I've only recently started to appreciate piano music and would love to increase my repertoire.<p>I'm open to anything, from classical to contemporary, pop to metal, doesn't have to be purely instrumentals either.<p>Look forward to hearing any and all of your recommendations!
Erik Satie for "modern and intellectual, but also highly digestible".<p>Arvo Pärt's "Alina" for "full of sadness, but also breathtakingly beautiful".<p>Glenn Gould's interpretation of Bach's "das wohltemperierte Klavier". A titan (in the Newtonian sense) of piano interpreting the compositions of the perhaps, along with Mozart, greatest composer of western baroque music. Piano was never the same again.<p>Anything played by Martha Argerich. Also highly recommendable on video. She is one with the instrument to a degree that is absolutely staggering. No technical prowess resists her, and is always played with intuitive grace and light-handedness, because she never practices. She doesn't have to, she just plays.
Wim Mertens has some great piano compositions, although they also tend to sneak in a few strings and voices.<p>eg:<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77R2TuScWU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77R2TuScWU</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybqjwf8w8s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pybqjwf8w8s</a><p>and then there's improv; <i>The Köln Concert</i> is superb - but not available on youtube w/out subscription.<p>[3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert</a>