Most people, given half a chance, will rave about their favourite piece of music. But individual bars? In our Christmas 2014 issue, out now, we ask 10 music critics and BBC Radio 3 presenters to tell us about their very favourite bars in music. Pick up a copy of the magazine to find out more and listen to each of them in our special Spotify playlist below.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch Radio 3 - Puccini: Tosca (end)
Ivan Hewett The Telegraph - Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2 (trio)
Anna Picard The Times - Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle ('Fifth Door')
Rob Cowan Radio 3 - Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat (second movement)
Helen Wallace BBC Music Magazine - Brahms: Horn Trio Op. 40
Stephen Johnson Radio 3 - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (adagio)
Fiona Maddocks The Observer - Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 111 (second movement)
Richard Morrison The Times - Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord
Jessica Duchen The Independent - Puccini: La Bohème (end)
Andrew MacGregor Radio 3 - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (first movement)
Oliver Condy BBC Music Magazine (editor) - Debussy: La Mer (first movement)
Jeremy Pound BBC Music Magazine (deputy editor) - Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 (final movement)
Rebecca Franks BBC Music Magazine (reviews editor) - Strauss: Four Last Songs (In Abendrot)
Rosie Pentreath BBC Music Magazine (digital editor & staff writer) - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (prelude)