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I posted something similar to this in the Chatterbox subforum, but I've decided that not much in there gets attention. wink

Anyways, a slightly different question. In addition to the unusual variants of classics I'd like to find that I'd mentioned in the other post in Chatterbox, I'm in the mood for two things, percussion and violin solos. There's enough out there that I'm quite certain that I've good odds against anyone's suggestion being part of my current collection. With the percussion, I'd like something that's as intriguing on a pair of solid headphones as it is as background music with wine and conversation. On the violin solos, the words "warm" and "deep" would be the best descriptives for what I'm feeling like finding right now.

I'll be doing some large scale music shopping in about another week, so any recommendations would be absolutely wonderful. I'm most grateful!

Thanks!

Hmm.. I don't know much with percussions, and I'm mostly a piano person, but I suppose I can lend an opinion.

Sarabande in D - J.S. Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMBRuNAGUuY

Chaconne - Vitali (the vid below has piano accompaniment, but is beautiful with or without accompaniment)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AloBa9SPM7U

Schindler's List (theme) - John Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBY4pKP4oBo

Melodie - Tchaikovsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHsWQowdZk

Serenade for the Doll - Debussy (transcribed for percussion)
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ppCVzNyFw