Do you focus on 1 period/composer or do you play everything?

[invictus]

Well I mostly play 1 period, 20th century (they rock!), or very very late romantic pieces.

[arensky]

Hey it's like everyone is reading my mind! Just this morning, several references to Taneyev, two references to Op.29 (Taneyev and Ries), and Gary Graffman; now this! Far out, man.....

I have been thinking about this; I clicked on "more general" because right now I am. But sometimes I feel that I'm spread thin, and when I play a recital it's often hard to switch gears from one composer's groove to another. But I have eclectic taste and love a lot of the piano literature and don't want to give any of it up...perhaps more single composer programs, or periods of specialization. I would like to spend a considerable period of time playing just Scriabin, for instance; he is very popular among the concertgoers where I live.

[thalbergmad]

I listen to everything but usually stick to the early Romantics when playing.

Occasionally, I have played Clementi and C P E Bach.

[klavierkonzerte]

I listen to everything but usually stick to the early Romantics when playing.

Occasionally, I have played Clementi and C P E Bach.

finally somone who shares my taste.

i'm mostly intrested in late classics/early romantics

but unfortunatly they are all forgoten  thanks to beethoven and the 3 revelutionsts liszt, schumann and chopin.

right now am having a huge obsession with thalberg and i mean huge.

another composer i like very much is moscheles but i can't find most of his works.

also i'm very intrested johannes pixis i never heared any of his works, except the variation in the hexameron, but i know he wasn't very famouse for nothing
does anyone have any of his scores?

[pita bread]

Well I have to do everything right now because of upcoming auditions...

But after those are over in late January, I'll be doing pretty much all 20th century (Ravel, Messiaen, etc) and a few Liszt transcendental etudes hopefully. I'm looking for a good 20th century piece to make into my "trademark." 

[thalbergmad]

Sounds like we have similar tastes klavierkonzerte.

Of course I love Thalberg, but also the reasonably forgotten composers and the completely forgotten ones.

I have large files on the following.

Thalberg, Henselt, Dreyschock, kalkbrenner, Pixis, Herz, Hummell, Moscheles, Heller, Tausig &  Leschetizky.

The Moscheles 2nd Concerto dropped through my letterbox this week, but remains unscanned.

I like to play things that nobody else does.

[pita bread]

I like to play things that nobody else does.

Me too 

[infectedmushroom]

I wish I could play pieces that almost nobody plays. But mostly I can't find music or the scores for it.

[I Love Xenakis]

I try to focus on modern, but teachers rarely like that.

[thalbergmad]

I wish I could play pieces that almost nobody plays. But mostly I can't find music or the scores for it.

https://d65.yousendit.com/F/1BWA5O6LIWJ9701RR9O71RJENF/forgotten%20romantics%20samples.zip

I have prepared a little file of samples.

[quantum]

In genneral I like to play from all styles, but I do have concentrations in Romantic and 20th century.  I'm exploring very much 20th and 21st century music, as I do want to play a lot of this stuff.  If it breaks rules and beats them to a messy pulp, sets new precidents,  redefines piano technique, or influences the piano design so much that the industry may need to upgrade the pianos current standard specifications, I want to know about it. 

I also have concentrated interest in the music of Beethoven, Chopin and Scriabin. 

[cfortunato]

Speaking of stuff nobody plays, does anybody here know or play Statius Muller's Antillean Dances?  I find the one that are at my playing level to be very enjoyable to play, but nobody has heard of them.

[burstroman]

I enjoy "uncommon" composers such as Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Louise Talma, Carlos Chavez, Arthur Farwell - quite a mix.  Stephen Heller also interests me.  I would like to know his Sonata Op. 143 and his Sonatinas Opp. 146, 147, and 149.  I really appreciated the chance to get some J.K.F. Fischer and W.F. Bach recently.  Sadly so many scores are almost impossible to find.

[pianistimo]

i like not only different composers and 'classical' (encompassing all) styles, but also the 'unstudied' music (folk music) of various cultures.  my bro has a friend that recently went to ireland and took an empty mp3 player and filled it with irish folk music from each of the pubs he visited that had bands/singers.  that sounded cool to me.