this or the barcarolle

Sometimes when I listen to this I get all verklempt to the point of needing to go for a run. The sap is running way too high.

I really like Zimerman** but don't watch, just listen. Or maybe you can but I can't--I've seen too many Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny concert renditions that makes it impossible to watch anything that involves a guy in tails sitting at a piano.

and oh, okay, here's the barcarolle that margaret likes. When the time comes, she says, just push her out to sea and play this.

I say you want passionate sentiment, skip Andrew Lloyd and go straight for Chopin.
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**he's so young here, too. Wow.

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