9 times classical music was so damn sexy

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   1. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony

   Captivating horn entry in his third symphony. Muscular.

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   2. Wagner's Tristan Chord

   That unprepared half-diminished seventh chord is so sexy.

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   3. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

   An alluring glissando at the very beginning. Fitttt.

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   4. Thomas Tallis's O nata lux

   A sultry false relation on the final cadence in this motet.

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   5. Brahms's Sextet No 2

   A ravishing climax in the middle of the exposition.

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   6. Mozart's Là ci darem la mano

   Silky, irresistible vocal lines from Don Giovanni.

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   7. Stravinsky's The Firebird

   Every minute of Stravinsky's seductive ballet suite.

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   8. Chopin Preludes

   Flirtatious harmony and teasing figures in the Prelude in Db Op. 28/15.

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    9. William Byrd's Mass for 4 voices

    Byrd holding off the harmonic release at the end of his Agnus Dei. Pure, ecstatic agony.

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