BicBic — Prelude no.4 in E minor from Op 11
This one sounds really challenging, to get the mood done right. Tempo, dynamics, clean playing - everything matters here more than just hitting the right keys at the right moment. I am not familiar with Scriabin, just heard the name, so it is hard to judge if this was played as intended by the composer. To ears (this is what I can tell), it sounded well.
Just read you are playing only ONE year - this is impressive!
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javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380
Very nicely and confidently played. Seems like you practices this one a lot, as I don't see any sheet music and this one is a whopping 111/2 minute piece. So you are either an excellent memorizer, or you just practiced really plenty until you realized, you don't need sheet music anymore. Both pieces were played really very well. Only 5 years of playing? This is a stunner! I personally preferred the latter one, cause it is on the lighter and brighter side.
Wish you good luck for your recital in few days!
SalmonJack — Bliss Ten
Two advantages of writing your own music is that ... 2) no one can definitively point out the mistakes.
Respectfully - I don't agree entirely. Breaks in the rhythm that doesn't sound well, both as hard dissonances interrupting the flow of the melody can be heard easily. Even by non musicians.
Ok, in your case you may be thinking about other mistakes, and you are right! Bliss Ten sounds really nice, I both enjoyed your piano playing as well as the nice video with the bow-view of the boat. Thank you for sharing.
rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General
Nice singing. Albeit this is a piano forum, I think here the focus in on vocals. Sounds very challenging as there is a lot of treble tones and I can hear the voice is getting a little stressed on this registers compared to the mid and lower tones. Second thing is the speed, very fast words, almost rap, but with melody. Not quite Scatman but close. Definitely very difficult for my understanding. Kind of a musical version of a tongue twister. If I would try to do the same, I would mumble though the entire piece.
Big respect for this submission.
Pathbreaker — Larghetto
Very nicely played. For someone who does not know this piece (me), it does not sound like work in progress. It sounds well rounded and very finished.
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Nightowl Everyone is being very kind but I'll say what many are probably thinking - this effort was not worth uploading and it is quite painful to listen to. I'm in a massive learning curve. Maybe in 6 months' time I'll produce something worth listening to.
You are being much too hard on yourself. We are all somewhere on our piano journey, and I, for one, feel honored to be able to participate in others’ piano journeys through this recital. I also think it takes particular courage for people who are pretty new to piano playing to post videos. So I really applaud you for that.
I also did honestly enjoy your performance. I felt that while the beginning sounded a little tentative, you got much more confident in the 2nd half of the performance.
Anyways, keep up the good work! Don’t get discouraged.
ShiroKuro — Reminiscence
Very well played, now I understand why had been trouble to get a recording done for this recital while time was running. This one sounds quite challenging. Ok, for myself as a total beginner, a lot of the pieces in the recitals sound quite challenging. Nevertheless, I think you played the entire piece really well and did a lot of musical interpretation.
Btw, the 2nd time I listened to it, I discovered one of the minor mistakes and you are right. It is nothing that does disturb the flow of the music in any way. If your live performance goes as good this "1st recording attempt", you can be really proud.
Nightowl I do have a reasonable sense of rhythm/tempo, so it's not that I don't realise when I've slowed down or paused between notes - it's just that my brain is slow with sight reading. I should have practised the piece a lot more so that I could play the trickier parts without pausing to locate the notes. Everyone is being very kind but I'll say what many are probably thinking - this effort was not worth uploading and it is quite painful to listen to. I'm in a massive learning curve. Maybe in 6 months' time I'll produce something worth listening to.
The fun of listening to a recording like yours is not the same as the fun of listening to Louis Armstrong--it's fun in a different way. For me, much of it is putting myself in your shoes, remembering how difficult it used to be to struggle through one note after another, being nervous about what people would think of the work. And also it's the fun of knowing that you will continue posting, and we will be able to see you get better and better over time. No one can be braver than beginners putting up their efforts for public display, and it's fun to see you do it.
I didn't realize you were sight-reading the piece. In any case, I hope you didn't take the metronome comment as a harsh criticism. After listening to my own recording, I decided that the first thing I need to do is metronome work, which I totally skipped in the preparation for this. You can hear my tempo slipping at the beginning and the end especially. It's a really handy tool for all levels of playing.
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TC3 THANKS. SO. MUCH! 
Sometimes I'm full of self doubt, it's nice to hear that others view my video in a more positive light than I am able to do.
Sophia Thanks for giving me a firm talking to - I needed that! 
@Rob Yes, motivation can be hard to find at this stage, but what I lack in confidence I make up for in staying power. I am already rethinking my strategy for going forwards and have a plan for the new year.
They say that comparison is the thief of joy, which is definitely true in my case. There are plenty of players with around 1 year's experience who play much more fluently and confidently than me, which sometimes makes me wonder if I have what it takes to succeed with piano. YouTube is full of "Look at my progress after one year of playing" videos, but for every one of those there may be hundreds of people who are progressing more slowly - maybe these are the invisible/silent majority?
PS: rsl12 My post crossed with your comments. No, I didn't think your comment was harsh - it was fine. I did notice a slight variation in your tempo, but I thought it was intentional, because I think when the piece is sung by opera singers they tend to vary the tempo. I also know that usually a good rendition of this song is met by rapturous applause from the audience, because everyone is impressed when someone manages to sing those complex lyrics at speed - it is a real feat! That's why it is doubly impressive to see you do that, while playing the piano too - it's amazing! I'm curious - what do you do for a living?
"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)
It sounds like you're comparing yourself to others and thinking you're coming up short.
First of all; you're not. You're right where you're supposed to be at this stage.
Second of all; you don't need to compare your performance with anyone else's.
So, stop doing that.
You play well, and you're learning more every week, but you need to focus on strengthening your weak points more than you are and stop focusing on what others will think of your playing skills.
rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General
That was FANTASTIC!!! Absolutely PERFECT performance, you really have it all. Whoever you are going to perform this for will be the highlight of the evening, I just know it! What impressed me most of all (and believe me, I'm IMPRESSED!) was your happy smile throughout... which I know is not easy at all. You are such a natural! I too declare you and TC as the official forum performers. Fantastic! 
ShiroKuro — Reminiscence
That was very well played! Everything perfect, dynamics, flow, you name it. Only thing I would change is the camera angle to show a little more of your face, haha! Just kidding! You are a lot braver than me in that respect 
I think you will do fantastic in your upcoming performance... literally no one is going to be nitpick on a few tiny flaws (if any). I enjoyed it very much!
Pathbreaker — Larghetto
Wow, very impressive. If that is your "work in progress" I can't even imagine what the finished project would sound like ^_^ And you played everything from memory... at least it looked that way. You have very elegant and relaxed hands too, a joy to behold you play. Well done!
diretonic — Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)
What a lovely blues - I can't believe you played that while arthritis was troubling you. I probably agree with your comment on "busy" but that is because I enjoy laid-back music so much... whether classical or bluesy like this one Still, that style is very much favoured by many famous jazz musicians so my comment probably doesn't mean much either way... I thoroughly enjoyed listening and hope to be able to improvise some day like you did there. Oh and the ending was adorable!
navindra — The Entertainer
Ahhhhh you managed to be the last performer again... this time I won't tell you "last but not least", this time I'll tell you "last but among the great ones" haha! But first of course the mandatory comment about your ultra super cool HAT - so well suitable to the piece!
I loved your laid back playing. You were absolutely living the part... and those of us who played your version know you snuck in a tiny improvisation there at the end - truly making it your own.
Also, the quality of your recording was top notch. In fact I usually have to turn up the volume for just about everyone else (including my own), but yours came through loud and clear, with very natural sounding acoustics and reverb.
I absolutely loved this recital - learned a lot from other performers. Thank you so much @navindra (and moderators) for all that you do to make this such a pleasant place to hang out. Couldn't ask for more