Hi ????? Sorry it's taken me so long to reply... I was suddenly called out of the country for a few weeks, and not online. This is my first...
Well Monica, I finally got around to listening to this (you know how it is... so much life, so little time!). I must say, I loved it. You have a...
Wow, you guys have some fancy equipment! Hahaha! Andreas, you made it better in a way. But the treble has a bit of a strange scratchiness now....
Well, after reading the above, I listened again, and I've been converted. Under the piano does sound a bit "blankety". Maybe I wasn't listening...
Hi Felipe, I listened to your new first movement. Here are some observations (I am assuming that the pagination is the same for all editions. I...
Hi Monica, What a good idea for an experiment! I sometimes record by placing the mic under the piano as well. The reason makes itself apparent...
By the way, this sentence I wrote: sounds as if I were placing Petri after Lewenthal! Of course I didn't mean to!!
Hi Felipe, We wrote: My observation was not at all a criticism. I love free treatment of material, and am generally for transcribers' own...
Hi Felipe, Actually I heard the first movement already on your website. I was very impressed that you played from memory, and I also liked the...
Thanks Chris and Juufa (sorry, the newbie doesn't know your name). The violinist, Jim Graseck, has made a bit of a name for himself in NYC for...
Are you "inclined to doubt it?" Hahaha!
Actually, IMSLP has many pieces too, of course! And I must revise my statement about the Chopin and Hummel concerto openings.. it's not exactly...
Funny! (Oh, so now you're a "haha" person! It must take some time to type that out without copy/paste!)
I suspect that Felipe knew exactly what I meant, right Felipe? And then maybe not... it's so much a part of him (a charming part). Hahaha! (my...
Hi all, I think it must have been her motherly attentions, and her strong sense of family, which anchored Chopin the expat (even if he did...
Sorry, I mean Hi Terez! (I mistakenly addressed you as Sarah before) Well there is no doubt that Chopin was heavily influenced by Hummel. He...
Thanks Monica, Your preludes are on my short list of posts to give a careful listen to, so stay tuned.. hehe! (It's the Felipe Syndrome)
Hi Sarah, If you want to hear an interesting connection between Hummel and Chopin, compare the harmonic progressions of the opening piano solos...
Hi David, I neglected to mention that I did not mean for you to listen to recordings of the Preludes, but recordings in general. You can learn...
Absolutely, Chris. And I love how he gives an entire new dimension to those chorale melodies by composing counter-melodies to go with them that no...
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