .. for the Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff himself playing the first movement (Moderato) from his second piano concerto. It was recorded in 1929 by RCA victor with Rachmaninoff's favorite orchestra; the Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski is conducting.