Moving Beyond Four Seasons, Brandenburg Concertos, Moonlight Sonata, etc.

[applelover]

My collection of classical music is basically, Four Seasons, Brandburg Concertos, Mozart's Requim, Beethoven symphony's, Schuberts Unfinished Sympony, Rimsky-Korskov Sinbad, etc.  The most famous stuff from the most famous conductors.  Would really appreciate suggestions for new composers or new music to get.  There are so much great classical music out there I don't know please introduce me!

This can be any music not just for piano playing.  Though great piano music would be even better, motivate me to practice more .  For instance, I just got some Beethoven Sonatas, found Waldenstein which never had heard of before it's amazing.  My old piano teacher also recomended Les Adiex which I don't really "get yet" though.  Thanks for all help.

[sonatainfsharp]

This is how I expanded my music library:

I joing two music clubs: BMG Classical Music and Columbia House Classical Music.

I would pay "full price" for a CD I know I would like, then for all the freebies and discounted ones, I could randomly pick CD's I had never heard of before.

After about two years of this, I ended up with over 400 CD's for the price of about $300.00. Had I paid retail store price, $15.98 x 400 = almost $6,400. So, I saved literally thousands of $$$.

Also, if you quit after about a year, they try to get you back and the deals are even better.

Back in the day, these "clubs" were gimicky, but if you play them well, you come out way ahead in the long one, but you have to stick it out. Most people quit right away and that is how they get their money, as their "regular prices" are so high.

[alzado]

You might try some selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams.  My favorite.

Some other composers who were Williams' contemporaries include Delius, Elgar, and Peter Warlock.  And George Butterworth.  Called the British "Post-Romantics," I believe.  Includes the era before, during, and immediately after World War I.  Although Williams continued to compose over a very long life -- into his early eighties, I think.

I would recommend checking some CDs from the local public library to listen to them and to see if you like them.

This is especially true for composers with whom you are not familiar.