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.
