Originally posted by ChoreantI know it's very schmaltzy, but I still love his second piano concerto. I might hear it differently if I hadn't played it in a youth orchestra about twenty years ago. Playing in an orchestra with lots of other young enthusiastic musicians does something to you. I love most of the pieces we played.
Yep, I also hate Rachmaninow. 😀
As for my favourite composers, I am especially fond of composers starting with B and with Sch, for example J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Dmitri Schostakowitsch.
Originally posted by NordlysThe only piece I changed my mind aboot after playing it, was Penderecki piano concerto.
I know it's very schmaltzy, but I still love his second piano concerto. I might hear it differently if I hadn't played it in a youth orchestra about twenty years ago. Playing in an orchestra with lots of other young enthusiastic musicians does something to you. I love most of the pieces we played.
As for my favourite composers, I am especially fond of com ...[text shortened]... ms, Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Dmitri Schostakowitsch.
Originally posted by ChoreantI didn't change my mind about Rachmaninoff, I hadn't made up my mind about him before I played the piano concerto. I might have liked it anyway, I was probably more susceptible to sentimental stuff at that time.
The only piece I changed my mind aboot after playing it, was Penderecki piano concerto.
There are some pieces that got a lot better with studying them, and others that I couldn't stand anymore after playing them or listening to them too often. There are also pieces I find fun to play, but don't like to listen to.
