Expand vocabulary of pieces

[sheearerlyn]

Hello!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but i am getting a little desperate in trying to expand my vocabulary and knowledge of pieces. Recently i just realised that as a pianist, the range of pieces that i know and recognise is so small as compared to others, so my question is, are there any effective ways to expand one's musical vocabulary?

SOmeone help me! Thanks in advance! 

[worov]

Indeed, the repertoire is huge. One lifetime will not be enough to listen all of it

First of all, before we tell what to listen, we must know what you have already listened. So which pieces do you know ? Which pieces can you recognize ? Chopin nocturnes and etudes ? Liszt Campanella ? Rach's C sharp minor prelude ? What else ?

[blazekenny]

"A well-known musician has advised young pianists to spend two years browsing through the entire piano literature. I’d rather spend the time dealing with the other music the composer wrote. Such an extension of one’s horizon might enable the player to differentiate the first movement of Bach’s “Italian” Concerto as an orchestral piece that alternates tuttis with solos, the second as an aria for oboe and continuo, and the third, for once, as a harpsichord piece."

-Alfred Brendel

[awesom_o]

Listen to orchestral music and chamber music. Read as much as possible about composers. Play as much music by as many different composers as you possibly can!

[prestoconfuocco]

Listen to classical radio, go on youtube and just jump from one link to another to discover related pieces, go on wikipedia and read about different compositions and listen to the ones you think you'll like. Those are probably the best ways.

[sheearerlyn]

Thank you everyone for replying and for the suggestions. Listening to the radio sure helps, but the only problem is that the classical station in my country does not mention the titles before/after the pieces are played.

@worov I do recognise those pieces yay! 
            I guess i'm fine with the piano repertoire, its just the other instruments, especially
            voice...   

[awesom_o]

Personally, I would avoid the classical radio like the plague....  Some of the public stations play good stuff, but in my experience living in various places around the world, many classical radio stations are privately-owned, and typically play the same small selection of recordings over and over and over again.

[promusician]

I always tuned to classicfm, it has a wide range of classical music never listened before. IMSLP has a very very wide range of repertoire to choose from.

[prestoconfuocco]

Thank you everyone for replying and for the suggestions. Listening to the radio sure helps, but the only problem is that the classical station in my country does not mention the titles before/after the pieces are played.

@worov I do recognise those pieces yay! 
            I guess i'm fine with the piano repertoire, its just the other instruments, especially
            voice...   

I was actually thinking of internet radio, the name of the piece is always written

[sheearerlyn]

Ohh sorry! I have never heard of internet radios, except classicfm(?). But even so, i can't access the station from where i am. 

   

[j_menz]

Ohh sorry! I have never heard of internet radios, except classicfm(?). But even so, i can't access the station from where i am. 

   

If you can access PS (ie, here) you can access internet radio. It's everywhere the internet is.