Performer: Pathbreaker
Piece: Larghetto by Germaine Tailleferre
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes!
Source of music: sheet music (Deux Pieces Pour Piano)
Instrument: Yamaha N1X, Modern D
Recording method: Cubase, Audacity
Additional info: Still a work in progress. Hope you enjoy.
Performer: diretonic
Piece: Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) by A.C. Jobim
Comment Policy: All comments welcome
Source of music: My arrangement
Instrument: Layered sampled pianos
Recording method: Cubase
Additional info: Recorded a few years back when arthritis was beginning to trouble me hence required a couple of performance edits. Listening now I feel the arrangement here and there is far too busy so I might have another stab at this soon.
Performer: Navindra Umanee in the USA. On and off piano lessons since September 2019.
Piece: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin arr. by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes! Please let me know what you think of the tuning and sound of the piano as well!
Source of music: Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1
Instrument: RitmΓΌller UH121R by Pearl River
Recording method: I touched up the tuning on the piano using the amazing CyberHammer with the equally mind-blowing pianoscope app. I used close miking with the onboard mics on a Tascam Portacapture X8 near the bottom part of the harp and I had a matched pair of the Audix SCX25A mikes behind me. I mixed the mics using Audacity, and using Logic Pro, added a touch of reverb with Space Designerβs Piano Warmth and let Mastering Assistant work its magic. I decided to favor a player perspective for this upright.
Additional info: I originally played this piece for my teacher's 2024 Halloween Piano Party and I recorded it at home for PianoTell. I can't wait to graduate from Alfred Book 1.
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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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And that's a wrap, folks!
Please enjoy the recital! 
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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
TIME
Well, as there were so many fascinating pieces submitted this round, I have decided to take my time and savour them all over the next few days/weeks. I will comment as I listen... so far I have only listed to
iternabe β O mio babbino caro
And what a lofty piece to start the recital with! @iternabe we basically started our piano journey around the same time, so it gives this wonderful feeling of "growing up" together. I think you have been making fantastic progress, obviously your zeal and eye for detail are paying off. Very delicately and musically played. And what performance isn't enhanced by a few furry friends watching over you ^_^
Thank you Navindra - what a lot of good work you do!
keff β Over the Rainbow
Wow, that is a very interesting arrangement of OtR... those harmonies seem to gyrate around the melody in some places! Very sweet ending too. And so very impressive to see someone play a five minutes piece in one single take - I usually go to "pieces" after the one minute mark 
plop_symphony β The Midnight Ball
You played for just UNDER two years and learned this in a week?????? Consider me deeply impressed! Such a happy tune - and I loved the very interesting rhythms and dynamics. Really really - no, really well played. Keep going and by next year we can probably expect you to be at concert pianist level. Just kidding 
Okay, a few picked at random:
@Rubens - Sonata. A beautiful piece expertly played! I can hear what you mean about the moods of the piece. Iβm also impressed with how nice that Kawaii sounds. Well done!
@Sam -Never Finished Piece. An interesting piece, thanks for sharing. I would be interested in hearing more about your creative process.
@Pathbreaker - Larghetto. Wow, for a βwork in progress,β it sounded great to me. I imagine you want to spend more time on it for your own satisfaction, but I personally think itβs already audience-ready. Thanks for sharing!
Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.
TC3
Thanks for your comments. For my own satisfaction is a great way to put it.
Schubertian2 β Ballade 4
That's a gorgeous ballad, what is not to like about Chopin. The time spent learning that was well worth it, wow, that last part must be sooo challenging to play and you pulled it off splendidly! Loved the imagery as well, so fitting to the delicate melodies. Thank you!
WieWaldi β Quick Five Blues
Ahhhh... WieWaldi... I always said you are five steps ahead of me, but I need to change my opinion four now. After listening to this three times, I had to change it two the simple fact that you will always be number ONE in blues! Well played!!! I can't wait to reach this lesson 
Nightowl β What A Wonderful World
What a wonderful and uplifting piece! I could just hear Louis Armstrong's voice when you played that... I'm also impressed that it is quite long - I don't think I have ever dared to tackle a piece that is longer than a minute and a bit You are making great progress Nightowl, especially considering that you did not have any prior experience with instruments or even music in general (no, one single session with a recorder doesn't count) 
And the ending was absolutely adorable... petting your audience afterward... very fitting to the performance!
Sophia I had worked on it a year ago, so it wasn't completely unfamiliar to me when I restarted on it this year. 
Sophia β A Classy Rag
Yeah - Ragtime! This is IMO one of the most difficult genres of all. This specific one might be one of the easier rags, whereas rag&easy is a contradiction by itself. I mean it is like a law of nature: There is no easy rag, (same as there is no easy Chopin). I always forget you are playing just since January, and then you pull a ragtime out of nothing. Flawlessly performed. Kudos!
Sophia I always said you are five steps ahead of me, ...
Haha, every step I make, you do two.
I'm very sure, cause I'm watching you! 
Congrats to all the participants! I'm skipping this recital and won't be posting any comments because I've been far too busy lately. I am, however, going to listen to all the PW and PT submissions.
navindra β The Entertainer
Let's continue with Ragtime! This one may be widely frowned upon some ragtime pianists, simply because it is overplayed. (I hope I didn't screw up grammar in this sentence
) Still, The Entertainer has a very special place in my heart. It was the very first rag I ever heard in my life, thanks to M.Hamlish. And I never get bored of it. No, I would say, you never ever really played piano, if you didn't play The Entertainer at least once in your life. (Sorry Mozart, but it's true 
) You played it excellent, everything was on point.
Navindra, congrats! Now you can say, you have played the piano - really!
iternabe β O mio babbino caro
I really love to follow your progress. You don't play any fancy things like many other self directed learners do. No, you are following a well tailored path, every piece gets a tiny bit more challenging than the last one, your steps aren't big. But you are making MANY of them! After just 9 months of playing, all this small steps summed up to huge distance.
And because you really mastered every piece you've touched so far, there is no sloppyness. Everything in this piece was just perfect: dynamics, rubato, the mood, the entire interpretation just wonderful to listen to. Can't wait to hear what's coming next.
