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Can be either whole pieces or just sections of pieces that are special to you or are just the greatest examples of music that you have heard. List as many as you want. 
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One that leaps into my mind is in the last half of the last movement of the Sibelius second symphony. Strings start low at a medium tempo, kinda swirling upwards till the brass stabs the chords of the main theme. Low strings have a really beautiful undercurrent all through this movement. Chiller.
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Plus, of course, the 2nd ending of almost anything by Cage. 
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The incarnatus from the Credo of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
That AWESOME pedal tone underneath the fugue in "Herr, lehre doch mich" from the German Requiem.
That fantastic drop to the chromatic submediant before the Turkish march in Beethoven 9.
The return to E Major at the end of Brahms Op. 116#4
The odd little coda at the end of Schumann Op. 16#7
The recapitulations of:
Beethoven Op. 101, 4th mvt.
Brahms Op. 6, 1st mvt.
The ending of Schoenberg Op. 11#3 (it's SOOOO cool!)
The early climaxes in Ravel's Une Barque sur l'Ocean and Ondine (they're similar)
The return of the main theme at the end of the slow movement of the 3rd Chopin sonata.
The return of the main theme at the end of the last movement of the 3rd Chopin sonata.
The climax towards the end of the slow movement of the 3rd Brahms sonata.
The last chord of the Durufle requiem.
The c minor entry of the fugue subject in Shostakovich's b minor fugue.
...and so on and so on and so on.....
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No doubt the Coda for Chopin's 1st Ballade
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Cole Porter's Night and Day: the transition from the intro.
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The middle of John Cage's "4 minutes and thirty-three seconds" comes to mind.
Seriously, I love the end of the last movement of Prok. 8th sonata.
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Just the random ones that come to mind right now.
The second theme(D major) of Chopin Sonata No.3, 1st movement
The last piece in Schumann's Kinderscen and Davidsbundler.
Mahler's 8th(when the chorus sings ppp acapella(?)) in the second movement. The slow movement of Mahler's 5th.
Thousands more.
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The climax of the Liszt Sonata (just before the fugue). When performed right it is better than sex. Heck, it *is* sex in music! On the other end of the spectrum, in Bach's St. Matthew Passion the heart-wrenching moment of the Chorale "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden" (be near me, Lord, when dying). It uses a chorale theme that has already appeared 3 times in the course of the 3-hour long Passion, and this very last time is the moment Jesus has "yielded up the ghost" and died. It is pianissimo, almost whispered, and though the melody is the same as the other 3 times, the entire harmonic progression under it is so pained and confused it doesn't fail to bring tears to my eyes, and I'm not even a Christian. Truly a moment of genius and spiritual connection on Bach's part. Elena http://www.concertpianist.com
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Originally posted by EHpianist:
The climax of the Liszt Sonata (just before the fugue). When performed right it is better than sex. Heck, it *is* sex in music!
Is it getting hot in here? :t:  But, seriously, for me, i'll go with the ending of La Campanella, Chopin 3rd scherzo and many others... zorro
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Waaaaaay too many to list here..
I'll say the restatement of the Goldberg theme in the da Capio Aria (particularly in the Gould '82 version; it sounds so reflective and heavenly almost), as well as the last part of the 3rd movement of the Rach 2 where, after the brief cadenza in the piano, the orchestra suddenly thunders into the sort of "Arabic" theme in C major...I get such a rush from that...
Also, in the last movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, when the full choir joins in with the main theme, just after the beginning introduction by the solo Bass, it's such a powerful moment.
And no matter how many times I listen to them, I can never get over the first variation of Totentanz (well, the whole piece really, but I love that creepy theme, with the bassoon and all) or the 3rd movement of Liszt's Eflat major concerto, it's so animated!
Ok I think that's enough for now...
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Wooooah
What a question. Spine tinglers Inc
Here goes with a few.
Beethoven
Last movement last variation of Cmin op111 the ‘tinkly’ bit before it slides into the trills
Beginning of Hammarklavier op106 and opening of the slow movement
Slow mov of op110 going into the fugue and finale
Chopin
Op35BbMin sonata first appearance of 1st theme after the opening introductory short subject
Rach 2 1st mov2nd sub
Bach
E maj Fuge from 1st bk 48 when them comes in for third time
Various Bach – Brandeburg Cmin Partita Amin Partita Gould’s Goldberg
Schumann openng 1.30secs of piano con
Various moments of Francois / Louis Couperin and Gamba sonatas by Marin Marais
Various different parts of the following
Mozart Requiem
Liszts Bmin sonata many bits , a man at ease with his mastery of the instrument
Tchaik 6th Symphony 2nd theme of last move
Various bits from 5th symph
Pearl Fishers
Bartok Concerto for Orch
Various Miles Davis
The whole of ‘In the Wee small hours of the Mornin’ by Frank Sinatra
‘It was a very good Year’ Sinatra
Almost anything sung by Nat King Cole ( imo the King of voices )
Aretha Franklin to
Jimi Hendrix Little Wing
Beatles songs
Opening bars of
She Loves you
Opening of All my Life
If I Fell (Lennon)- opening and rest of this song makes my spine tingle and my eyes weep harmony is extraordinary at the start
and Julia ( Lennon )half way in .
String arrangement in She’s Leaving Home
Elvis Presley Love me Tender beautifully simple
ALmost anything sung by Roy Orbison - what a voice
Some tunes off of The Bends by Radiohead .
Opening chords and guitar riff of ‘Just’ is out of this world . The sheer sweetness then violence of Iron Lung is astonishing as is the unique Paranoid Android, magnificent
Foo Fighters - in My Life - REM Imitation of Life
And a song that simple vibrates with emotion strength sorrow and forgiveness
Into Temptation by Crowded House – the intro and first vocal is just sublime
Just recently Peter Cincotti fnature boy was remarkable
Harry Connick’s Funny Valentine
There’s more but that’s all I can think of right now
gonna be a long thread this !
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definitely the second theme in the third movement of the Rach 2
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the beginning of the Mozart Piano Concerto no.26. Also the Beethoven Waldstein sonata.. the chords in the first movement are just amazing.... And also the rest of the first movement of the Waldstein. Also, the beginning of Rach 3 first movement. All of RAch 2.
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Ravel's G Major Concerto, 2nd movement
Faure, Lux aeterna from the Requiem
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The first two I can think of right now because I just listened to them are the really really big climaxes in Ravel's Scarbo and La Valse (orchestral). Sorry for the vague description, but if you're familiar with either piece, you know what I'm talking about.
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This is probably my favorite moment in music. Any guesses? It's easy. (If your system doesn't play it, copy or type in the URL in your player's "Open URL" menu): http://www.msu.edu/~griffin/clip.mp3 (No one guessed, it's from the Allegro in Water Music by Handel). Other favorites would include sections of Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, Rodeo by Copland, and Mussorgsky's The Great Gate of Kiev.
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Prokofiev PC 2, end of first mvmt - the orchestra returns.
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Godowsky sonata: 1st mvt, when the main theme comes back with additional bass notes to intensify it. That is the stuff lemme tell you.
This is one of my cell phone ringers.
Scriabin etude Op8 No12, the ending with the constant chords.
Scriabin sonata #7 a few minutes after the beginning, the cool moment with the dissonant chords going up and up.
Also sonata #9 towards the end the climax with the main theme repeated over and over as accompaniment.
Prokofiev piano concerto #2 beginning of fourth movement
Brahms second piano sonata. Towards the end of the fourth movement, there is a cool passage in chords, right before the main theme is played in a playful manner.
Ravel Scarbo, the passage with the ascending double notes that just keeps going on and on and getting louder.
Dvorak, The Moldau, the way the main theme comes back in tutti, this is just awesome. Of course the work as a whole is just amazing.
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Gondoliera by Liszt. Also one of his Liebestraume's (can't remember the number). The introduction to Chopin's Grande Polonaise brilliante, the andante spianato, Op. 22. "Largo from Sonata in C-minor for Cello and Piano" by Pachelbel, an absolutely beautiful piece and I'm not really that fond of the cello. pdolce
But, I played it perfectly at home!!
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