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...ur chosen profession, in this case music, can be visited from different angles. Every angle visited, of course, would give you a wider perspective of what it is that you do, thus deepening your unde...
...d post...) I received absolutely no training whatsoever on organ or harpsichord in my TEN years in degree coursework. I know of what I speak - I've attended three different institutions and in none of...
Of course the hard economic times world wide will affect every nook and cranny of our lives sooner or later, and not only banks and financial institutions will suffer but Orchestras and opera houses w
...r peoples buttons...but that is not the intention). I love music (obviously), Classical music included of course if not preferred, but I have, will and do listen to all sorts of music - Hip Hop includ...
...ur main ocupation so that you can get high quality results, and so that the creative process can take its course. Kate from the Ivory Tower has says But the problem is Parkinson's law: "Work expa...
... a blog about innovative piano playing. Pianologist consists of 2 pianists - KCLau and Rewsnat. We were coursemates studying Aeronautical Engineering at University Technology of Malaysia and graduat...
...eiss from Piano Musings recommended listening to Solopianoradio.com, I had never heard of it before so of course I went over to listen, and as he predicts in his post I did listen for quite a while. w...
...cially poetic take on this music. Very lush-life. Then there is the partial version by Arrau. And, of course, the almost unfindable version by Querol, which I own, but do not actually revere. At o...
...thout wallowing in tristesse, played with a virtuosity that is controlled and not ostentatory. Ohlsson of course has the technique needed for that piece, and I believe that because of his large hands ...
... had not bothered to listen to it again over the years. The Fantasiestucke, Op. 12, are much better, of course, requiring less of the long-breathed melodic control demanded by the Fantasy. I wonde...
... can´t find any complete listing / catalogue of the 50s and 60s Deutsche Grammophon records anywhere. Of course I have heard about these printed catalogues from the 50s, but is that all? The early ...
...e. My favorite song to play is Fur Elise. Right now I'm working on Moonlight Sonata (also by Beethoven of course). My dream is to play Hungarian Rhapsody (the version most people are familiar with) by...
...ling from the uptown location to dress up the entrance. Visitors began arriving. Students signed up for courses in piano tuning and repair. The concert hall was usually booked twice a week. Some per...
[Top-posting fixed] I was a little surprised myself so I looked 'em up. (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/) The '7's are the 'Classics to moderns' books edited by Denes Agay (who produced quite a few ver
...ld be, considering the rival versions we have from Andrew Davis (Teldec), André Previn (Telarc), and, of course, John Barirolli on EMI. Those recordings indeed offer 'flawless' playing, and nothing l...
...rds) exceed £250 per concert although he was on a modest royalty share for EMI (flat fee for Lyrita). Of course, at that time in England it was still a considerable amount of money per concert but to...
...ard. Some of them look absolutely fearsome, but there are no tempo markings (as is normal with Bach, of course), so it is hard to know which are truly hard. Sorry if this has been posted - I have ...
...when I push them, and how hard I push them, and how long I hold the key down. Same goes for the pedals of course, although in that case how hard you push it shouldn't matter. The response to these var...
...cal EMI and RCA recordings in their historical series as 'Not available in the USA'? Here in Canada, of course, all of the Naxos Historical products have long been easily available. Incidentally, ...
...eful to point to an initiative in France. I know, I know. The French were against war in Iraq. But so, of course, were we Canadians. And you are mostly still talking to us! RudolfSerkin, as many kno...
... but I play it every day. Great instrument! I'd like to brighten the tone in the upper register, and of course that's exactly what I'll tell my tuner, whom I've known for a long time and who does a ...
...he GM2 midi implementation is very good. The keyboard is very reactive despite of a lightly reduced touch course. The pianos sounds are very good and a special wheel organ mode lead to fun rediscovery...
Of course they won't. About 'clearing out the settlements', I wonder when the German people in the eastern parts of Germany given to Poland at the end of WWII will start blowing up Polish children in
...ballet or Tchaikovsky? Do renditions of Swan Lake exist with lessened dynamic range (and high quality, of course)?...
...happened, would this hurt or help Brian's reputation? It depends on the quality of the interpretation, of course, but it's hard to think a good interpretation (in whatever medium) would hurt relative ...
...al music and they turned out to be duds. The Athalie score has a fine overture and choral numbers and, of course, the War March of the Priests. The orchestration has harp and prominent brass, unusual ...
...r in life (either by continuing to play, or at least have an even greater appreciation for music). And of course, add in all the usual benefits of having a musical background of some sort - discipline...
...y I'll know from responses to this thread if I'm getting into any bad habits or not. Which I'd like to of course avoid since it'll inhibit my playing later. Currently at this point in my own lessons, ...
... same as the EMI/Angel issues on LP and CD in the past (last CD issue, 1990). The recording dates and, of course, Legge would seem to indicate as much. Unless this is some alternate version....
...udents to learn using the argument that it will help them to play pop music? Maybe the answer is none? Of course, there is no classical piece that sounds like Otis Spann or the kind of boogie woogie p...
...over the way his 60s Chopin did when I first heard it though it has a lot of the same characteristics. Of course I need to spend a lot more time with it, but perhaps he has passed the age when revelat...
...(though I could use slightly better diction from her), and the rest of the cast is great too. The book of course goes without saying. I finally got around to listening to it after hearing Anne Sofie...
...is most critical, as close to a grand as possible with some weight so your hands get a work out. Sound of course is critical as well but my nod goes to touch overall then sound. Anyone with experience...
Hi, Am asking a question for someone who asked this in the great-pianists group. I think I probably shouldn't put his address on the Net w/o his permission. Thought someone in this vast global communi
...ading the section for Tristan in the Covent Garden pit. That he produced some very fine recordings in the course of his career is only a small part of the story. I was offended when someone said tha...
...ds are from the same 'line', i.e., the quality of the used material is equal. The material costs are of course higher for a larger grand but I can't imagine that this justifies the huge difference i...
...'s not just that it's slow, but the wild and, as far as I'm concerned, unmotivated shifts in tempo in mid-course. This performance embodies most eccentric and wrongheaded conception of rubato you coul...
I've long had a fascination with the harpsichord. There is, of course, plenty to choose from in 17th and 18th century music; but little beyond the beginning of the 19th century. I do have a couple of
...b minor (great key) by Brahms, also for organ; the only fugue I know where the answer is in inversion. Of course you should be aware of the fugue that concludes Mendelssohn's supreme String Octet, wri...
...a very cool song. Cheers, -Frank P.S. This song is on the soundtrack for Natural Born Killers, and of course, several of Duane Eddy's albums. I think the Traveling Wilbury's did a cover it, as wel...
... transfer to CDR for my own enjoyment, not to sell for money. Anyone loaning such an item to me would, of course, receive a copy of the CDR effort plus the return of their tape original. This is not t...
... else like it? It's probably my favourite complete set, although I know there are other fine ones, and of course of individual...
... Bruckner's long paragraphs, and the music flows naturally and inevitably. The sound is excellent, and of course the Chicago brass shine. The audience is almost absurdly quiet throughout, too - this i...
...th Van Kempen. What I find especially interesting are the cadenzas he plays for 1 through 4 (Beethoven of course made it clear that he wanted *his* cadenzas to be played in 5). This got me thinking. ...
...ed to the recorded performances of the day. Not at all genteel. When I play Beethoven Sonatas today, I of course exhibit some of the Kolisch influences [given my somewhat limited degree of virtuosity....
...rokofiev 3 so often. In fact, this season she will play Prokofiev 3 with NYP, and I'll be hearing her (of course)...
...ould not be embarrassed in front of his friends. His disbandment and the firing of AT is just par for the course of this bazillionaire with no class. I have heard amazing stories. BTW Mrs. Sarnoff w...
I see DG have recorded Gilbert Kaplan with the Vienna PO, no less - in Mahler 2 of course!
...ns on a book series that will take me from the beginning, hopefully with a well-organized (chronological) course of study. Thanks for any help....
...at was the general 'quality' of the Broadwood upright line from the early 1900's? The other question of course is: Is it worth the money to get tuned and regulated?...
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