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Old 10-11-2013, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by realdealblues View Post
I also took Piano Lessons as a child and Glenn Gould who was a classical pianist totally captured my attention. He turned me into an rabid classical music fan. He also taught me about interpretation and how to break the rules. I have over 100 recordings of certain classical works and every single one of them are different. Listening to and studying different interpretations of the same thing is something I absolutely love to do and it relates so much to life and the world in general, and most people will probably never understand it.
You have me very curious about Glenn Gould. Can you recommend a "best of", or best "album/piece" CD, that I can purchase?

On that request, sometimes when I ask people for a recommendation, they'll sometimes say, "They're all good", "people have different tastes", or "you should start with". Which is all makes sense, but based on what you've told me, I want what you think is the best. I can tell you what I like, but I like new things too. I like Romantic classical (that is emotional, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms); and not very interested in "heady"/intellectual, nor pastoral pieces. I like ragtime and jazz piano too. I like solo piano concertos, as compared to with orchestra.

As a little kid I liked to play our upright and organ for fun. Just played whatever sounded good to me. I went through about 4 different periods of piano lessons, and none were very successful, because I did not like to practice, and didn't find the training engaging. I went on to be a hobby keyboard composer/recording artist, and have jammed with bands on keys and bass. I still do not read music (at least not with any usable speed).
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