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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
Can you play these pieces or do you just know them that well from listening?
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No I can't. I played the piano as a teenager and did play a couple of Chopin's works, but I had to quit playing for various reasons right when I was becoming good enough to consistently play works by the greats. However, that experience opened my eyes to the solo piano repertory and for a few years after I was obsessed piano music, especially Liszt, but also guys like Chopin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff: too obsessed, as it meant I didn't realise they were just some of very many. I know quite a bit of their piano music pretty well but I don't return to them that often these days as I'm branching out/exploring.