In the HandsPaul Cantrell's music weblog: Original recordings of piano music old and new, classical and otherwise, from a devoted amateur. The podcast features complete pieces -- not just snippets! -- and spoken commentary. Music ranges from Chopin, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann to avante-garde improvisations.Song for Lost Things (rough)- November 16, 2005 I&8217;m doing something today that I haven&8217;t done in far too long: sharing a recording of a new composition in progress. I&8217;ve been working for some time on a set of piano pieces, all of them dances in one way or another &8212; and all of them, in one way or another, full of the feeling of entropy, full of things falling apart and things slipping away. This particular one has much sweetness in it, but its main ingredient is ambiguity. Its different layers are centered in different...http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2005/11/16/104/ Chopin Nocturne 15.2 (remastered)- November 12, 2005 I had a request for &8220;MORE CHOPIN!&8221; which made me realize that I&8217;ve been neglecting the poor fellow &8212; and he&8217;s such a favorite of mine! I&8217;ve been working on two new Chopin nocturnes, and I&8217;ll hopefully be ready to record them soon. In the meantime, however, here&8217;s one I&8217;ve played for a long time, in a freshly remastered recording. I like what I wrote about this piece when I posted this recording in its earlier, less acoustically pristine form, so...http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2005/11/12/105/ In the Hands around the web- November 9, 2005 The latest episode of the always-excellent Bowed Radio features a movement of The Broken Mirror of Memory. The whole episode is quite wonderful, well worth hearing (listen) &8212; and the great sound of the other selections really makes me wish I had a higher-quality recording of Diana&8217;s nice work on Mirror! Adrian graciously describes In the Hands as a &8220;must-listen&8221; for piano lovers, and gets big bonus points for pronouncing my last name right. Uwe Hermann&8217;s podcast...http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2005/11/09/103/ Schubert Impromptu D899.4, played by Don Betts- November 6, 2005 This is a very familiar piece (to piano aficionados, anyway) &8212; but you&8217;ll find Don&8217;s performance a little refreshingly unfamiliar. It&8217;s not a wild departure from custom, but there&8217;s just a subtle tip in the balance in his performance that makes the feeling of the piece quite different. In the last entry I mentioned the question of foreground and background. When most pianists play this piece, they put the right hand squarely in the foreground: what you hear is a series.http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2005/11/06/102/ |