another Kahlua sonatina

Well, I wanted to play for a bit this afternoon and this was all I got to. The baby decided she couldn't sleep longer than about 45 mins. All these nice long posts everyone is putting up ... *sigh* here's my paltry offering.

Kuhlau - Sonatina in C major, Op. 20, No. 1

 

Yeah that will teach him ! We can put that bio in with the Pina Colada and Tia Maria

 

Hi, nathan!
I listended to this recording and enjoyed it very much!
But if I try to comment it for an improvement... your ability of differentiation in dynamic is really outstanding. But in forte you play often too harshy, esp. with the left hand. And you could IMHO phrase the spots more beautifully where you run very fast.
Anyway a very exciting performance!

A question: Is this sonata also in US a standard piece for piano lessons? Cause I heard always the other playing this at the music academy in Korea.

 

I don't know Hye. I never played these sonatinas as a child, I found a book of sonatinas at a garage sale for 10 cents and have enjoyed playing these. A few of them are really quite difficult, in spite of their small stature.

Thx for comments. The harshness may be due to digital piano, but I hate to completely blame it on that as an excuse. My LH is always lagging behind my RH, partly due in fact, I think, to a really bad break in the Left wrist I had as a teenager. Coincidently, I broke my wrist while playing volleyball!!! :lol:

 

A nice Sonatina, as are all by Kuhlau, a fellow well-respected by Beethoven. Flamboyantly and interestingly played, with very good dynamics. I just wish you'd exercise more control - soon as there are 16ths or other fast notes in sight, off you go and you trip over your own fingers ! Stricter and snappier rhythms, and more controlled fingerwork, would make this so much better. There really is no need for any of the slips you make. The piano sound sounds very digitally bright again, perhaps you could apply some filter to give it more body ?

Now, I dare you to deliver another Sonatina. I think when there's three recordings, a composer should get a dedicated page, and you know what that means :lol:

 

self-control??? you obviously have me confused with someone else! :shock: :lol:

 

Wow, this composer sure assimilated a lot of Mozart and Beethoven. During the first movement I was sure I was listening to a Mozart sonatina and the name "Kuhlau" was some sort of private pianist nickname for Mozart

 

Eh, I thought it was more like Beethoven's sonatinas

 

ew....kahlua and pina colada...gross!

 

It seems quite impossible to confuse you with anybody else

I still keep hoping that one day you won't let the music run away with you. In romantic repertoire it's not a bad thing per se, but in the classical repertoire, one should keep a steasy pulse.

 

It's very nice to live in the US, when you can buy a score book for 10 cents!!!
And in Korea really "every" child plays this sonatina in piano lessons

Was it a digital piano?!! I've never played on a digital piano, so I didn't notice that.
And although I never played the volleyball, my left hand has always more problems that the right one, which become apparent when I play the pieces from the classic period like Khulau, Mozart, Beethoven...

 

They say "hope springs eternal".

It's probably mostly due to lack of practice ... taking those scales at that speed needed a bit more work than I was willing to put in, I think. Recording a piece before it's really quite ready ... hhmm, it's a contagious disease I fear! :lol:

 

I can't tell the difference between any Classical composers unless I know the piece, or unless it's something more progressive by Beethoven....but a lot of Beethoven's stuff falls into that soup category. I don't like any of it. :roll:

I had a Schirmer Sonatina album, though, so I've played this one and others by Kuhlau, and also Clementi and Haydn I think...