Ahh, I should have realized!
Monica, I listened to your recording of this when I was submitting mine - I noticed that we choose almost exactly the same starting tempo:)...
Thank you for your comments Andreas. Regarding my "abrupt end phrasing of the main-theme," do you mean the ends of each of the two original...
Thank you for the compliments Techneut! Indeed, one of the big challenges of the outer movements is staying focused on the dynamics and...
Hello All, It's good to see that a lot of familiar names are still posting on these boards. It's been quite a while since I posted anything new...
Thank you David and Monica. The date for this piece is 1905, and if you want it also, the dedication is "to my dear parents".
Thanks Felipe! I'm indebted to Medtner's own recording of this piece in working out temporal details. Although he rushes the beginning a bit...
You make a good point about playing on the strings with an upright - it sounds much less straining on the back. But I bet you can also understand...
Hello All, It's been a while since I posted anything new, but I just worked up the first of Medtner's Op. 8 Skazi. I think it's one of...
This is very interesting Felipe! I remember in choir class at school when I was perhaps 8, our music teacher played a recording of the Banshee,...
Hello Jan, To be honest I'm normally not particularly interested in Mozart, but I listened to the first movement on a whim, and I was...
Thank you Alf and Chris! Regarding the Bach-Busoni tempo, it is on the slow side of most of the recorded versions I own, although it's within 2...
Thank you David! I enjoyed playing them very much. They're the sort of pieces that require no technical skill to play, so they're always...
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