Pieces for a returning student

[musicalcow]

Hey,

It has been about 6 or 7 years since I have touched the piano to play or learn any music. I've been playing for many years before then and managed to complete grade 8. I have not any pieces I can play at all now - I can make a fairly useless attempt at fur elise from memory but thats it! Isn't it shameful?  All the pieces I learned while doing the grades I really dislike, they are boring classical pieces which is why I gave up practicing them.


I would like to get back into playing the piano for myself (rather than just getting a grade) and build up a retitoire. I had a quick go of impromptu fantasie and got off the first line and a half - it felt fantastic to play something so nice, but my poor hands are in bits and I can safely say I'll stack it on the shelf for a rainy day in the far future. Learning nice pieces is one of my motivations to restart playing. I refuse to learn another difficult boring piece of music!

Would anyone have a repretoire of music, maybe something easyish going to more difficult to get me back into the swing of things and build up some nice pieces?

Thanks!

[dan101]

Stick with shorter pieces if you're worried about a difficult learning curve... perhaps a Chopin waltz.  Mozart sonatas are also a light way to go, although performing them well is, in fact, quite difficult. Good luck.