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| 40 | | | Performer's name: | CASINITALY (Cheryl) | | From: | Italy | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 7 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Minuet in G 116 BWV | | Composer: | J.S. Bach | | Duration: | 02:36 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P112N (Silent feature used) | | Recording method: | audacity to pc | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I had hoped to have the tuner over and play in acoustic mode, but the flu intervened and not only did I not get the piano tuned, I didn't touch the piano for days. So....
I'd have liked to have done better, but here we are.
I don't remember when I first heard this piece, but I do remember that I thought, and still think, it is quite charming.
I hope my rendition today gives you a sense of its cheery nature.
Breakfast was blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. |
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| 41 | | | Performer's name: | Zoot64 | | From: | Isle of Wight | | Experience: | Piano exam pieces ABRSM grade 4 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | La Lutine | | Composer: | J P Kirnberger | | Duration: | 01:15 | | Instrument used: | Casio PX 150 | | Recording method: | Headphone out into M audio interface | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The first grade 4 pieces I've tried to learn to performance standard. This performance is slower than instructed, but will try and improve tempo through the next few months.
Defintiely found the pieces a challenge, especially some of the runs on the right and left hand. Not sure if I've got the "balance" between both hands correct in terms of volume but oh well. |
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| 42 | | | Performer's name: | Mike White Yamaha G3 & p-80 | | From: | 90 miles West of New Orleans | | Experience: | Lifetime by ear, self-teaching since the beginning of the recitals | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Stormy Weather | | Composer: | Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler | | Duration: | 01:39 | | Source of music: | play-by-ear | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-80 | | Recording method: | audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This was so much easier than trying to read music. I recorded it on the first try! |
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| 43 | | | Performer's name: | Piano Primo 1 | | From: | South Pgh PA USA | | Experience: | 8 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKQw2tiNmw | | Home page link: | http://wp.me/p5jsTm-1p | | Title of piece: | "Inspiration" -Love Theme | | Composer: | Matt Dennis a.s.c.a.p. | | Duration: | 01:44 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | casio px pinao | | Recording method: | dirct to laptop | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | original was -, Debussy, then Schubert, then i got the flu ... and decided to submit a piece I was somewhat familiar with and I like the lazy feeling of the piece. Thanks for listening . |
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| 44 | | | Performer's name: | UnderConstruction | | From: | Australia | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Returning adult, 2.5 years as child, 25 months as an adult | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_zRBcSVNE&t=83s | | Title of piece: | Nocturne Op9 No2 | | Composer: | F. Chopin | | Duration: | 04:59 | | Source of music: | sheet music from imslp | | Instrument used: | Yamaha GC1 | | Recording method: | iPad + Tascam | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Chosen a slightly slower tempo, hopefully not too slow. :-) |
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| 45 | | | Performer's name: | briangmoore | | From: | Sioux Falls, sD | | Experience: | On and off a few years now. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K32 | | Composer: | Domenico Scarlatti | | Duration: | 01:43 | | Source of music: | Dover "Scarlatti Masterpieces" | | Instrument used: | Boston upright, probably fairly new (college practice room) | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I have been so busy I have missed I think two recitals now! I am glad to finally have something to submit. This piece is in part motivated by some very nice Scarlatti in recent recitals, especially the Sonata in F Minor, K. 466 by lyricmudra on the last recital and the the K 208 by PikaPianist on the Baroque themed recital April last year. I liked these a lot, so that stimulate me to open the Dover book of Scarlatti I had bought some time ago, and it turns out to be quite good (hey! fingering!).
The K32 is quite simple, on a par with the simple Bach minuets. Yet if you go to youtube you can find some very good pianists performing it. One new thing for me was I decided to add some light ornamentation, even though it no trills, etc. are indicated in the score. This is my first attempt to play a Baroque piece with ornaments not explicitly spelled out. |
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| 46 | | | Performer's name: | PikaPianist | | From: | Queensland, Australia | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://youtu.be/3fFrfAabip0 | | Title of piece: | Sonata in A minor (Wq49/1), 3rd mvmt | | Composer: | CPE Bach | | Duration: | 05:03 | | Source of music: | IMSLP | | Instrument used: | Kawai CS7 + VI Labs Ravenscroft 275 VST | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A new composer for a new recital. This time: CPE Bach
This is an extremely frantic and agitated rendition of the third movement of CPE Bach's wonderful Württemberg Sonata number 1. This Sonata is a rare gem. CPE Bach should be known for more than just his famous Solfeggietto!
It is labelled Allegro Assai, but it ended up being more of a Presto Agitato. It has been stressful trying to record the piece. You can hear some of my frustrated emotions throughout the interpretation, which translated into rushed passages and hectic rhythms. I often find that my mood on the day ends up being mixed into the piano recording, which gives it that extra bit of character. |
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| 47 | | | Performer's name: | BSharp(C)yclist (Dan) | | From: | California | | Experience: | A little over a year of formal lessons, although there were about 3 months last year I didn't go/play due to travel. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfKMhC9WkdM | | Title of piece: | Sonatina in C (Op. 36, No. 1, II - Andante) | | Composer: | Clementi | | Duration: | 01:22 | | Source of music: | RCM 2015 Level 3 Repertoire Book. | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Arius YDP-181 | | Recording method: | Audio out from digital piano into microphone of Sony FDR-AX33 HandyCam. MP3 was then extracted from MP4 file using FFmpeg. See YouTube link for video. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I was uncertain of what to submit. I thought about Clowns by Kabalevsky or Arabesque by Burgmuller. All three are pieces from RCM Level 3. I plan to take the exam at the end of May. |
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| 48 | | | Performer's name: | lvojnovic | | From: | Croatia | | Experience: | 14 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | BWV 939 Little prelude in C major | | Composer: | Johann Sebastian Bach | | Duration: | 00:40 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Kawai CN41 | | Recording method: | audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A very short piece I learned a month ago. Not my first choice for this recital, but I could not manage to record a decent version of BWV999. |
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| 49 | | | Performer's name: | Montuno | | From: | Netherlands | | Experience: | 1 year | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Solitude | | Composer: | David Nevue | | Duration: | 02:47 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Casio PX-150 | | Recording method: | Pianoteq (D4 Classical Recording BA) | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | My second recital, my second David Nevue. There were a number of pieces by other composers I considered and did some preparatory work on. But I went for this one in the end because it is a great stepping stone for these harder pieces.
Solitude is fun to play and a great way to work on expressiveness and rubato. I am pretty satisfied with this recording. When I play the first repeat of the central theme towards the end I didn't get the flow right, but that's the perfectionist in me talking.
I am very proud that I am able to play stuff like this only one year after struggling with the most simple arrangement of Jingle Bells in Alfred's 1 and I already look forward to the next recital. |
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| 50 | | | Performer's name: | blackjack1777 | | From: | California | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Just under 2 and a half years with approximately 2 Hours per day of practice time on average. (Using Alfred's All in One with a Piano Teacher weekly and some outside repertoire) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | https://soundcloud.com/blackjack1777/ | | Title of piece: | Waltz A Minor Op. Posthumous | | Composer: | Frederic Chopin | | Duration: | 02:26 | | Source of music: | Memorized from Alfred's Masterworks Edition, edited by Willard Palmer, 2nd Edition | | Instrument used: | 2014 Wm. Knabe & Co. 48" Academy Series Upright Acoustic Piano (Model WMV 121) | | Recording method: | Tascam DR-05 and Audacity Software | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This Waltz is one of Chopin's best known works with a lovely, if not somewhat sad, melody. The waltz seems to go by multiple names - Waltz in A minor Op. Posthumous, B. 150, KK IVb/11, P. 2/11, and often designated as No. 19
It was composed by Chopin for solo piano sometime between 1843 and 1848, but was not published until 1955!!
I enjoy the mood of this piece because it is uncharacteristically sad for a waltz although there are hints at hope or happiness in some parts of it. There is a main theme which is repeated multiple times and decorated with lots of ornaments.
I like to imagine patrons dressed in fancy clothes dancing while Chopin played at the center of a gilded ballroom in France sometime in the 1800s. And as he plays surround by gaiety, dancing, and laughing there is a sadness about Chopin himself. I can only imagine how beautiful and artistic the playing and how extraordinarily decadent the party...It makes me wish for a time machine.
Overall, I really love this piece and I hope you enjoy my performance. Please feel free to provide me your feedback. I know I can improve many of things and I will continue working hard to make it better. For right now I will take a rest and move on to new repertoire.  |
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| 51 | | | Performer's name: | Patbreaker | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Prelude in c minor | | Composer: | Bach | | Duration: | 02:45 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes |
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