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Songs Without Words - Mendelssohn

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

Mendelssohn

MP11SE SK Concert Grand

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

The is Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words Opus 15 No. 1, played using VSL's virtual piano the Blüthner 1895.

You can watch me play here https://vimeo.com/561999863

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op19.1 Blüthner

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

My first challenging piece I learnt. This is an updated recording from my Kawai MP11SE after a couple of days of practise to remember the piece.

I am hoping to learn to play many of the songs in Mendelssohn's songs without words series. This is one of the simplest.

Mendelssohn Song Without Words 30.3 MP11SE (Lieder Ohne Worte)

Last piece in Schumann's Kinderszenes series that I love.

English title, The Poet Speaks.
MP11SE

Schumann Der Dichter Sprichts Op15.13 MP11SE

A simple slow piece, but I struggled to get how I wanted it to feel.
Kawai MP11SE

Schumann Album Leaves Op 99.4 MP11SE

Of Foreign Lands and Peoples. Played using the Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D VST. Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen.

Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen ACD Op 15.1 (Of foreign lands and peoples)

This is the recording used for Piano Worlds - Adult Beginners Forum quarterly recital. It captures my progress to this point in time. That I can play the piece at tempo, but I lack the skill to provide musicality.

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words 19.2 (Lieder Ohne Worte)MP11SE

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

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen CFX

This is for comparison of different VSTs and in built sounds of digital pianos.

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen MP11SE

This is the Garritan CFX version of the track. This VST with its long sustain often results in slower playing.

Mendelssohn Song Without Words 19.2 (Lieder Ohne Worte) Garritan CFX

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschem TKGG

This Schumann's Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen piece Opus 15 No. 1  from his Kinderszenen series.

Played using VSL Vienna Imperial VST.

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern und Menschem VI

Played using the Bösendorfer Imperial VST from vsl.

Schumann Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschem Op15.1 BI

This is an updated recording of Mendelssohn's Song Without Words 30.6, the second of the venetian gondolier series. This is recorded using VSL's virtual piano Bösendorfer Imperial.

You can watch me playing on Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/448357684

Song without Words Op30.6 Venetian Gondolier

Mendelssohn Song Without Words - Venetian Gondolier Op30.6 BI

Mendelssohn's Song without words Opus 19.4. One the easiest of the Songs without words, but it does capture the true nature of the series. It sings out so nicely.

Songs Without Words 19.4

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op19.4 VI

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

Mendelssohn Song Without Words 30.3 MP11SE (Lieder Ohne Worte)

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