Peter J. Malmsjö - First Step

Cold air breathing - Autumn Session Op.5 No.6

Since selling my Kawai acoustic and moving to England, I have to contend with playing on the Casio Privia PX-110, which I bought 3rd hand for £150. Please forgive me for I do no justice to this beautiful Chopin waltz. My touch falls flat on the reverberation of plastic. It's harsh and unforgiving, and my archaic recording setup does not help. On a brighter note, I found this piece at a book clearance sale in the town library. It was part of a collection of graded pieces from the 1920s for Advanced Level, published by the ABRSM.

Pamela Chng's Album

Pamela Chng - Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2 by Chopin

22. Concerto a 6 for cello & bassoon - Allegro

Johann Strauss Jr: Artist's Life Waltzes Op.136. Ernö Rapée 1921 on Duo-Art 6447.
Recorded from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll Dec 31, 2018 and the rec.  updated Jan 14, 2023 by VViljanen, using on its replay and recording a modelled year 1896 Bechstein grand, reconfigured, revoiced and setup by VV
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Ernö Rapee (1891 -1945)  was Hungarian-born American symphonic conductor in the first half of the 20th Century whose prolific career spanned both classical and popular music. His most famous tenure was as the head conductor of the Radio City Symphony Orchestra, the resident orchestra of the Radio City Music Hall, whose music was also heard by millions over the air.
A virtuoso pianist, Rapée is also remembered for popular songs that he wrote in the late 1920s as photoplay music for silent films. When not conducting live orchestras, he supervised film scores for sound pictures, compiling a substantial list of films on which he worked as composer, arranger or musical director.
Basic Info* of the original piano roll:
ARTIST'S LIFE (Kunstler Leben), Waltz, Op. 136
Roll Number: 6447, 6447
Composer/Creator: Strauss
Pianist: Rapee
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: June, 1921
Category: classical, dance, popular
Original Price: $2.50 (Price after 1922)
'Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Artist Life Waltzes op.136

Johann Strauss Jr: Artist's Life Waltzes Op.136. Ernö Rapée 1921 on Duo-Art 6447

My submission for The Piano Cloud August Classical Challenge. This chorale is the 10th movement of the Cantata BWV 147. Here, I mixed Myra Hess' 1926 version for piano into another simplified version. 

Here's the download for Myra Hess' arrangement if you're interested in learning the piece:
http://en.scorser.com/S/Sheet+music/Myra+Hess+Jesu+Joy+Of+Man+S+Desiring/-1/1.html

Pamela Chng - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach

Maurice Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Beethoven - Für Elise

Midi of the Fugue In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

J.S.Bach - Well Tempered Clavier - Fugue In C Minor (Midi)

'Scenes from the four seasons' is a collection of unreleased tracks and b-sides from 2012, running through the four seasons and stopping at some intimate moments in Winter, a tranquil evening in Autumn, two seaside scenes between Spring and Summer. 

I decided to have all these tracks together in this collection not only because of the common theme, but above all because, when I started working on my first modern classical album, that will be released later this year, I didn't want to left all these works incomplete, even if they were mostly expression of ideas and style still imperfect and evolving.

However I'm sure you'll find a moment of peace and tranquillity in these notes, and even some passages that represents your life during the seasons, an intimate moment, as when you're at home and the snow starts falling in winter, or when you first see the seaside in spring.

Thank you for taking time to listen to these songs.
All your support is appreciated, especially in view of a strings recording session for the production of my new modern classical album.

Cover artwork is "Restleness" by Agnès Caixas, photographer from Barcelona - Spain. Find her online at:

http://www.flickr.com/people/agnolia/

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I take this chance to remind you that my previous EP, "Late Winter Tales", is still available at http://dewtonerecordings.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013 and on the major internet music stores.

Thanks heartily for all your support.

released 03 March 2013 
All tracks Composed, Recorded and Mastered by Pasquale Riviezzo. 
© 2013, All Rights Reserved.

Peter J. Malmsjö - First Step

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