10 years ago byA Pianistin
Piano master video discussion group
I consider Horowitz's recording of Chopin's Scherzo #3 in c# minor to the best recording ever made of that piece. No one has the demonic intensity that Horowitz has in this piece.
Surprisingly en...
10 years ago byA Pianistin
Book, dvd, a study guide, dvd demo, cd's
I just bought the 2nd Edition of the Craft of Piano playing off of amazon. I am planning on getting the dvd, and noticed I could get a study guide too.
Is this study guide for the 2nd Edition? Or w...
Hi, Alan!
First of all, sorry for possible grammar mistakes in my text (English is not my mother tongue).
Alan, in your dvd, when you're playing Bach/Busoni's Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, at th...
Arpeggios are an aspect of technique that I've been looking into recently (since everything I've been playing seems to have sweeping left hand arpeggios somewhere). I made some progress with them a fe...
Just made a rather interesting discovery, while practising opus 10 no 1. As far as the 5th goes, I've been experimenting with either pure knuckle pulls or actions that combine the action of extending...
Hi
just wondered if anyone played this with different fingering on the opening flutter (trills) beginning the demisemiquavers; I find the first quadruple demis a bit stretchy for the second finger...
Hello all,
First I must say that this is an invaluable place for both amateur and pro pianists to find solutions to their problems. Everybody here is so knowledgeable and helpful (a rare combinatio...
Hi Alan,
I've disappeared for a few years; study, work, family and other things took my life for a spin and I'm just now returning to my original love: playing the piano, I'm just so happy to see y...
