... in D-flat major, Op. 99, written in 1878. God, I love this piece. It's my favorite of his four piano sonatas, not in the least because it's relatively easy to play, unlike the other three, which have plenty of finger-breaking passages. It's the shortest sonata too: only three movements...

Kjetil Heggelund said this in another thread as a joke, but it made me think that I know people like this. People who don't seem to like music, any music. They don't seem to be moved by it or interested in it. Its very strange and difficult to understand. Why is this the case? What wrong with them?

I am listening to this man for the first time in ages, Symphony 5, and boy do I have a fresh perspective on his music. It is so incredibly moving and complex. I'm glad I decided to give him another chance. What are everyone's favorite works?

Looking unsuccessfully for something else--somebody's (Anna Russell's?) takeoff on "Erlkönig" entitled "Die Flabbergast"--I discovered this, which I felt compelled to pass on. Got anything else this good or better?

Hello, my name is Bill. Bipbop13 member name. I actually signed up in 2021, and that's as far as I got. Well, after Covid, and other things, it's time to seriously undertake my classical music journey. You might have heard this story many times. As a kid, I got my dads record collection. 99%...