Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Adult Beginners Forum Recital 12 -- November 15, 2008

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">40</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Daren </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">England </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">6 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/40. Daren - Le Onde.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Le Onde </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:03 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Used sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland Hp207 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Still not memorised this piece so Im playing from the score and it is my first take of this piece and my first recording. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">41</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Pixie's friend </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Spain, living in UK </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/97.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">4 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/41. Pixies friend - BWV Anh 131 Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, n 32, untitled.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">BWV Anh 131 (Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, n 32, untitled) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Bach </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:16 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music (Piano, Curso Preparatorio by Perfecto Garcia Chornet) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kurzweil Mark Pro ii </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">DP to PC </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">First ever recorded piece. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">42</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">WJ3 - Walt </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Salem. Or </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years 6 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/42. WJ3 - Walt - Minuet in G Major.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Minuet in G Major </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">JS Bach </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:50 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">First Lessons in Bach from Schirmer Library </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">1906 Claredon Upright Piano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2 and audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">My first submission with all of the mistakes. At least I am in. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">43</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">mahlzeit </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Breda, The Netherlands </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.originalsolopiano.com/avatar.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Let's say 3 years. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/43. mahlzeit - After Watching A Sentimental Movie.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.originalsolopiano.com">http://www.originalsolopiano.com</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">After Watching A Sentimental Movie </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">myself </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:25 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">When I was playing around with the chords for Autumn Leaves today, I came up with the themes from the recording. Then I recorded it a few times, each time improvising most of the piece. This is the last recording of the bunch. I left all the klunkers in. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha CP33 digital piano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">First MIDI, then back into the piano to capture the audio using Audacity. Unfortunately, my soundcard seems to have developed a hiss. Just pretend the MP3 is from an old vinyl record. :-) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">The movie was "Cinema Paradiso". </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">44</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Eighty8 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Dayton, Oh. USA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Playing off and on 40 yrs, practicing seriously about 2. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/44. Eighty8 - My One And Only Love.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">My One And Only Love </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Words by Robert Mellon, Music by Guy Wood </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:03 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music, Hal Leonard, Torch Songs </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Alesis QS8 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">DP to Cakewalk to create midi file, open midi file with Goldwave to create mp3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Left out the intro and changed the ending a little. Chicken noodle soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwich </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">45</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">MarkL/Mark Leininger </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Chicago Burbs </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years, 1 month </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/45. MarkLMark Leininger - Le Coucou The Cuckoo.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Louis-Claude Daquin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P-90 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I had a hard time finding phrasing and expressiveness that fit this piece, then decided that Cuckoos make a structured, precise sound that doesn’t carry much emotion. So I worked at playing the piece with precision and the repeated sound that imitates the repetitive sound of a Cuckoo. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">46</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Manndrew </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Massachusetts </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Well, let's see. I do remember trying to sneak away from piano practice to watch the original Lone Ranger show on our black and white TV with rabbit ears. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/46. Manndrew - Youd Be So Nice To Come Home To.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Cole Porter </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:21 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">This was an improvisation of the sheet music from a Frank Sinatra song book. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland FP-7 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">I used the Zoom H4 and Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece gave me fits to say the least. I struggled trying to find the right tempo. It was either too fast or too slow. Also, the sheet music was very bare bones in structure so it needed a lot of additional stuff. The toughest part was finding an acceptable left hand accompaniment. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">47</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Greywullf </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">20 1/2 yrs </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/47. Greywullf - Trois Nouvelles Etude No. 3 in Ab.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Trois Nouvelles Etude No. 3 in Ab </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">F. Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:02 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Chopin Etuden, Peters Ed. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">1910 Chickering 6'4" Parlor Grand </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4, audacity amplified </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I managed to get a better recording than the Chopin Etude recital recording due to two weeks more practice. Make sure you check the Etude recital for more great performances by forum members. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">48</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Undone – Jim </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Connecticut </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~jmartin01234/_os_images/squirtAv.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Closing in on one year as a re-beginner </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/48. Undone Jim - Theme from Etude Op. 10, No 3..mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Theme from Etude Op. 10, No 3. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Frederic Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:48 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Alfred’s Adult All-In-One volume 2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha YPG-625 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Line-out to MiniDisk to line-in on computer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I had hoped to submit my first non Alfred’s All-In-One recital piece this time around but another on-the-ball member beat me to the punch by submitting the same piece I had been preparing. So I fell back to plan two and started polishing up another Alfred’s piece to submit in its stead. Unfortunately (for me) this piece was also submitted for this recital. So I ended up cramming to get this final selection in some sort of shape for the recital. I know it was just played in the previous recital, but I was out of options.

I truly love this piece and hope to someday be able tackle the full, unadulterated, score. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">49</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">RobM </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Plymouth, UK </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/peterpiano.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">About 12 months of 'proper' piano experience, plus many years of dabbling on keyboards playing simple tunes. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/49. RobM - Giorni Dispari.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Giorni Dispari </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:13 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music - The Best Of Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland RD-300SX </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital Piano recorded into Adobe Audition via my Xenyx mixer and the line in of my sound card. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I started learning this piece soon after the previous recital, so I've been working on it for almost 3 months now along with various other things (my attention span doesn't allow me to focus on one piece at a time). It is one of my favourite Einaudi pieces I've heard from the 'Best Of' collection of sheet music.....hopefully I'll be able to do it justice some day! </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">50</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">GregF </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">South Carolina </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">19 Months back at it after 30 year break (2 years in elementary school). 13 months with a teacher. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/50. GregF - Brahamss Lullaby.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Brahams's Lullaby </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Johannes Brahams </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:32 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Mostly sheet music from Alfred's Adult All-In-One. Added a couple of broken chords to lengthen the piece. One day I'll manage something over 2 minutes. :-) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha Digital Piano - YPG-625. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Direct from digital piano to XtremeMac MicroMemo attachment for Ipod. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Had a technically tougher Burgmuller piece ready, but it was too short. I've been thinking about making a bedtime CD for my daughter, so I had been working on this piece, too. Just realized all my recital pieces were composed by Johann B's - Bach, Burmuller and now Brahams. I think they're all done by the same guy using an alias. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">51</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">grotrianer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Germany </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/1316073.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">20 years, somewhat serious again (or for the first time, rather?!) for the last 9 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/51. grotrianer - Prelude 2817 A flat major.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude 28/17 A flat major </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:14 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kurzweil SP2X </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">digital to PC, audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">vegetarian pizza... this is the piece I restarted lessons with a month ago; been loving it since I first heard it on one of my first purchases of classical music recordings - Pollini's complete op. 28 </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">52</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Deep Elem (aka Buck) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2.5 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/52. Deep Elem aka Buck - A House Is Not A Home.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">A House Is Not A Home </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Burt Bacharach and Hal David </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Leadsheet </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha S90ES </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I love the chords on this one. Normally I work a lot on putting in a lot of chord substitutions but this one doesn't really need it, just a few subs. If you want to hear a really incredible solo piano version of this check out 7notemode on YouTube. Now that I know the song I think I might try to delve into 7notemode's tutorial on this song. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">53</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">babama </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Netherlands </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">14 months piano. 7+ years keyboard/synthesizer at young age. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/53. babama - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, 18th variation Rachmaninov, arrangement Pochacco.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, 18th variation (Rachmaninov, arrangement Pochacco) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Rachmaninov </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:17 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/piano-score-central/files?hl=en </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland HP-201 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Soundcard / Adobe Audition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">54</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Always Wanted to Play Piano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Chicago area </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">on and off for 10 months, self-taught </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/54. Always Wanted to Play Piano - Ombre.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://aw2pp.blogspot.com/">http://aw2pp.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Ombre </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:13 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music (pages 20-24 of the Best of Einaudi bok) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio Ap-200 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Saved to midi using Red Dot Forever
Converted from midi to WAV using Sythfont (sound font WST25FStein_00Sep22.SF2)
Converted from WAV to MP3 using Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">There are four errors, a slight hesitation, and an overall lack of refined musicality here. That said, it's not a bad effort for me, to be honest. For more thoughts, I posted a blog entry on this recital piece: http://aw2pp.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-recital-submission.html </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">55</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">mlr1899 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Colorado </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Perhaps a total of 8 years over the last 25. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/55. mlr1899 - Swipesy.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Swipesy </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Scott Joplin, Arthur Marshall </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:30 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Samick upright </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Edirol R-09 digital recorder </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece still has a lot of warts, especially in the D section, but I guess it's as good as it's going to get for the time being. I'm pretty happy with the speed. Trying to work up my ragtime chops without messing up my left elbow. All feedback welcome and appreciated. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">56</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">rustyfingers </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Massachusetts </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/janeaustenpiano.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">8 years as a child, 3 as an adult </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/56. rustyfingers - Sentimental Journey.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sentimental Journey </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Bud Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:04 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Charles Walter 1520 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4--Amplified in Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">The first time I remember hearing this piece was in a Junior High concert band concert. I learned to play it on the piano shortly thereafter. In college, my a cappella group sang it. It's one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it as well.

Happiness is a freshly tuned piano. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">57</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">DragonPianoPlayer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Denver, CO </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.rjmeredith.com/images/dppavatar1.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/57. DragonPianoPlayer - Allegro.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Allegro </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Joseph Haydn </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:19 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music (Keith Snell Baroque & Classical Level 4) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio PX310 through Galaxy II Vienna Grand Dowload Edition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Reaper </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">58</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Ozor Mox </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Hampshire, England </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Just over 5 years. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/58. Ozor Mox - The Portrait.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">The Portrait </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">James Horner </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:10 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Play-by-ear. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Fatar somethingorother MIDI keyboard. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Done at a recording studio session which was very cool! </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Just over 5 years ago, my dad told me that he wanted me to learn this piece for his 50th birthday, and it was one of the reasons I decided to start playing the piano after having played the keyboard when I was much younger. I have no sheet music for it so the way I play it has changed a lot, but I think this recording is pretty close to James Horner's original performance since I listened over and over to the real thing before recording this.

Also I HATE the Celine Dion version of this! Yuck! </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">59</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Schubertian </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Dallas </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">5 years as child, 35 years hiatus, 2 years as adult </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_12/59. Schubertian - Prelude 13 F Major.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude #13 (F# Major) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:08 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Wiener Urtext, Hanssen/Demus (eds.) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Estonia 190 grand (romantically out of tune) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2 / audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Oh no! I hit a wrong note
Oh no! that sounded too loud
Oh no! the rhythm is all off here
Oh no! it sounds awful on playback
I. Just. Cant. Record. It. Again. </td></tr></tbody></table>