The real questionaire

[BoliverAllmon]

ok here is a real list not some sucky girlie one. I don't care anymore if you wear boxers or briefs. so here goes.

1. favorite PC
2. favorite waltz
3. favorite prelude
4. favorite prelude and fugue
5. favorite sonata
6. favorite sonata mvt.
7. favorite chamber music piece
8. favorite etude
9. favorite fantasie
10. favorite opera
11. favorite symphony
12. favorite ballet
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano
14. favorite movie sound track
15. favorite overall piece
16. favorite baroque composer
17. favorite classical composer
18. favorite romantic composer
19. favorite modern composer
20. favorite composer that is alive today
21. favorite overall composer
22. favorite baroque piece
23. favorite classical piece
24. favorite romantic piece
25. favorite modern piece
26. favorite serial piece
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today
28. favorite piano model
29. favorite color of a piano
30. hardest technique to learn
31. how long have you been playing
32. how much do you practice a day.
33. hardest piece in your opinion.
34. every play rach 3rd
35. are you ready to play FI
36. what is hardest chopin etude
37. what is easiest
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd
39. schoenberg vs. berg
40. chopin vs. liszt
41. bach vs. scarlatti
42. hardest piece you have played
43. you are lying about that piece right?
44. the most overated composer
45. the most overrated piece
46. most underrated composer
47. most underrated piece
48 most overrated performer
49. most underrated peformer
50 favorite pianist.
51. why
52. greatest recording ever.
53. recording you wish you could hear.
54. how many cds do you own?
55. how many cds do you want?
56. how many music dvd's do you own
57. how many do you want
58. ever play a concerto
59. if so which ones?
58. ever play in a competition
59 if so which ones
60. ever win a competition
61 if so which one/s?
62. are you still reading these questions?
63. still lying?
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata.
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude
66. debussy vs. ravel.
67. greatest LH concerto
68. greatest LH piece
69. ever played any LH piece
70. Alkan vs. liszt
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions
72. will you answer them all
73. are you still lying
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev
75. what is the big deal on sorabji
76. who wrote the best operas.
77. who wrote the best preludes
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues
79. who wrote the best sonatas.
80. who wrote the best etudes.
81. greatest variation piece
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces
83. greatest serialist composer
84. ever compose your own things
85. ever performed your own pieces
86. bench or chair
87. horowitz or rubinstein
88. bosendorfer or stienway
89. steingway or yamaha
90. worst piano
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard
92. how often do you go to concerts
93. best concert ever been to
94. worst concert ever been to
95. still lying
96. like me for writing this questionaire?
97. still lying?
98. horowitz or richter
99 anyone faster than cziffra
100 whose your daddy.

[BoliverAllmon]

LOL geez that list is long.

[6ft 4]

boxers

[BoliverAllmon]

boxers

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Torp]

Briefs.  No sense having the equipment strewn about like some poorly packed camping gear.

#30.  When to keep one's mouth shut.

[BoliverAllmon]

Briefs.  No sense having the equipment strewn about like some poorly packed camping gear.

#30.  When to keep one's mouth shut.

i wear the boxers, cuz there is no sense is packing the equipment so tightly.

[Torp]

i wear the boxers, cuz there is no sense is packing the equipment so tightly.

Depends on how quickly you need to access it I suppose.

[JCarey]

1. favorite PC - Busoni
2. favorite waltz - Not quite sure
3. favorite prelude - Hmm... difficult. I do love the preludes of Rachmaninoff and Bowen.
4. favorite prelude and fugue - Preludio-Chorale and Fuga I from Opus Clavicembalisticum
5. favorite sonata - Liszt B Minor, Beethoven Les Adieux and Op. 111
6. favorite sonata mvt. - Op. 111, 2nd movement
7. favorite chamber music piece - Mozart, Dissonance Quartet
8. favorite etude - Alkan, Concerto for Solo Piano, first movement
9. favorite fantasie - Sorabji, Fantasie Espagnole
10. favorite opera - Many, many, many...
11. favorite symphony - Several: Beethoven 9th, Saint-Saens 3rd, Penderecki 2nd, Brahms 1st, Mahler 1 (and 2)...
12. favorite ballet - I haven't heard much ballet music
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano - Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto
14. favorite movie sound track - Immortal Beloved
15. favorite overall piece - I don't have one
16. favorite baroque composer - Bach
17. favorite classical composer - Beethoven
18. favorite romantic composer - Rachmaninoff
19. favorite modern composer - Sorabji
20. favorite composer that is alive today - John Carey  
21. favorite overall composer - Ludwig Van Rachabji
22. favorite baroque piece - Hmm... can't say
23. favorite classical piece - Can't say
24. favorite romantic piece - I honestly can't say
25. favorite modern piece - Define "modern". If, by modern, you mean 20th century, I'd say Opus Clavicembalisticum
26. favorite serial piece - Hmm... I don't usually think of music in terms of tonality/serialism. Penderecki's Threnody, perhaps?
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today - I really enjoy Alistair Hinton's String Quintet
28. favorite piano model - Oh, I don't know...
29. favorite color of a piano - Black
30. hardest technique to learn - Arpeggios for me
31. how long have you been playing - 13 years or something...
32. how much do you practice a day. - 4-6 hours, usually 5
33. hardest piece in your opinion. - Opus Clavicembalisticum, as far as pieces that have been recorded goes, though I'm sure there are harder ones out there
34. every play rach 3rd - 3rd what? Concerto? I've been working toward learning it for quite some time now, but I've never performed it.
35. are you ready to play FI - Uh...
36. what is hardest chopin etude - I don't like Chopin etudes.
37. what is easiest - Read above.
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd - Rach 3rd
39. schoenberg vs. berg - Schoenberg
40. chopin vs. liszt - Liszt
41. bach vs. scarlatti - Bach
42. hardest piece you have played - I can't really say, because difficult varies between people.
43. you are lying about that piece right? - Well, since I didn't name a piece, I can't be lying about it.
44. the most overated composer - Chopin
45. the most overrated piece - Many things by Chopin
46. most underrated composer - Sorabji
47. most underrated piece - Most music by Sorabji and Godowsky
48 most overrated performer - Horowitz
49. most underrated peformer - Not sure
50 favorite pianist. - I like certain pianists' performances of certain pieces
51. why - Variety
52. greatest recording ever. - There is no such thing
53. recording you wish you could hear. - Jonathan Powell's OC, but sadly, it doesn't exist (yet)
54. how many cds do you own? - 130+
55. how many cds do you want? - As long as there is still great music out there to be discovered, I will never be completely satisfied
56. how many music dvd's do you own - 3
57. how many do you want - I don't know...
58. ever play a concerto - Yes
59. if so which ones? - I believe I have posted my repertoire on my own forum
58. ever play in a competition - Yes
59 if so which ones - *yawn*
60. ever win a competition - Yes...
61 if so which one/s? - *sigh*
62. are you still reading these questions? Yes
63. still lying? No, I never lied to begin with
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata. - Beethoven
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude - Rach
66. debussy vs. ravel. - Tie
67. greatest LH concerto - Ravel
68. greatest LH piece - Godowsky wrote some great ones
69. ever played any LH piece - No
70. Alkan vs. liszt - Liszt
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions - Yes
72. will you answer them all - Yes
73. are you still lying - NO!
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev - Tie.
75. what is the big deal on sorabji - Read just about any of my posts on this forum, and you will find out.
76. who wrote the best operas. - There were many wonderful opera composers, and I can't choose between them
77. who wrote the best preludes - Rachmaninoff
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues - Bach
79. who wrote the best sonatas. - Beethoven
80. who wrote the best etudes. - Alkan, Rachmaninoff, and Sorabji
81. greatest variation piece - Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces - Sorabji wrote some great ones
83. greatest serialist composer - Difficult to say.
84. ever compose your own things -  
85. ever performed your own pieces - Absolutely
86. bench or chair - Bench
87. horowitz or rubinstein - I'm not crazy about either one, frankly.
88. bosendorfer or stienway - Bosendorfer
89. steingway or yamaha - Depends
90. worst piano - It seems like all of the worst pianos I've played on were all Kawais.
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard - Gaspard
92. how often do you go to concerts - As often as I can
93. best concert ever been to - One where my own music was performed. One of the greatest feelings I've ever experienced.
94. worst concert ever been to - I've lucked out. I've never really been to any really bad ones.
95. still lying - *sigh*  
96. like me for writing this questionaire? - For some of the questions.
97. still lying? - Shut up.
98. horowitz or richter - Richter
99 anyone faster than cziffra - Perhaps
100 whose your daddy. - ...

[Siberian Husky]

what sucks is..you came out like a gangsta with such a long elloquent and nicely put together list that tops any other questionaire on the maturity meter...

the thing is..

we're human beings..we are ugly creatures who thrive off social endeavers...these kinds of questionaires dont catch the eye of many simply because it wont tell us the bra size of many PF women..or the favorite alcohol drink of others...or what bernhard's age is..etc etc..

my guess is...80% of the topic viewers...read thoroughly through questions 1-20..then said "f*ck it"...scrolled down fast..and achieved a chuckle at 6 ft 4's witty "boxers" remark....i also fall prey to this theory...

JCarey only had time to answer because he needs to kill time digesting a large meal consisting of venison and pork rolls..

boxers as well

[JCarey]

JCarey only had time to answer because he needs to kill time digesting a large meal consisting of venison and pork rolls..

Don't I wish...

[Mozartian]

1. favorite PC: hmmm.... love rach 3, chopin 1, moz 27
2. favorite waltz: chopin 64/2
3. favorite prelude: of chopin?  love them all. No. 6 is particularly beautiful (and one of the 'easier' ones, haha)
4. favorite prelude and fugue: atm, Bk 2 No. 15
5. favorite sonata: ..only one?!!!! c'mon.... mozart: k. 310 a minor; beethoven: atm, waldstein; chopin: 2 and 3
6. favorite sonata mvt. atm, beethoven tempest mov. no. 3 (d minor)
7. favorite chamber music piece: atm mendelssohn piano trio no. 1 in d minor
8. favorite etude: hmm.. 25/6. possibly.
9. favorite fantasie: oh man... toss up between Schumann's and Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasie. Both so awesome. Love the romantic tones of Schumann's and the sheer, over the top love of life in Schubert's.
10. favorite opera: Carmen and Fidelio
11. favorite symphony: atm, Tchaikovsky No. 5
12. favorite ballet: Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream & The Nutcraker
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano: any one by my Vivaldi
14. favorite movie sound track: What you can't guess? LOTR soundtracks- my favorite of the three is the 1st I think (although my favorite theme is the Rohan theme which is introduced in the 2nd; but overall I like the 1st soundtrack (and movie) the best)
15. favorite overall piece: whoa ummm.... for piano that would be umm.... actually probably Chopin 2nd Sonata, many of the mazurkas, and liszt's norma transcription.. among many others. for non-piano.. probably the nutcracker suite.
16. favorite baroque composer: Bach & Vivaldi
17. favorite classical composer: Mozart & Beethoven
18. favorite romantic composer: Chopin & Schumann
19. favorite modern composer: ummm.... I guess Prokofiev
20. favorite composer that is alive today: Howard Shore XD
21. favorite overall composer: atm, Beethoven
22. favorite baroque piece: Vivaldi's Four Seasons; Bach's Goldberg Variations and Chromatic Fantasy.
23. favorite classical piece: too much to choose from... Mozart's a minor sonata & jupiter symphony are two. Many many pieces by Beethoven. Some stuff by Haydn (london symphonies XD)...
24. favorite romantic piece: wow uhhh... sheesh. maybe chopin's op. 49 fantasy? no idea really there's just SOOOOO much
25. favorite modern piece: oh.. um... prokofiev's toccata I guess. Not very familiar with the moderns.
26. favorite serial piece: Schumann's Davidsbundlertanze and Fantasiestuckie however you spell it
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today: LOTR suite
28. favorite piano model: ..oh the instrument. um... steinway concert grand? I dunno I haven't tried many out...
29. favorite color of a piano: black black deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep black
30. hardest technique to learn: it's all bloody hard. for me though, it's the whole being relaxed while playing uber insane tense huge chords thing...
31. how long have you been playing: on and off for like... sheesh almost 9 years. Seriously for 3 combined, I guess
32. how much do you practice a day. I lose track... I think around 1-3 hours. Depends on how the hands are feeling.
33. hardest piece in your opinion. lol... alkan's concerto for solo piano
34. every play rach 3rd: the first few measures I have memorized.
35. are you ready to play FI: I think so, yes
36. what is hardest chopin etude: no idea... I hear 10/2 is mighty insane though.
37. what is easiest: umm.. 10/3?
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd: rach 3
39. schoenberg vs. berg: no idear
40. chopin vs. liszt: chopin
41. bach vs. scarlatti: bach, though i love scarlatti dearly
42. hardest piece you have played: ummm... maybe this tempest sonata, maybe the scarlatti k. 27, maybe the mendy etude no. 1..
43. you are lying about that piece right? heck no. if i was going to lie i'd come up with something better than that. I *am* a woman, after all.
44. the most overated composer: not my place to say
45. the most overrated piece: not my place to say, but the OC. totally.
46. most underrated composer: hrm.... Antonio Soler, possibly.
47. most underrated piece: absolutely no idea.
48 most overrated performer: anyone who knows me knows my opinion on this matter.
49. most underrated peformer: There are far, far too many of them to mention just one.
50 favorite pianist: Dinu Lipatti
51. why: pure, singing tone, sublime musical ideas and expression.
52. greatest recording ever: lol hmm... many by kapell (mephisto waltz comes to mind); lipatti's chopin 3rd is phenominal; fiorentino's islamey *jaw drops* that one is SICK.
53. recording you wish you could hear: whatever is good
54. how many cds do you own? umm.. around 70, i think
55. how many cds do you want? hhaha... huge list. 500?
56. how many music dvd's do you own: zip zero nada
57. how many do you want: maybe 3
58. ever play a concerto: =\ unfortunately, no
59. if so which ones?...
58. ever play in a competition: nope <_<
59 if so which ones: ...
60. ever win a competition: yes! but not for piano
61 if so which one/s? random very very vvveeerrrryyyyyyyy small art comp (like... with 6 submissions, haha), placed 2nd in a doubles tourny (close enough to winning )
62. are you still reading these questions? am I still here?
63. still lying? wasn't in the first place...
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata: beethoven, totally
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude: chopin
66. debussy vs. ravel: ravel
67. greatest LH concerto: no idea
68. greatest LH piece: no idea
69. ever played any LH piece: no
70. Alkan vs. liszt: liszt (in general)
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions: yes
72. will you answer them all: sure, I'm bored enough
73. are you still lying: you're starting to annoy me, Sir.
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev: prokofiev
75. what is the big deal on sorabji: IMO his music is to music what picasso is to art. kinda.... weird.
76. who wrote the best operas: Mozart
77. who wrote the best preludes: ah um, chopin i suppose
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues: bach
79. who wrote the best sonatas: beethoven
80. who wrote the best etudes: um... chopin
81. greatest variation piece: Mozart's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star variations XD
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces: Mozart
83. greatest serialist composer: Schumann
84. ever compose your own things: lol...... random and rare disgusting attempts at improvisation count?
85. ever performed your own pieces: HECK NO, NEVAH
86. bench or chair: chair
87. horowitz or rubinstein: horowitz
88. bosendorfer or stienway: bosendorfer (cuz the name sounds kewler)
89. steingway or yamaha: good grief you can't spell steinway. And um, steinway.
90. worst piano: those really uber uber uber cheap uprights that the keys like sound FFF if a feather falls on them
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard: um... islamey, I suppose.
92. how often do you go to concerts: not very often
93. best concert ever been to: dunno
94. worst concert ever been to: parts of a student recital (this one kid was like playing 1st mov. pathetique so freakily slow.....)
95. still lying: *glares*
96. like me for writing this questionaire? no
97. still lying? *prepares daggers and advances*
98. horowitz or richter: horowitz
99 anyone faster than cziffra: debatably.
100 whose your daddy: Vader.

[pianistimo]

to save time i will start by answering six or seven and then keep adding daily:

#1 favorite pc - leroy anderson's
#2 favorite waltz - only strauss and only conducted and played by andre riu
#3 favorite prelude - any of the rachmaninov preludes
#4 favorite prelude and fugue - (have to listen again - there's a beautiful slow one by bach - i think #11)
#5 favorite sonata - beethoven's waldstein
#6 favorite sonata movement - ? not sure
#7 favorite chamber music - i haven't heard a lot of chamber music - maybe something baroque?  enlighten me.  maybe i'll go listen to some.
#8 etude -
#9 opera - now that i live on the east coast - it'll take some time to see which one.
#10 fantasy - mozart's in c minor
#11 symphony - beethoven's 9th

[BoliverAllmon]

congrats Jcarey you actually answered it all.

[paris]

1. favorite PC-  Chopin e-minor
2. favorite waltz-  one of Chopin's but dunno the number
3. favorite prelude-  there are many, but i like n.4 e-minor (i think opus 28 but not sure)
4. favorite prelude and fugue-  maybe d-minor, g-minor...(i'm not really familiar with all of them, so can't say)
5. favorite sonata- Chopin 2nd op.35 and Dante fantasia quasi sonata
6. favorite sonata mvt.-1st mvt. chopin op.35 by martha argerich
7. favorite chamber music piece- maybe not favorite, but the funniest i've ever played- bizet carmen arranged for 8 hands 
8. favorite etude-hard choice between chopin op.10/1 and op.25/12, la campanella...
9. favorite fantasie- Dante fantasia quasi sonata
10. favorite opera- i'm rather ignorant when it comes to operas, but i like bizet carmen (maybe because i've played arrangement for pianos so i'm at least familiar with it hahah)
11. favorite symphony- beethoven n.5, and tchaikovski but dunno the number
12. favorite ballet- oh my God what should i put here?!  maybe swan lake
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano- i haven't listened so many, so i can't pick fav one. but i like bach chaconna for violin
14. favorite movie sound track- soundtrack from ''Pianist'' and ''Schindlers list''
15. favorite overall piece- too many for list, but on top are chopin e-minor concerto, ballades, dante, chopin sonata...
16. favorite baroque composer-J.S.Bach
17. favorite classical composer-Mozart and Beethoven
18. favorite romantic composer-CHOPIN
19. favorite modern composer-what means ''modern'' here? can we count Rachmaninoff?
20. favorite composer that is alive today-Dimitri Tschesokov
21. favorite overall composer-CHOPIN
22. favorite baroque piece-Bach-Pasacaglia, Prelude&Toccata (d minor i think)
23. favorite classical piece-Mozart 11th concerto 2nd movement, Requiem, Beethoven sonatas (Tempest, Les Adieux, Appasionata...)
24. favorite romantic piece-anything by chopin haha...e-minor concerto
25. favorite modern piece-if we count rachmaninoff-his concerti, etude op.39 n.1, elegie, some of preludes, ravel le tombeau de couperin-toccata, scriabin black mass sonata
26. favorite serial piece-le tombeau de couperin
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today-Dimitri Tschesnokov Requiem for piano solo
28. favorite piano model- Steinway and Fazioli
29. favorite color of a piano- black rulez, but I'd like to have a white one too
30. hardest technique to learn- chromatics and leggiero presstissimo notes
31. how long have you been playing- i started when i was 4, and now i'm almost 17
32. how much do you practice a day- around 3 hours, but depends on the day. when i'm preparing for copmetition or big concert, then i tend to practise more
33. hardest piece in your opinion-every piece which gives me headache
34. every play rach 3rd- yeah right 
35. are you ready to play FI- that question is more idiotic then briefs or boxers
36. what is hardest chopin etude-op.25/6, op.10/2
37. what is easiest-op.10/7,9 op.25/1,2
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd- both
39. schoenberg vs. berg-i've never heard for berg, but i don't like schoenberg. if berg is rather like schoenberg then i don't like him neither
40. chopin vs. liszt- CHOPIN wins this one
41. bach vs. scarlatti-Bach
42. hardest piece you have played-la campanella for now
43. you are lying about that piece right? now i'm going to delete la campanella and write rach 3 instead. then my answer is-YEA
44. the most overated composer- oh please...
45. the most overrated piece- where is the end of this?
46. most underrated composer- bra or no bra?
47. most underrated piece- grrrr
48 most overrated performer-  noone is overrated for God sake! it's just a matter of personal taste. for me, i'm not biggest fan of brendel. ok, i don't like idyl biret neither
49. most underrated peformer- Ivo Pogorelić
50 favorite pianist.-Argerich, Ivo Pogorelić,Gilels, Ashkenazy, Zimmerman
51. why- because i love music they produce
52. greatest recording ever.- Argerich chopin 2nd sonata, Gileles chopin e-minor concerto, Zimmerman chopin Waltzes complete
53. recording you wish you could hear.-my recordings 
54. how many cds do you own? i haven't count them, but there are many
55. how many cds do you want? oh again stupid question
56. how many music dvd's do you own-1
57. how many do you want- 
58. ever play a concerto-yeah
59. if so which ones? handel F major,mozart KV414, curently doing KV413
58. ever play in a competition- many times
59 if so which ones- few competitions here in croatia, then international competitions in italy, national competitions for chamber music...
60. ever win a competition-yes
61 if so which one/s? 1st regional, 3rd national, 1st in chamber music, 1st in bologna-minerbio...
62. are you still reading these questions? obviously
63. still lying? if you say so
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata.- both.
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude- mostly chopin, but i like few rach's too
66. debussy vs. ravel.- 50-50
67. greatest LH concerto- ravel concerto for LH is only one i know, so...undecided
68. greatest LH piece- oh where's the end of this???
69. ever played any LH piece- chopin op.10/9
70. Alkan vs. liszt- Liszt
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions-with questions stupid as this one, you can reach 200 easily
72. will you answer them all
73. are you still lying-no
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev- prokofiev
75. what is the big deal on sorabji- i've never heard any his piece.
76. who wrote the best operas.- Bach 
77. who wrote the best preludes- Bach, but I prefer rachmaninoff and chopin preludes
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues-Bach obviously
79. who wrote the best sonatas.-Beethoven, but I prefer Chopin sonatas
80. who wrote the best etudes.- Chopin and I prefer Chopin
81. greatest variation piece- variations on paganini thema
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces-Brahms
83. greatest serialist composer- don't know
84. ever compose your own things-yes
85. ever performed your own pieces-no
86. bench or chair- bench probubly
87. horowitz or rubinstein- rubinstein
88. bosendorfer or stienway-steinway
89. steingway or yamaha-steinway (couple years ago i couldn't stand it  )
90. worst piano- bad steinway model given to us on our last competition
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard-haven't played any of them. but i like islamey very much
92. how often do you go to concerts-whenever somebody interesting plays something interesting
93. best concert ever been to- Ivo Pogorelić
94. worst concert ever been to- i went with friends to some rock concert...
95. still lying-how distrustful you are
96. like me for writing this questionaire? no
97. still lying? yeah 
98. horowitz or richter- horowitz
99 anyone faster than cziffra- *thinks*....propeller
100 whose your daddy- i know who isn't

P.S. Look at question #72....

[BoliverAllmon]

I have been called out by paris so here we go.

1. favorite PC- rach 1st
2. favorite waltz- my two waltzes for toy piano
3. favorite prelude- rach 32-10 in bmin.
4. favorite prelude and fugue-shostakovich 15
5. favorite sonata- Beethoven pastoral
6. favorite sonata mvt.- beethoven 2/1 1st mvt
7. favorite chamber music piece shostakovich sonata for cello and piano
8. favorite etude- some debussy etudes
9. favorite fantasie- mozart d min
10. favorite opera-prokofiev love of three oranges
11. favorite symphony-shostakovich's 15th
12. favorite ballet-rite of spring
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano- melnikov violin concerto
14. favorite movie sound track-lord of the rings
15. favorite overall piece-shostakovich p&f cycle
16. favorite baroque composer- bach
17. favorite classical composer-mozart
18. favorite romantic composer-rachmaninoff
19. favorite modern composer-shostakovich
20. favorite composer that is alive today-howard shore
21. favorite overall composer-shostakovich
22. favorite baroque piece-goldberg variations
23. favorite classical piece-mozart fantasie d min
24. favorite romantic piece-Rach prelude b min.
25. favorite modern piece-shostakovcih string quartet 8
26. favorite serial piece-the one I wrote
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today- gargoyles liebermann
28. favorite piano model-yamaha
29. favorite color of a piano-red
30. hardest technique to learn-4,5 trill
31. how long have you been playing-2 years
32. how much do you practice a day.-aim for three hours.
33. hardest piece in your opinion.-the one i can't play
34. every play rach 3rd-no
35. are you ready to play FI-doubt it.
36. what is hardest chopin etude-10/2
37. what is easiest-25/1
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd-brahms
39. schoenberg vs. berg-berg
40. chopin vs. liszt-chopin
41. bach vs. scarlatti-not sure
42. hardest piece you have played-shostakovich PC2 1st mvt.
43. you are lying about that piece right? nope
44. the most overated composer-chopin
45. the most overrated piece-FI
46. most underrated composer-shostakovich
47. most underrated piece-shostakovich P&F
48 most overrated performer-ashkenazy
49. most underrated peformer-perrahia
50 favorite pianist.-horowitz
51. why-great musical mindset
52. greatest recording ever.-horowitz rach 3rd from the 30's
53. recording you wish you could hear.-ligeti etudes
54. how many cds do you own?-30
55. how many cds do you want?-tons
56. how many music dvd's do you own15
57. how many do you want-tons
58. ever play a concerto-just a mvt.
59. if so which ones?shostakovich pc2
58. ever play in a competition-no
59 if so which ones-none
60. ever win a competition-no
61 if so which one/s?-none
62. are you still reading these questions? nope
63. still lying? absolutely
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata. close, but scriabin right now
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude- chopin
66. debussy vs. ravel. debussy
67. greatest LH concerto-ravel
68. greatest LH piece-godowsky study on winter wind
69. ever played any LH piece-yep
70. Alkan vs. liszt-alkan
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions yep
72. will you answer them all-maybe
73. are you still lying-yep
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev-shosty
75. what is the big deal on sorabji-dunno
76. who wrote the best operas.-mozart
77. who wrote the best preludes-shostakovich
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues-shostakovich/bach
79. who wrote the best sonatas.-beethoven or scriabin
80. who wrote the best etudes.-chopin or ligeti
81. greatest variation piece-brahms pagannini variations
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces-brahms
83. greatest serialist composer-schoenberg
84. ever compose your own things-yep
85. ever performed your own pieces-nope
86. bench or chair-chair
87. horowitz or rubinstein-horowitz
88. bosendorfer or stienway-bosendorfer
89. steingway or yamaha-yamaha
90. worst piano-kawai
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard-gaspard
92. how often do you go to concerts-occassionally
93. best concert ever been to-shostakovich 15 symphony
94. worst concert ever been to-beethoven's 5th symphony
95. still lying-yep
96. like me for writing this questionaire?-absolutely
97. still lying?-absolutely
98. horowitz or richter-horowitz
99 anyone faster than cziffra-dunno
100 whose your daddy.ME

there you go paris. now read them all. LOL

[Jacey1973]

I would love to post here, but i know no one will read everybody's long answers so i won't bother...

[BoliverAllmon]

sure we will read them. LOL

[paris]

i read only answers from members i'm interested in

[BoliverAllmon]

i read only answers from members i'm interested in

who is?

[mikey6]

good god - I must be bored!!
1. favorite PC Mozart 24 (but too many to pick)
2. favorite waltz vocies of spring
3. favorite prelude rachmaninoff bmin i suppsoe
4. favorite prelude and fugue dmaj bk 2
5. favorite sonata liszt
6. favorite sonata mvt. 3rd mov of appassionata before i started hating it
7. favorite chamber music piece brahms fmin viola
8. favorite etude op.25 no.12
9. favorite fantasie Chopin coz it's the onlt one i can think of
10. favorite opera Turandot
11. favorite symphony tchaik 6
12. favorite ballet daphnis and chloe
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano haydn trumpet
14. favorite movie sound track mummy returns
15. favorite overall piece cannot choose
16. favorite baroque composer handel
17. favorite classical composer mozart
18. favorite romantic composer schumann
19. favorite modern composer prokofiev
20. favorite composer that is alive today absolutely no idea
21. favorite overall composer can't pick
22. favorite baroque piece  scarlatti k147 I think
23. favorite classical piece mozart k576
24. favorite romantic piece liszt sonata accorgding to my other response
25. favorite modern piece a prokofiev sonata of some form
26. favorite serial piece haven't played any, don't know that many
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today no ides, probably vine sonata
28. favorite piano model steinway when it sounds good
29. favorite color of a piano pink
30. hardest technique to learn donble thirds
31. how long have you been playing 15 years
32. how much do you practice a day. not enough
33. hardest piece in your opinion. what looks hardest - feux follets (technically)
34. every play rach 3rd nope
35. are you ready to play FI about 10 years ago
36. what is hardest chopin etude 25 no.6  - 10 no.1 is a pregnant dog to
37. what is easiest chopsticks
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd brahms
39. schoenberg vs. berg don't know enough to judge
40. chopin vs. liszt chopin
41. bach vs. scarlatti scarlatti (not a huge bach fan)
42. hardest piece you have played rach pag technically (at first)
43. you are lying about that piece right? not really
44. the most overated composer they're all famous for a reason
45. the most overrated piece fur elise interms of the number of times it's played compared to the other stuff he wrote
46. most underrated composer scarlatti
47. most underrated piece strauss burlesque rocks!
48 most overrated performer argerich (she's good but..yeh)
49. most underrated peformer Arnaldo Cohen is rather good
50 favorite pianist. zimerman or perahia
51. why coz they're good
52. greatest recording ever. zimerman brahms 2 or peltnev scarlatti i never tire of
53. recording you wish you could hear. die schone mullerin with fischer-diskau and schiff I think
54. how many cds do you own? 140
55. how many cds do you want? more
56. how many music dvd's do you own 7 or 8
57. how many do you want more
58. ever play a concerto yes
59. if so which ones? rach 2, burlesque, greig, chopin 1. rach pag
58. ever play in a competition yah
59 if so which ones them ones
60. ever win a competition yes
61 if so which one/s? as above
62. are you still reading these questions? yes don't ask why
63. still lying? obviously not
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata. beethoven
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude chopin
66. debussy vs. ravel. ravel
67. greatest LH concerto ravel
68. greatest LH piece don't know enough
69. ever played any LH piece nope
70. Alkan vs. liszt liszt
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions yes
72. will you answer them all yes
73. are you still lying nope
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev prokofiev coz i'm a penist
75. what is the big deal on sorabji he wrote a hard piece
76. who wrote the best operas. mozart, puccini, wagner, verdi
77. who wrote the best preludes chopin i guess
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues bach i suppsoe
79. who wrote the best sonatas. beethoven i would say
80. who wrote the best etudes. chopin probably
81. greatest variation piece liszt don juan (I don't know!)
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces liszt then
83. greatest serialist composer messiaen coz he only wrote 1!!
84. ever compose your own things yah
85. ever performed your own pieces yah
86. bench or chair yeh..
87. horowitz or rubinstein harowitz
88. bosendorfer or stienway steinway
89. steingway or yamaha steingway
90. worst piano that one
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard gaspard
92. how often do you go to concerts at least every week
93. best concert ever been to probably my tacher or demidenko
94. worst concert ever been to some guy who did the schumann pc was schoking!
95. still lying no!
96. like me for writing this questionaire? killing time
97. still lying? no
98. horowitz or richter richter
99 anyone faster than cziffra probably not
100 whose your daddy. that guy

[Mozartian]

i read only answers from members i'm interested in

Same.   

[tolkien]

1. favorite PC    ….. Medtner 1. and 2. and 3.
2. favorite waltz       “blue Danube”.
3. favorite prelude      chopin. All of them. And those few by Medtner.
4. favorite prelude and fugue  don’t have any.
5. favorite sonata           Medtner op.5. and quite many others.
6. favorite sonata mvt.    Alkan Grande Sonate “30 ans”.
7. favorite chamber music piece       Brahms quintet.
8. favorite etude              Alkan op.39 and 35. and Chopin of course.
9. favorite fantasie     Scriabin, Schumann, Schubert.
10. favorite opera       Korngold – Die tote Stadt, Zemlinsky – Eine Florentinische Tragodie.
11. favorite symphony   Beethoven – Eroica.
12. favorite ballet          Nutcracker.
13. favorite concerto for instrument other than piano   Elgar violin concerto, Korngold cello concerto.
14. favorite movie sound track       Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings.
15. favorite overall piece   Schubert D960 sonata.
16. favorite baroque composer      Handel. 
17. favorite classical composer   Beethoven.
18. favorite romantic composer   Schubert and Medtner.
19. favorite modern composer     Stravinsky, Prokofiev.
20. favorite composer that is alive today  John Corigliano and John Williams.
21. favorite overall composer  Medtner.
22. favorite baroque piece      Handel’s Messiah.
23. favorite classical piece      Beethoven 9th symphony.
24. favorite romantic piece      Brahms 1st symphony.
25. favorite modern piece       Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky.
26. favorite serial piece      Skalkottas’ piano concertos.
27. favorite piece by a composer that is alive today.  Theodorakis “Axion Esti”.
28. favorite piano model       Bosendorfer.
29. favorite color of a piano  black.
30. hardest technique to learn.  anything fast and ppp.
31. how long have you been playing  9 years.
32. how much do you practice a day.  Not much.
33. hardest piece in your opinion.     I won’t say.
34. every play rach 3rd       I don’t intend to. Rach 4 I will.
35. are you ready to play FI..   have to figure out what FI is.
36. what is hardest chopin etude.  all in their own right.
37. what is easiest                        look above.
38. rach 3rd vs. brahms 2nd     Brahms 2nd.
39. schoenberg vs. berg          Schoenberg.
40. chopin vs. liszt                  Liszt.
41. bach vs. Scarlatti              Bach.
42. hardest piece you have played      Appassionata.
43. you are lying about that piece right?   You’ll never know.
44. the most overated composer           in these forums, Rachmaninov and Sorabji.
45. the most overrated piece               in these forums, OC and Rach 3.
46. most underrated composer        a good number.     
47. most underrated piece               a good number.
48 most overrated performer          Lang Lang.
49. most underrated performer        numerous.
50 favorite pianist.                  Argerich.
51. why                                 musicality and colour palette.
52. greatest recording ever    it’s fortunate there exist more than one.
53. recording you wish you could hear.  Horowitz performing Medtner’s 1st piano concerto  as he intended.
54. how many cds do you own?    About 1500.
55. how many cds do you want?   All in good time.
56. how many music dvd's do you own     about 50.
57. how many do you want                  at the moment, just the Pollini set due for release next month.     
58. ever play a concerto     no.
59. if so which ones?         
58. ever play in a competition  no.
59 if so which ones
60. ever win a competition   yes.
61 if so which one/s?         not a musical one.
62. are you still reading these questions?  no
63. still lying?                          Not even a tiny bit.
64. beethoven sonata vs. scriabin sonata.   Beethoven
65. chopin etude vs. rach etude                 Chopin.
66. debussy vs. ravel.                               Debussy for orchestra, Ravel for piano.
67. greatest LH concerto. Ravel and Korngold.
68. greatest LH piece       Alkan’s LH Grande Etude.
69. ever played any LH piece  no.
70. Alkan vs. liszt              Love them both equally.
71. do you think I will get to 100 questions   Don’t care.
72. will you answer them all                         You’ll find out.
73. are you still lying                                that, you won’t ever find out. 
74. shostakovich vs. prokofiev          Shostakovich for orchestra, Prokofiev for piano.
75. what is the big deal on sorabji   Great music critic and thinker, Mediocre composer, huge Medtner fan.
76. who wrote the best operas.  Wagner, Richard Strauss, Korngold.
77. who wrote the best preludes  Chopin.
78 who wrote the best preludes and fugues Bach.
79. who wrote the best sonatas.         Beethoven and Medtner.
80. who wrote the best etudes.         Chopin and Alkan.
81. greatest variation piece             Medtner’s Second Improvisation.
82. who wrote the greatest variation pieces   Beethoven, maybe.
83. greatest serialist composer   Skalkottas.
84. ever compose your own things  no.
85. ever performed your own pieces  no.
86. bench or chair                        bench.
87. horowitz or rubinstein     Both.
88. bosendorfer or stienway  Bosendorfer. You can buy me either.
89. steingway or Yamaha.  Steinway.
90. worst piano.                Any out of tune.                   
91. which is harder islamey or gaspard.  depends on who’s playing it.
92. how often do you go to concerts. often enough.
93. best concert ever been to         Argerich Prokofiev and Poulenc concertos.
94. worst concert ever been to Sgouros Beethoven 4th. Awful orchestra, soul-less soloist.
95. still lying. still asking?
96. like me for writing this questionaire?   Quite enough.
97. still lying?  Yes. 
98. horowitz or richter  Richter.
99 anyone faster than Cziffra  . probably not.
100 whose your daddy.  What’s it to you, punk?


PS. Mozart rules!!!

[BoliverAllmon]

I dig your last answer.