PianoTell Recital #5 is Now Live!

navindra · 2025-08-15T15:10:00+00:00

Welcome to PianoTell Recital #5! Nightowl — Brindisi by G Verdi iternabe — Invention No. 6 in E Major (Section A) by J.S. Bach keff — Blue Moon by Rodgers...

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Player1 Great playing! It sounds smooth and fluent with nice expression. You bring out the beauty in this piece!

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Sophia Impressive! I love the tasteful dynamic contrasts, with delicate quiet playing balanced against more forceful sections. Great playing of a lovely piece!

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Peyton Very impressive! Your playing sounds very lively at that tempo. I love the way you play with really nice dynamic contrasts, giving the piece a dark and foreboding feel. Great playing!

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Schubertian2 This is one of my favorite pieces to listen to. You nailed it! Thanks for your expert playing. I love the intensity!

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rsl12 I am impressed by your many talents! That is a great arrangement. You are an expert player, while simultaneously singing. I was particularly impressed with the singing/boogie-woogie sections. Great performance!

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plop_symphony Great, confident, solid playing. I think you’ve captured the feel of this piece extremely well. It sounds great!

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MarieJ Musically your playing is so smooth and expressive that I didn’t notice any imperfections. I love the balance between melody and accompaniment and your delicate touch. Lovely playing!

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lilypad Great performance! Your expert playing gives this piece a laid back, slightly wistful feel. You produce a lovely lush sound. Very nice to listen to!

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plop_symphony Nice! Really great job on bringing out those voices. I don't usually hear the left hand voice so clearly from other performances I've heard. Super clean playing of the whole piece. You nailed it!

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rogerch - Edges - Having heard a number of your improvisations from recitals, I get the sense of a close partnership between you the the piano, merging together to express your feelings or ideas. The sound of this improvisation evoked a feeling of both quiet strength and peacefulness.

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lilypad rogerch - Edges - Having heard a number of your improvisations from recitals, I get the sense of a close partnership between you the the piano, merging together to express your feelings or ideas. The sound of this improvisation evoked a feeling of both quiet strength and peacefulness.

Thanks for the nice feedback lilypad!

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ShiroKuro I love the huge range of expression in your playing of this hauntingly beautiful piece! You have a sensitive delicate touch for the quiet parts, to contrast with the forceful dramatic parts. Thanks for your great playing!

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rogerch thank you for your kind words! 🙂

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rach3master I’m impressed and inspired by your flawless playing of this huge, dramatic piece! I love the way the melody moves between bass and treble within increasingly elaborate accompanying figures. The climaxes, pauses, and contrasts create the drama that makes this performance so beautiful and engaging.

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WieWaldi Great playing! Your playing is laid back yet joyful, grounded by the solid steady bass line. The syncopation gives this a fun quirky feel. Thanks for sharing!

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navindra Nice playing of a fun piece! This has a joyful, playful feel to it. I like the syncopation and the balance between left hand and right hand. Thanks for sharing and thanks for all you do for us at PianoTell!

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Jane I really enjoy listening to your expert playing of this hugely complex and beautiful piece. You bring out the warmth and the drama with great attention to detail and nuanced dynamics. Wonderful!

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WieWaldi rogerch Edges by rogerch
Hard to tell, if I prefer this one or Looking Around. They are similar and also different at the same time. This one has a bit more drive, it isn't as soft. It focuses more on playing with some power. Love, how your hands are spread over the entire keyboard. You made good use of modern piano design, something that was impossible at Mozart's period.
About naming it, I absolutely prefer your way with using words. Words that just come into your mind. It is way better than the number-plate naming of big parts of classical music. (Minuet #45, 2nd mvnt, in Eb minor)
Very well played, Roger! Love it.

Thanks WieWaldi! I posted Improvisation #1 through Improvisation #6 before I decided naming would be better. Sometimes I listen to one of my recordings and a name immediately comes to mind, but more frequently I write down many names as I listen and none of them seem quite right

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Simonb Thanks @Simonb !

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Nightowl rogerch Another lovely piece of improvisation - I like the fact that when I click on one of your videos your playing is always as mellow and warm as the rosy tone of your red wood piano. The notes trickled out gently, like a babbling brook meandering through a wooded glade before finally reaching a still lake. Just lovely.

Thanks for the nice feedback with the lovely analogy!

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Sophia rogerch Very sweet and delicate Roger! You have really developed your own unique style, so perhaps a hundred years from now people will mention playing the style of Johann Sebastian, Wolfgang Amadeus, Ludwig or Roger all in one breath 😃

Thanks Sophia! I'm just happy that I can improvise music that I enjoy playing 😀

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rsl12 You sound pretty comfortable with Ab! Not the easiest key for improv!

I improvise in all the major and harmonic minor keys. My aim is to be able to improvise equally well in all the keys that I work on. Somehow Ab is one of my favorites! Although I did slip into Eb there for a few seconds (Whoops!)

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