Excited!

[CPK]

Hello all!

Just a short intro... I'm a 23 year old musician and am just getting serious about learning the piano. I'm not exactly a newbie to classical, but I have a lot left to discover (I'm about 10 minutes into my discovery of Einar Englund!).

I like many different styles of music and have a soft spot for a beautiful melody; a few of my favourites are Schumann, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky (though even these offer a lot more than I have heard). I also like plenty of progressive rock music as well as some more contemporary composers including Karl Jenkins and Christopher Tin.

I'm really looking forward to finding some new inspiration here!

[North Star]

Hello!

Love Schumann (do you know the disc below? Gorgeous stuff), Sibelius and Tchaikovsky (Piano Trio, String Serenade, String Sextet)
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[mc ukrneal]

Welcome and enjoy! What other instruments do you play beside piano?

[Lisztianwagner]

Nice to meet you, welcome to the forum.
Glad to hear you're learning to play the piano, I've studied it too, such a fantastic instrument. Do you also like pianists/composers like Liszt, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Beethoven, etc.?
Schumann, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky are absolutely great, they're among my favourites too.

Ilaria

[Papy Oli]

Hello and welcome to GMG 

[TheGSMoeller]

Greetings and welcome! 

[CPK]

Thanks everyone. Sounds like a really friendly and helpful community!

Do you also like pianists/composers like Liszt, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Beethoven, etc.?

Can't say I've ever been able to enjoy Liszt as I find it hard to pick out beauty in his music. I'd like to grow into it though, if there are any particular recommendations for entry.

I love Beethoven's orchestral stuff, but I haven't yet been hooked into his piano works. Chopin is amazing...

Sounds like Rachmaninov is a composer I'm going to thoroughly enjoy. I've just listened to part of his Piano Concerto No.2 for the first time and it's pretty much blown me away. Beautiful...

What other instruments do you play beside piano?

[Beorn]

Hello, hello!! Have a good time here. 

[Mirror Image]

You like Sibelius and progressive rock? Well...that's great! Welcome aboard!

[bhodges]

Hi CPK, and welcome - enjoy your time here.

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

Can't say I've ever been able to enjoy Liszt as I find it hard to pick out beauty in his music. I'd like to grow into it though, if there are any particular recommendations for entry.

Really? I've always found Liszt's music incredibly beautiful, passionate and thrilling instead! Anyway, no problem.
I would strongly recommend the Hungarian Rhapsodies and the Transcendental Etudes.

[CPK]

Thanks all for the warm welcome.

Lisztianwagner, I just played Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; it was amazing and not at all how I'd been imagining his music. I'll definitely give him more of a chance!

I see from the search that nobody here takes the music of Karl Jenkins seriously. Ah well, I guess I'll be the first. I think the Adiemus albums are beautiful.

[Karl Henning]

CPK, I'd also suggest Liszt's Valses oubliées.

[Lisztianwagner]

Lisztianwagner, I just played Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; it was amazing and not at all how I'd been imagining his music. I'll definitely give him more of a chance!

So glad to hear that.

CPK, I'd also suggest Liszt's Valses oubliées.

+1

[vandermolen]

'Welcome to the party pal' (one of my favourite lines from the original 'Die Hard' film). 

[North Star]

'Welcome to the party pal' (one of my favourite lines from the original 'Die Hard' film). 

That is a good line! Can't say I remembered that it's from the film before reading on. Now I can hear Willis saying it though

[vandermolen]

I also like Einar England. Especially symphonies 1 and 2.