Chopin

Pieces I've learnt while learning to play again. You can also watch me play a few of the recordings on vimeo. https://vimeo.com/showcase/7313486

Though this is primarily a curated list of pieces added to track my progress of my return to playing the piano.

My curated progress

Garritan CFX Lite

This is Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words Opus 19 No. 1. The very first piece in his collection of songs without words. This is played below the expected tempo, but honestly there is still a lot of beauty in this piece at this speed. Still a bit rough.

Songs Without Words Opus 19 No. 1

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op19.1 VC280

This is the first of the Venetian Gondolier songs played using VSL's Blüthner virtual piano.

Venetian Gondolier

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op19.6 (Venetian Gondolier) Blüthner

This is the Garritan CFX version of Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen.

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen CFX

Now I need to choose between this and the Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D version for the online recital. This is Garriton CFX version.

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words 19.6 (Lieder Ohne Worte)CFX Venetianisches Gondellied

A Garritan CFX virtual recording of this nocturne. I've been bouncing against the limits of my skill level for a while without obvious improvements.

Pretty happy with this recording and I don't which one I like better between this and the recording using Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D recording.

The two have very different sounds.

https://soundcloud.com/sheffieldkevin/chopin-nocturne-cminor-posth

Posthumous C sharp minor Nocturne

Chopin Nocturne C#Minor Posth. Garritan CFX

The least well known of the moonlight sonata movements. Played using the Garriton CFX VST. You can compare this recording to my recording using the Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D virtual piano. https://soundcloud.com/sheffieldkevin/beethoven-moonlight-sonata-2nd-movement-272-acd

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 2nd Movement 27.2 Garritan CFX lite

Still a long way to go for this my first Mazurka. I think it is sounding nice already. This is played using the Garritan CFX virtual piano.

Chopin Mazurka 68.3 CFX

Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.. Played using VSL's Vienna Imperial virtual piano VST.

P 1, No. 16, KKIVa/16

Lento con gran espressione

I have made my first video of my playing. You can watch it here https://vimeo.com/419322429

C sharp minor Nocturne Post.

Chopin C Sharp Minor Nocturne Opus Posthumous-VI

Chopin's Mazurka Opus 68 no. 3. Played using VSL's Vienna Imperial Virtual Piano.

Mazurka Opus 68 no 3

Chopin Mazurka 68.3 VI

Played using the Bösendorfer Imperial VST from vsl.

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschem Op15.1 BI

My lack of trill skills still trips me up. But otherwise I think this is ok.

Played using VSL's Vienna Imperial Virtual Piano.

You can watch me playing on vimeo. https://vimeo.com/429333495

Chopin Waltz In A Minor Posth. VI

Chopin's Prelude Opus 20.28 played using the Garritan CFX virtual piano.

Prelude 20.28

Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 CFX

This is the second movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata. Played using VSL's Bösendorfer VC280 virtual piano. I'm using a modified version of the ambient preset.

You can watch me play on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/509566915

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 2nd Movement 27.2 VC280A

Beethoven's first movement of Moonlight Sonata, played using VSL's Bösendorfer Imperial virtual piano.

You can watch me play on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/515045953

Moonlight Sonata, first movement

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement 27.2 BI

Progress of me learning the piano since November 2018 after a forty year break.  Just upgraded to an MP11SE

Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 CFX

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