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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
@Noel Nguyen This being said, the idea of chasing the perfect piano may be a rabbit hole. I'd much rather spend my efforts optimizing what I have. It's a fun topic in any case.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Piano Manufacturers and Brands: A discussion!
I absolutely love my Baldwin SD-10, built in the late 1970s and well maintained for all of its life so far. I love its powerful and vibrant yet warm sound. And yet I know its limitations.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Peter Lemken, clavierhaus Amazing rendition it its directness and clarity, exactly the way these pieces are supposed to be played. In addition, the sound quality of your piano and recording is…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Andrew Smith Beautifully played! We need more Paderewski!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Michelle R Your son is exceptionally gifted. I'm sure he will floor us with the Liszt.
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@claudiadm73 Hi, I uploaded my submission here yesterday. As for the score, I downloaded it from here: https://www.scribd.com/document/575759593/Rachmaninov-Symphony-2-adagio-Kirkor-cropped
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Hae Young Kim I love how you avoid falling into the trap of playing this piece too slowly. Excellent!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Marc M Another gem from our top Scriabin lover😁. You make me want to play more of his music!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Marc M Thanks for listening! Yea I will never enjoy memorizing new pieces. But this is Rachmaninoff, my favorite composer to play. I was hoping to vary my repertoire a little more,…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Sindre Skarelven Excellent playing! I had never heard of that composer before, and when I heard your performance I immediately thought this has to be from early 20th century America 😁.…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Sachi Very nice, delicate rendition of this piece by my personal favorite Mendelssohn sibling composer!😁
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Philippa I never heard of this composer before. I love his music now, thanks to your playing! You make it sound beautifully aching... and achingly beautiful!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@David H. A. Fitch I will never get enough of this piece. Well learned and played! I particularly like how you play the sad section. Well it's all (beautifully) sad to me,…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Jarkko Janhunen Wow, I nearly missed your submission, and I really like it! I particularly liked the crescrendo at around 2:15. Your digital sounds great btw, is that a Yamaha P-515?…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Deana Dossey That was my first Schumann, many years ago. Well played!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Vanessa Ellermann Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Juan Carlos Olite A certain piece by Rachmaninoff 😁see my submission below
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Vanessa Ellermann What a pleasant sounding piece, well learned! Your neighbors are lucky, if they can hear you!😁
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Ryan Another fantastic Brahms 117/2 on another fantastic Yamaha!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Mark Cooper For Brahms I tend to favor a simple and straightforward approach to phrasing, and it sounds like that's what you're doing! Beautiful playing. Your piano sounds fantastic too.
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Michelle R Congratulations! We always remember our first Chopin! Time to tackle that Liszt now:)
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Vicki I just soldiered through it! Actually I have to say, my aversion is only for learning the text. For this piece it took me about a week, because nausea sets in after a few minutes and then I…
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Vicki Thank you, you are too kind! I wish I had more repertoire to play and record, but I have always dreaded learning new pieces. Hopefully these challenges will help me overcome the aversion!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
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- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Priya Viseskul Thank so much for your kind words, and for describing exactly the feeling that I tried to convey!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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Re: Week 4 – Play Through & Share
@Andrew Smith Thanks for listening! and yes my piano is my spaceship. Can't wait for the next liftoff!
- Noel_Nguyen
- 4 mths ago
- Romantic Music Challenge
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