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Hi, I like to play easy/intermediate music on the piano, but I've been playing the same for quite some time now, and I would like to learn some new songs.
To give you an idea of what i like to play, I like to play almost anything from Yann Tiersen and Philip Glass. The hardest song I play probably is Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets, so you know more or less my level.
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Hello there! how are you?
That sounds like lots of fun. These are some of the composers that I suggest:
Bach (Inventions)
Clementi (Sonatinas - good for you)
Gillock (Anything, he's amazing)
Mendelssohn (Songs Without Words--they're beautiful and not too challenging, great fun to play)
Mozart (Sonatas - all good for you)
What pieces are you working on currently?
"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable." -Leonard Bernstein
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Hi Potajito,
An intermediate song that I love is the the piece "To Zanarkand." Yes strange title. Anyway, it sounds amazing.
Check it out on youtube, search To Zanarkand Piano Collections"
Cya
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I would also suggest Bach 2 part inventions. They are, in my opinion, crucial to a pianists development.
I would also suggest you listen to some Chopin Preludes and Waltzes. I'm sure you would love a lot of those.
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
J.S. Bach
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Scarlatti sonatas are very beautiful and require some techniques that are not usual in the much of piano literature.
accompanist/organist.. a non-MTNA teacher to a few
love and peace, Õun (apple in Estonian)
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Thanks for the reply s! I'm really enjoying your recommendations :p
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You may enjoy anything from the Final Fantasy Piano Collection -- there are many different styles that might suit you.
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For something similar to Glass, look for Einaudi Ludovico. Le Onde is my favorite of his. I also second the Chopin Preludes suggestion. No. 4, 6 or 20 are great ones to start out with.
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Welcome to the forum, Potajito!  If you like Tiersen and Glass, I'm willing to bet you'll love the work of Ludovico Einaudi. Check out the Einaudi mega-thread for discussion of his work and links to lots of recordings. Or, here's a YouTube link to whet your appetite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTkzyyv0DuA
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Oh man, Morodiene beat me to it while I was hunting up that YouTube link!! 
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Originally posted by Monica K.: Oh man, Morodiene beat me to it while I was hunting up that YouTube link!! Haha! :p
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oh yeah - I really like that too  could you post more things like that on the youTube Link please?
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