My recordings
Wichita Vortex Sutra (Philip Glass) 3 Feb 2012
Duetto, from Songs without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) 29 Jan 2012
Venetian Gondola Song, from Songs without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) 29 Jan 2012
Nuages Gris (Gray Clouds) (Franz Liszt) 23 Jan 2012
Sevilla, from Suite Pittoresque (Joaquin Turina) 22 Jan 2012
Evocacion from Iberia (Isaac Albeniz) 2 Dec 2011Evokes not Spain itself, but a memory of Spain
Fantasie in C, 3rd mvt. (Robert Schumann) 26 Oct 2011For Sara
Sonata #3 in f (2nd mvt, Andante) (Johannes Brahms) 15 Oct 2011The 2nd movement from Brahms' titanic 3rd piano sonata. Dedicated to my mother Alice.
Romanian Folk Dances: Stick game (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
Romanian Folk Dances: Peasant costume (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
Romanian Folk Dances: Standing still (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
Romanian Folk Dances: Song of the mountain horn (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
Romanian Folk Dances: A garden gate in Romania (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
Romanian Folk Dances: Little one (Bela Bartok) 7 Oct 2011
XVIII from Davidsbundler (Robert Schumann) 27 Sept 2011
Etude op. 2 no. 1 (Scriabin) 23 Sept 2011A piece from Scriabin's early years, when he was heavily influenced by Chopin.
Visions Fugitives #8 (Sergei Prokofiev) 11 Sept 2011Chip Brimhall describe this as an 'ink sketch'
Visions Fugitives #7 ('Harp') (Sergei Prokofiev) 5 Sept 2011
Danza de la Moza Donosa, from Danzas Argentinas (Alberto Ginastera) 1 Sept 2011This one's for Michelle.
Mazurka op. 30 no. 2 (Frederich Chopin) 8 Aug 2011
Gigue from 1st Partita (J.S. Bach) 6 Aug 2011
Intermezzo op. 117 no. 2 (Johannes Brahms) 14 March 2011
Prelude from 1st Partita (J.S. Bach) 24 July 2011
Consolation No. 3 (Franz Liszt) 17 July 2011
Sa Taille (Erik Satie) 11 July 2011from Les Trois Valses Distinguees du Precieux Degoute
Bethena: a Concert Waltz (Scott Joplin) 6 July 2011
Homage a Rachmaninoff (Robert Helps) 30 June 2011(withdrawn - more practice needed)
Son Binocle (Erik Satie) 28 June 2011from Les Trois Valses Distinguees du Precieux Degoute
Graceful Ghost Rag (William Bolcom) 25 June 2011
Prelude (Scriabin) 22 June 2011A beautiful little piece.
Ständchen (Schubert/Liszt) 22 June 2011A piano transcription, by Liszt, of the song 'Ständchen' (Serenade) by Franz Schubert.
Frühling (Chopin/Liszt) 17 June 2011A piano transcription, by Liszt, of the song 'Frühling' (Spring) by Chopin.
Starting in June 2011 I began recording piano pieces and putting them on the web.
The goal, besides sharing all this wonderful music,
is to force myself to practice with a bit more discipline.
This project is dedicated to the memory of Michelle Yu.
Here's my repertoire as of about 2003:
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Chopin: Several of the Nocturnes
- Del Tredici: Chana's Story (with Laurie Amat, soprano).
At least the 1st and 2nd songs (out of 6).
Started work summer 2002.
- Chopin: the 'leftovers': the 2 Preludes and 3 Etudes
not normally grouped with the rest,
followed by the Godowski study (based on the last Nouvelle Etude).
Started work summer 2002. Performed Jan 5, 2003.
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Schumann: Symphonic Etudes. Started work 3/2002.
Performed Jan 9, 2003.
It went pretty well. A couple of minor memory lapses.
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The following were performed at my house on March 10, 2002:
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Hugo Wolf: two songs, with Laurie Amat, soprano.
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Two songs by Flanders and Swann (Madiera and Armadillo).
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Godowski: Study on Chopin's etude in A flat, op. post.
Godowski wrote a massive set of studies, based on the
harmonic/melodic material of Chopin's Etudes.
They're all absurdly difficult.
This one involves polyrhythms (e.g. 9 vs. 6 vs. 4 vs. 2).
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Schumann: Noveletten #1.
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Chopin/Liszt: Fruhling (from 17 Polish Songs).
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Various young New Zealand composers: four songs,
with Laurie Amat, soprano.
Performance 1/2002.
I actually got paid for this gig!
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Chopin: Preludes 1 and 8, 2 Etudes, and 2 Mazurkas.
Performed 12/2001.
Also 'Standchen' (song by Schubert, arranged for piano by Liszt).
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Scriabin: two etudes (the first and last ones
he wrote, don't have the opus #'s handy).
The latter has an interesting harmonic scheme based
on what in Jazz is called the 'tritone substitution',
namely that dominant chords a tritone apart
(e.g. G7 and Db7) have the same 3rd and 7th
(albeit reversed) and can generally be substituted for each other.
Interesting side note: the Beethoven sonatas I'm playing
(op. 57 and 109) both use the tritone substitution;
in both cases it appears in a theme and variations
(middle mvt. of op. 57, last mvt. of op. 109).
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Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and piano (with Gael Alcock).
Performed 10/98.
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Beethoven: Sonata op. 109 (performed 3/98 and 5/98).
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Two songs by Schoenberg from Waller im Schnee
(with Francoise Chanut, soprano). 3/98 and 5/98.
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Tarantelle, duet for voice by Faure;
Nomi Harris and Francoise Chanut, 3/98
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Christoper Berg: 4 songs on poems by Vladimir Nabokov
(with Penny Boys, soprano). 3/98
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Various other songs with Penny Boys:
Ihm Fruhling and ?? by Schubert, 2 arias by Mozart,
Dido's Lament by Purcell,
folk song arrangement by Britten. 3/98
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Liszt: Les Funerailles 2/98
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Schumann: Kreisleriana (selections) 12/97
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Schubert: Klavierstucke in E: 9/97
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Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles op. 126: 8/97
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Liszt: Jeux d'Eaux a la Villa d'Este: 6/97
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Chopin: Waltz in A flat; 5/97
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Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
Performed 3/97.
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Turina: Sevilla from Suite Pittoresque.
Performed 1/26/97.
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Schubert: Sonata in D, 1st mvt.
Performed 2/97.
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Liszt: Gnomenreigen.
Performed 12/96.
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Steven Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along
(accompanist) performed June 7/8/9 1996, Randall Museum, S.F.
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Moskowski: Spanish Dance #3 (4-hands) with Diana Rowan.
Performed 4/21/96.
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Hugo Wolf: five songs.
Performed with soprano Laura Storm 3/10/96.
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Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives (5 out of 20)
Performed 2/11/96.
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Beethoven: Sonata op. 54 in F.
Performed 12/95.
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Bach: Toccata in e minor.
Performed 11/95.
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Schubert: Fantasy in f minor, 4 hands.
Performed with Diana Rowan 10/95.
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Back Burner
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Beethoven: Sonata op. 57 (Appassionata).
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Stravinsky: selections from Petrouchka
(NOT the composer's arrangement, which is unplayable by mortals,
but a Schirmer edition which (typically) doesn't name the arranger.
The arrangement is surprisingly playable, sounds pretty good,
and even includes some melody lines omitted in the Stravinsky).
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Bach: Selections
(namely the easy ones)
from the Goldberg Variations.
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Philip Glass: Wichita Vortex Sutra.
I discovered this piece via the incomparable Mark Thomas
at Sorabji.com
(Sorabji, by the way, is a name not likely to appear elsewhere
on this page any time soon).
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Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue in D (organ; transcribed for piano)
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Granados: Epilogo from Goyescas.
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Franck: Prelude, Aria and Finale
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