how musical tastes change over time

[paolo]

I'm curious. I seem to go though phases of different composers and musical styles. For example, I can remember a time when I "thought" I hated Mozart (can you believe it!)
Now I seem to go though these strange cycles of being addicted to ~ (for example)

Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Bach WTC
Chopin Nocturnes
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies

I will listen to these works constantly &  try to play them (badly!) for weeks or months & then move on.
Does anyone else experience this?

[ted]

I used to do that but as I've become older the whole picture has stabilised and I like listening to a much larger variety of music all the time.

[Skeptopotamus]

i remember when Ravel's Miroirs sounded like random noise to me, and now Boulez, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Nancarrow are some of my favorite composers ^^


I've always hated baroque though.

[bachmaninov]

I think there's one piece we can safely say, will ALWAYS suck over time... and that is, im afraid to say, Opus... holy crap, even the name is a pain in the ass... one sec let me go find its spelling. Ok Here it is Opus Clavic..... nevermind.....

[bachmaninov]

And now, we wait for Ludwig Van Rachabji to destroy me

[Skeptopotamus]

i doubt he will because i think even he has admitted that a lot of it, while musically impressive in its vastness and complication, sounds like crap.  and if he hasnt, then he should have.

[will]

paolo: I don't go through cycles like you mention however it seems the older I get the more music I find acceptable. For example when I was younger Prokofiev sonatas were painful to listen to whereas nowadays they are among my favourite works.

[tds]

i remember how excited i was when my teacher told me that i could play fur elise. it was many years ago. tds

[rafant]

In my case there has been no the case of currently hating works I used to like before, but I continue enjoying such works; the change has been the addition of new compositions and composers (Scarlatti, Field, CPE Bach) to my favourite repertory. Certainly I used to listen orchestral, chamber and opera, but since I'm learning piano, almost there is no other thing I'm interested to.