What is the most beautiful piece of music ever written?

Definitively the most romantic pieces of classical music ever... Puccini - O mio babbino caro. ... Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. ... Elgar - Salut d'amour. ... Puccini - O soave fanciulla, from La bohème. ... Rota - Love Theme, from Romeo and Juliet. ... Mascagni - Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana. More items... •

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Definitively the most romantic pieces of classical music ever written

Have a soppy and indulgent listen to the most romantic pieces of classical music imaginable. Better get some tissues to hand… Looking for someone to share your love of music with? Why not sign up for Classic FM Romance to find someone on your wavelength.

1. Puccini - O mio babbino caro

Dating advice: do not attempt to sing this song to your partner to make them like you more or to make up for a lack of Valentine’s Day presents. Leave it to brilliant soprano Susanna Hurrell instead.

2. Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2

This concerto was made famous as the heart-rending soundtrack to the film Brief Encounter. But its romance is all its own. Just listen to Alexandre Tharaud perform this stunning slow movement with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

3. Elgar - Salut d’amour

If you have a moustache or are in any way British or emotionally repressed, all you have to do is stick this piece on the stereo, stand awkwardly in the corner and wait for the object of your desire to shower you with kisses. Guaranteed*. (*Not even slightly guaranteed.)

4. Puccini - O soave fanciulla, from La bohème

Let Pavarotti do the talking. Singing. Whatever. Either way, Puccini does romance, anguished or joyful, better than most, and this aria is one of his most charged duets.

5. Rota - Love Theme, from Romeo and Juliet

So the story itself didn’t end all that well (whirlwind holiday romance goes insanely wrong, teens take drastic action etc), but the music inspired by Shakespeare’s most famous romance is so affecting, so purely emotional, that you’ll probably want to visit the apothecary as well (not really).

6. Mascagni - Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana

Oh, can’t you just feel it ruddy well oozing out of you? Romance, that is. Blimey, just one blast of this at full volume is guaranteed to melt absolutely anyone.

7. Handel - Ombra mai fù, from Xerxes

Simple, sweet, plaintive, innocent. This is the sound of love beginning, a perfect choice if you’re cooking for a date and want to appear both intelligent and emotionally accessible.

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What is the longest piano solo?

The longest known piano piece is Erik Satie's Vexations, if we we overlook the requirement for a piece of music to be “non-repetitive”. Though undated, scholars predict the piece to be dated to around 1893-1894.

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Cage underestimated the concert’s duration, which went on for as long as 18 hours. Actor Karl Schenzer was present throughout, and the concert received coverage by the New York Times. The 1971 Guinness Book of Records stated that critics from The New York Times fell asleep at 4am, and only six people remained in the audience. One of the enduring overnighters exclaimed, “Encore!” when the concert ended. The following integral performance was in October 1967, at the Arts Lab, located in Drury Lane in London. Performed by Richard Toop, the performance lasted about 24 hours, and was first time anyone had performed the piece solo. Nicolas Horvath also performed a non-stop solo version of the piece in the Palais de Tokyo, in December 2012. The 35-hour performance is regarded as the longest non-stop solo version of the piece! Vexations got another chance to be heard when the alt-classical concert series ChamberLab hosted a marathon performance in December 2017. This event was held at the Hotel Congress in Tucson, Arizona, and it was used as a means to raise funds for the American Civil Liberties Union. The performance, which attracted 34 musicians, raised over $16,731 in pledges and donations. MakerBot industries also programmed one of their robots to perform the piece, which was performed in public at the 2010 New York City Maker Faire.

These are but some of the known performances of Vexations.

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