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Harder Better Faster Beethoven

lazaruslong — Sat, 04 May 2013 23:44:12 -0800

Home-recorded piano cover goodness! Harder Better Faster Stronger - Note for note and Fur Elise Slightly Different. Two surprisingly awesome piano videos in one week, I can't help but share. The dude playing Daft Punk says "This is not the Kanye version, nor is it a loose interpretation. I spent a bunch of time going through the original track and writing down every note that's there -- I hope you enjoy it!" and the Fur Elise cover starts as a rollicking jazzy/ragtime re-imagining - make sure you stick around for the B section.

Complete recordings of the Beethoven piano sonatas

Trurl — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:23:52 -0800

Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. He would not be the last. An accomplished and charming guide to this music is Andras Schiff, whose marvelous talks on each of the works appeared in the blue previously. I have read high praise of the cycle by Annie Fischer.

Zoltán Kocsis recital

Namlit — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:37:18 -0800

Part one: Beethoven - Piano sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90, Part two: Schubert - Piano sonata No. 7 in E minor, D.566, Part three: Piano sonata, Sz. 80. And (link-invertedness for playful appearance) Part four: Kurtág - Játékok (részletek) (Games (excerpts)) Prelúdium és valcer C-ben (Prelude and Waltz in C) Felhangjáték (Playing with Overtones (4)) Virág az ember (Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers) Keringő (Waltz) Perpetuum mobile on glissandi only ...és mégegyszer: Virág az ember (...And Once More: Flowers We Are...) ...a csillag is virág... (...Flowers Also the Stars) Hommage á Petrovics Hommage á Szervánszky: Csend (Silence) Csomók (Knots (2)) Verés (Beating) Sirató (Dirge (2)) Antifona fiszben (Antiphony in F sharp) Korál - Rajeczky Benjamin 80. születésnapjára (Chorale for Benjamin Rajeczky's 80th birthday) Hommage á Ferenc Farkas (2): Foszlányok egy kolinda emlékképből (Scarps of a Colinda Melody) Five: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E minor, S.244 Liszt - Les Jeux d'eau á la Villa d'Este, S.163 No. 4 Six: Liszt - Sunt lacrymae rerum, S.163 No. 5 Liszt - Csárdás Macabre, S.224 Seven: Bartók - Gyerekeknek, Sz. 42 (részletek) (For children (Excerpts) No. 1: Játszó gyermekek (Children at Play) No. 2: Gyermekdal (Children's Song) No. 3: Quasi adagio No. 4: Párnatánc (Pillow Dance) No. 5: Játék (Game) No. 10: Gyermektánc (Children's Dance) No. 13: Ballada (Ballade) No. 14: Allegretto No. 15: Allegro moderato No. 18: Katonadal (Solider's Song) No. 20: Bordal (Drinking Song) No. 21: Allegro robostu Someone uploaded this a few days ago on Youtbe. Kocsis videos are relatively rare - he's magical, especially in Hungarian music...and his programming is always special. This is an entire recital from La Roque d'Anthéron, 29 June 2002. Tl;dlisten: check out at least part seven; those Bartok pieces for children are absolutely adorable.

...So the musician would have a place to put his beer.

Wolfdog — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:36:03 -0800

A lovely free online text on the Fundamentals of Piano Practice. (Tuning, too.)

The Beethoven piano sonatas

Gyan — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:30:10 -0800

Andras Schiff's lecture-recitals on Beethoven's piano sonatas

Pianolina

jann — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:29:32 -0800

The Pianolina - an addictive flash game - is something like a cross between Pong and WolframTones. Brought to you by Grotrian, piano manufacturers since 1835, the pianolina visualizes musical notes as little squares that chime when they bounce against each other or against a wall. Its sophisticated interface lets you add chords, gravity, or start with the basic notes of well known compositions like Beethoven's "Für Elise".