I'd like to share my piano recordings...
 

Not a lot of people ever hear me play piano, so I thought I could share some of my playing here. When I practise, I like to record myself playing the song as I learn it, so I can track my progress and know what I need to work on. I don't make videos, I just record the sound. When I think I've mastered the music I delete all previous sound files and I keep the good one. Here are a couple of them right now:

Rachmaninov - Prelude in D Minor. I just made this one today at home.


Rachmaninov - Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23, No. 3 - YouTube

Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca (3rd Movement of Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331). This one was actually live so it sounds a little weird.


Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, 3rd Movement: Rondo Alla Turca - YouTube

Enjoy. Comments are welcome :)

You play the piano very well, Congratulations! :)

Rachmaninov isn't my favorite, but I enjoyed your playing.
Especially the higher parts around minute 2 were very energetic and not too constrained.

I just love that 3rd Movement. My sister played it as well!
It's tad challenging at first, isn't it? In my opinion you manage to play it perfectly.
I'm not sure though, did you use the sustaining pedal at the end?

Also, did you use a special microphone for the recording? It's been pretty clear!
However, thanks a lot for posting your piano playing. :)

I enjoyed those. Cheers zombie kid. Very nice.

Thanks. I did use the sustain pedal on the last section. It's a typical Mozart cadence where he stretches the I chord over several measures, so that harmony should be maintained until the end. It's probably hard to hear that though over a recording. I worked on the Alla Turca for about 6 months now, and that was the final result showcased at a student concert my teacher signed me up for :). I am currently working on the other movements. I'm finding the first one - the Theme and Variation to be a little challenging. But I will get it someday.

Rachmaninov is quite challenging to play. His music takes a lot of practice to master - there are a lot of details you need to pay attention to. I think my version sounds pretty close to how Rachmaninov would have played it himself. I'm also working on Prelude in G minor, which is coming along nicely.

As for the recording, I just use my phone actually. They're not professional by any means but just a way for me to track my progress. I'm glad they sound pretty good. I just have it in the same room where I practice. My girlfriend recorded the Mozart one though, since it was a performance.

Thank you. I have a few more older ones that I will share later on.

I think you should share the Joplin rags.

These were really good. Had no idea you possessed such talent.

I concur.

He's working on them right now!

In the meantime, here is one he did last year - Brahms Op. 79 No. 1 in B Minor:



Hope he doesn't mind that I share it, haha. It's not quite up to tempo here.

I heartily approve, and am simultaneously jelly.

I really don't know anything about classical or stuff like that, but as far as my knowledge goes, you are very talented. Thank you for sharing your playing. It made me smile

Oh wow, I forgot about that one. I hated that piece.

Thanks! :)

You're welcome!

Gonna have to start calling you Maestro. God I love Seinfeld.

Gotta admit, it's better than Bob Cobb.

That last piece is quite good. I'm no aficionado on classical either so I couldn't hear anything wrong with it. The piece itself seemed a bit busy though.

In the Brahms there are a few mistakes at the end, haha. It sounds "busy" because that is how piano music from the Romantic period tended to be. It was the style - all the composers wanted to show off their virtuoso skills. Liszt especially, and Brahms. This is the first page of the Brahms Rhapsody in B Minor that is posted above:

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/a...psada3dfef.jpg

See, this is why I play by ear. Just looking at that makes me tired.

I wish I was better at playing by ear, but alas, I am a slave to sheet music and have been for like 15 years now.

If I get stuck, I'll do the tab thing. After that it's to the sheet, if it's available. It takes some dedication to tackle something of that magnitude though, and kudos to ZK for that.

He will be 25 soon and has been playing since age 4. All the stuff he plays now is pretty standard repertoire for someone at his level of playing and experience. It takes a lot of time to get to that point.

Most of them are memorized too.

25 ey? Just a young buckaroo. I was still trying to figure out Malmsteen at that age, but was learning to appreciate classical just the same. Segovia came into play around then for me too. I can appreciate the discipline, and it's really something you have to stick with otherwise you'll lose your edge. I speak from personal experience. I can't remember any of the Segovia stuff.

I have more, but they're not uploading for some reason. Stay tuned.