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Originally Posted by realdealblues
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.
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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).