homeofficepianist
Welcome to homeofficepianist, a website embracing the unique opportunities of this moment in time to explore alternative forms of creative communication. In sharing the result of his daily practice sessions with you, the homeofficepianist invites you into the everyday rhythms of his musical journey
Utilising the time at home afforded by last year's restrictions, the homeofficepianist is embarking on an expansive exploration of the musical universe, with each journey catalogued in a collection of periodic recordings.
Initially, these recordings were made as a tool to self-monitor practice progression. However, these humble recordings capture something of the feeling of performance, and therefore the homeofficepianist began to share them with friends and colleagues. The positivity of this experience has inspired him to create this platform to welcome you into this musical exchange, joining him on a mystical and enlightening path.
28. November 2022
27. November 2022
Joaquin Turina
DANZAS FANTASICAS
no. 2 Ensueno (Reverie)
Jesús Guridi
DANZAS VIEJAS
Carrasquilla
Ernesto Halffter
26. November 2022
25. November 2022
Federico Mompou
PESSEBRES
no. 1 Dansa
no. 2 L'ermita
no. 3 El pastor
Heitor Villa - Lobos
CARNAVAL DAS CRIANCAS
no. 3 A manha da Pierrete
Federico Mompou
FÊTES LONTAINES
no. 3 Rythmé
no. 5 Lentement, Très gai
24. November 2022
22. November 2022
21. November 2022
20. November 2022
18. November 2022
new version again......
Claude Debussy
PRÈLUDES I
no. 6 (...Des pas sur la neige)
no. 8 (...La Fille aux cheuveux de lin)
17. November 2022
16. November 2022
Robert Schumann
arranged by CLARA SCHUMANN
Du bist wie eine Blume Opus 25 no. 24
Mondnacht Opus 39 no. 5
Johannes Brahms
KLAVIERSTÜCKE OPUS 119
no. 1 Intermezzo, Adagio
no. 2 Intermezzo, Andantino un poco agitato
14. November 2022
13. November 2022
another attempt to realise this Prélude.
i do not know which version is more favourable, true to it's original style....or maybe both are wrong....
Anatoly Lyadov
TROIS MORCEAUX OPUS 10
no. 1 Prélude, Allegramente
new
DEUX BAGATELLES OPUS 17
no. 1 La douleur
no. 2 Pastorale
12. November 2022
11. November 2022
Anatoly Lyadov
Prélude - Pastorale
TROIS MORCEAUX OPUS 10
no. 1 Prélude, Allegramente
no. 2 Mazurka, Allegro moderato
10. November 2022
new attempts
Anatoly Lyadov
DEUX MORCEAUX OPUS 31
no. 2 Prélude, Largo
( a Monsieur Porphirii Trifonow )
two versions of the same piece, slightly different tempo and athmosphere.
i feel, both of them work
QUARTE PRÈLUDES OPUS 39
no. 3 Andante
no. 3 Andante
no. 2 Adagio
8. November 2022
25. Oktober 2022
22. Oktober 2022
20. Oktober 2022
freely after the arrangements of Keith Jarrett
Matt Malneck, Joseph Livingstone
George Gershwin
17. Oktober 2022
16. Oktober 2022
15. Oktober 2022
13. Oktober 2022
10. Oktober 2022
another new attempt
Maurice Ravel
MA MÉRE L'OYE
arranged by Jacques Charlot
I. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant.
II. Petit Poucet
9. Oktober 2022
8. Oktober 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bela Bartok
MIKROKOSMOS III
no. 67 Thirds agains a single voice
no. 75 Triplets
no. 78 Five - tone scale
no. 80 Hommage á R. Sch.
no. 83 Dallam meg - megszakítva - Melody with interruptions
no. 85 Tört akkordok - Broken chords
no. 87 Változatok - Variations
no. 88 Sípszó - Duet for pipes
no. 94 Hol volt, hol nem volt.... - Once upon a time....
3. Oktober 2022
on short notice....my first recital after two years of homeoffice.....
played on a Bechstein 2 meter grand piano from 1887
part 1
part 2
program
Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck Variations "Mein junges Leben hat ein End"
(1562 - 1621)
Georg Friedrich Händel Suite d moll HWV 436 Allemande
(1685 -1759)
Monsieur de Sainte Colombe "Les Pleurs" à deux violes égales, arr. Pierre Gouin
(etwa 1640 - 1690)
Johann Sebastian Bach Präludium d moll WTK II BWV 875
(1685 - 1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach Präludium und Fuge d moll BWV 899
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasie d moll KV 397
(1756 1791)
Carl Czerny Notturno en mi bemol
(1791 -1857)
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Frederic Chopin Contredanse
(1810 - 1849)
Frederic Chpin Hexameron Var. ( I Puritani by Bellini) no. 6 Largo
Charles Valentin Alkan Prelude Opus 31 no. 23
(1813 - 1888)
Vincenco Bellini / Frédéric Chopin Casta Diva
(1801 - 1835)
Robert Schumann Ahnung
(1810 - 1856)
Johannes Brahms Sarabande WoO posth. 5 no. 1
(1833 - 1897)
Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn Lieder für das Pianoforte Opus 6 no. 3 Andante cantabile
(1805 - 1857)
Alexander Borodin Petit Suite no. 1 In the monastery
(1833 - 1887)
Alexander Borodin Petit Suite no. 7 Nocturne
Gabriel Fauré Prélude Opus 103, no. 3 g moll
(1845 - 1924)
Alexander Gretchaninoff Three pieces for piano Opus 116 no. 3 Mazurka
(1864 - 1956)
Maurice Ravel " à la manière de . . . Borodin "
(1875 - 1937)
Maurice Five o'clock from "L'Enfant et les Sortiléges „
(arr. Lucien Garban)
encores
Maurice Ravel two valses from "L'Enfant et les Sortilèges"
Maurice Ravel Menuet (1904)
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto d minor, arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach for organ
Serge Bortkiewicz Lyrica Nova Opus 59 no. 2 Andantino
Robert Schuman Waldszenen Opus 82 Abschied
30. September 2022
29. September 2022
encores for next Monday......
Maurice Ravel
two valses from "L'Enfant et les Sortilèges"
Menuet (1904)
Serge Bortkiewicz
LYRICA NOVA OPUS 59
no. 2 Andantino
28. September 2022
...same as before.....my listeners will know these two pieces already
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium und Fuge d moll BWV 899
new
Antonio Vivaldi
after the arrangement of J.S. Bach
Concerto grosso re minore Largo
26. September 2022
still in preparation of the next recital, some pieces my listeners will already know,
the first and the third played on my old Bechstein from 1907
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE E MOLL
Allemande (Bechstein)
SUITE D MOLL HWV 436
Allemande
Mr de Sainte Colombe
Les Pleurs (Bechstein)
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn
LIEDER FÜR DAS PIANOFORTE OPUS 6
no. 3 Andante cantabile
24. September 2022
.....i am still preparing the recital, third of Oktober....these pieces are in the program.
So here are new versions
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE E MOLL HWV 438
Allemande
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium und Fuge d moll BWV 899
Mr de Sainte Colombe
Carl Czerny
16. September 2022
Dear listeners, please excuse the homeofficepianist for not posting new pieces these days...
he is busy practising, preparing a recital in two weeks.
Please visit the soundcloud site anyway,
where he will spotlight older recordings , that are dear to him.
9. September 2022
8. September 2022
6. September 2022
5. September 2022
4. September 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Inventio no. 4 d moll BWV 775
Sinfonia no. 4 d moll BWV 790
FRANZÖSISCHE SUITE I D MOLL BWV 812
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I, Menuet II, Menuet I
Gigue
playlist
WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER II
Präludium und Fuge d moll BWV 875
3. September 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER I
Präludium und Fuge d moll BWV 851
Fuge d moll BWV 899
together with the Präludium
Bela Bartok
SONATINE
III Finale
complete Sonatine
2. September 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium und Fuge a moll BWV 895
Kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für W.Fr.Bach
no. 3 BWV 927
1. September 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Kleine Präludien aus dem Klavierbüchlein für W.Fr.Bach
Heino Eller
13 PIANO PIECES ON ESTONIAN MOTIVES
no. 7 Alla ballata
Bela Bartok
SONATINE
II Bärentanz
31. August 2022
30. August 2022
29. August 2022
28. August 2022
25. August 2022
24. August 2022
23. August 2022
22. August 2022
21. August 2022
Sergej Prokofiew
MUSIQUE D'ENFANTS
no. 1 Matin
no. 5 Repentiers
no. 6 Valse
no. 11 Soir
no. 12 Sur les prés la lune se promène
20. August 2022
Johann Pachelbel
HEXACHORDUM APOLLINIS
Aria, var 1, 2, 3, 4
Bela Bartok
SONATINE
I Dudelsackpfeifer
Sergej Prokofiew
ROMEO AND JULIET
no. 9 Lily dance of the maidens
18. August 2022
17. August 2022
16. August 2022
.... another attempt to stop the war ....
Lew Rewuzki
Opus 17 no. 1 Song from Ukraine
Anatoly Lyadov
Prélude Opus 24 no. 1 Largo
today's version of this beautiful piece
Earnest John Moeran
29. Juli 2022
22. Juli 2022
two rerecordings
Dave Brubeck
in remembrance of his wife
Home without IOLA
here is an older version.....
the way climax is reached is totally different....but in my ear, both versions work
17. Juli 2022
16. Juli 2022
15. Juli 2022
Bela Bartok
MIKROKOSMOS (part 4)
no. 107 Dallam kodgomolyagban Melody in the mist
MIKROKOSMOS (part 5)
no. 132 major seconds, broken and together
Girolamo Frescobaldi
from "Fiori musicali"
Canzona sol minore
Bela Bartok
RUMANIAN FOLK DANCES
nos. 1 to 4
Hanjal - Aurora
Otto Singer
VIER KLEINE KLAVIERSTÜCKE OPUS 11
no. 3 Notturno
13. Juli 2022
the famous and beloved student of Johann Sebastian Bach.....
"there was only one Krebs to be caught in this Bach"
Johann Ludwig Krebs
Bela Bartok
MIKROKOSMOS (part 4)
no. 100 Népdalféle Like a folk song
no. 101 Diminished Fifths
no. 111 Intermezzo
12. Juli 2022
10. Juli 2022
8. Juli 2022
....originally the recording of the Sarabande was supposed to be a birthday gift for a student and friend,
who is playing the piece at the moment....the repetitions with the homeofficepianist's own variations
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE D MOLL HWV 437
Sarabande, Variation 1, Variation 2
more of this suite
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
playlist
7. Juli 2022
5. Juli 2022
4. Juli 2022
Frank Bridge
written in 1912
Columbine
born in August of 1879, John Ireland was about half a year younger than his colleague
Frank Bridge, who was born in February of the same year
John Ireland
written in 1949
Columbine
3. Juli 2022
Edvard Grieg
LYRISCHE STÜCKE OPUS 65
no. 49 Lied des Bauern
Bela Bartok
GYERMEKEKNEK - FOR CHILDREN
selection from vol. 1 and vol. 2
includes:
Vol. 1 :
no. 3. Quasi adagio
no. 4. Pillow Dance
no. 6. Study for the left Hand
no. 10. Children’s Dance
no. 12. Allegro
no. 13. Ballade
no. 15. Allegro moderato
no. 18. Soldier’s Song
no. 19. Allegretto
no. 21. Allegro robusto
Vol. 2:
no. 26. Moderato
no. 34. Allegretto
no. 35. Con moto
no. 31. Andante tranquillo
no. 30. Jeering Song
(the selection is based on Bartoks own selection,
which he follows in his LP recording of this work)
selection from all four volumes
includes
Vol. 1
no. 16 Old Hungarian tune
no. 17 Round Dance
Vol. 2
no. 32 Andante,
Vol. 3
no. 4 Wedding Song,
no. 11 Lento ,
no. 12 Andante rubato,
Vol. 4
no. 24 Andante
no. 25 Bagpipe
no. 28 Teasing Song
no. 35 Ballada
no. 34 Farewell
no. 38 Dirge
no.39 Mourning Song
1. Juli 2022
a little extravagant this evening.....the wonderful ending of "Aus alten Märchen",
no. 16 from Dichterliebe
Robert Schumann
DICHTERLIEBE OPUS 48
the end of no. 16 "Aus alten Märchen"
...it seems to be an evening of endings....
this time the poet speaks slower than in the recordings before
KINDERSZENEN OPUS 15
no. 12 Kind im Einschlummern and no. 13 Der Dichter spricht
once again......
WALDSZENEN OPUS 82
Abschied
30. Juni 2022
29. Juni 2022
28. Juni 2022
27. Juni 2022
26. Juni 2022
25. Juni 2022
Robert Schumann
CARNAVAL OPUS 9
Coquette, Replique
playlist with other piece from CARNAVAL
GESÄNGE DER FRÜHE OPUS 133
no. 1 Im ruhigen Tempo
24. Juni 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
aus dem KLAVIERBÜCHLEIN FÜR W.F.BACH
Menuet g moll BWV 842
Robert Schumann
arranged by Clara Schumann
Lotosblume Opus 25 no. 7
Du bist wie eine Blume Opus 25 no. 24
once again
Federico Mompou
IMPRESSIONS SOBRE LA VIDA D'UN MINER
Primeres hores del matí
23. Juni 2022
22. Juni 2022
21. Juni 2022
20. Juni 2022
since this piece is new to me, I made another recording today.
Which one do You like better, dear listener!
John Field
once again time for this one:
freely after the arrangement of Keith Jarrett
Shenandoah
19. Juni 2022
18. Juni 2022
Robert Schumann
CARNAVAL OPUS 9
Pierrot
Valse noble
Eusebius
Florestan
Chiarina ..... Chopin
Estrella
Aveu
Promenade
ALBUM FÜR DIE JUGEND
no. 43 Sylvesterlied (Zum Beschluss")
17. Juni 2022
16. Juni 2022
15. Juni 2022
14. Juni 2022
13. Juni 2022
after one week of vacation in wonderful Italy, the trills won't work as well......
Georg Friedrich Händel
Carl Philip Emanuel Bach
SONATA E MOLL W. 62/12
Allemande
3. Juni 2022
2. Juni 2022
Dora Pejacevic
BLUMENLEBEN OPUS 19
no. 2 Veilchen
no. 7 Lilien
no. 8 Chrysanthemen
forget me nots ...... recorded a view days ago
no. 4. Vergißmeinnicht
Dora Pejacevic
BLUMENLEBEN OPUS 19
no. 2 Veilchen
no. 7 Lilien
no. 8 Chrysanthemen
forget me nots ...... recorded a view days ago
no. 4. Vergißmeinnicht
1. Juni 2022
31. Mai 2022
30. Mai 2022
29. Mai 2022
27. Mai 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER II BWV 876
Präludium Es Dur
Fuge Es Dur
WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER II BWV 875
Präludium d moll
Charles Valentin Alkan
26. Mai 2022
which tempo is the right one.....
Johann Sebastian Bach
WOHLTEMPERIERTES KLAVIER II BWV 875
Fuge d moll - version 1
Fuge d moll - version 2
Fuge d moll - version 3
24. Mai 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasie "duobis subiectis" BWV 917
Franz Liszt
Albumblatt "Andante" S. 167r
Albumblatt "Andante molto espressivo" S. 165f
23. Mai 2022
22. Mai 2022
20. Mai 2022
Georg Friedrich Händel
Nicholas Medtner
FAIRY TALES OPUS 26
19. Mai 2022
most piano students will know these pieces.....
Johann Sebastian Bach
ZWÖLF KLEINE PRÄLUDIEN
nos. 1 - 6
nos. 7 - 12
today's version.....
Franz Schubert
IMPROMPTUS Opus 90, D 899
no. 3 Ges Dur, Andante
Dora Pejacsevich
18. Mai 2022
what an inspiration these pieces must have been to Chopin....
...always surprising, inventive, adventurous, wonderful
John Field
Nocturne D minor
a masterpiece
Nocturne E minor
17. Mai 2022
John Field
Nocturne B flat major
another new version
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne c sharp minor (version after the autograph)
15. Mai 2022
Carl Czerny
Notturno en Mi bemol
Notturnina en Mi bemol, Opus 756 no. 14
again Czerny's student with a very refined Berceuse
Franz Liszt
Schlummerlied - Berceuse
arranged by Carl Czerny
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
EIGHT PIANO PIECES
no. 1 Dedication, Andante con moto, VL 169
no. 3 Moment Musicaux in F sharp minor, VL 163
no. 7 Prelude in B minor, VL 182a
DRUSKININKAI PRELUDES
no. 3 Animato cantabile, VL 186
no. 4 Pastoral, Con moto, VL 187
no. 5 (F major / A minor) Andante sostenuto,VL 188
Canon in C minor, Moderato molto cantabile, VL 216
14. Mai 2022
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Walz - Dedication, VL 144
Fuga f moll Largo, VL 154
Diptych, VL 295
Prelude D minor, VL 344a
Canon D minor Andantino, VL 127
Sea Preludes no. 5, VL 250
Sea Preludes no. 10, VL 327
Two Preludes in G minor, VL 304, VL 342
Little mirror canon, VL 231
OUR LITTLE SONGS
"Békit, bareliai", VL 279
"Ei, mergele, kur buvai?", VL 283
"Oi giria, giria", VL 276
Leipzig Miniatures "Little Song", VL 199
(F major / A minor),VL 188 Andante sostenuto
Fuga E flat major, VL 220 Lento ma non troppo
13. Mai 2022
Carl Czerny
Nocturne sentimentale en la bemol
(extrait de Masque pour piano sur l'opera Martha de Fr. v. Follow)
Notturno en Mi bemol
Notturno en Fa
..... and his pupil ......
Franz Liszt
Ehemals - Jadis
maybe some prayers help this world...
CHORÄLE
Nun danket Alle Gott
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
O Traurigkeit
12. Mai 2022
11. Mai 2022
7. Mai 2022
6. Mai 2022
Georg Friedrich Händel
Fuge a moll HWV 609
Fuge c moll HWV 610
Federico Mompou
IMPRESSION SOBRE LA VIDA D'UN MINER
Primeres hores del matí
Treballs i records
Retornant del treball
IMPRESSIONS DE LA GARRIGA
L'ermita de La Garriga
4. Mai 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Federico Mompou
VARIATIONS SUR UN THÉME DE CHOPIN
Thème, var. 1, var. 2, var. 3 for the left hand alone, var. 4
var. 8, Andante dolce e espressivo
30. April 2022
after a vacation and recovering from illness, the homeofficepianist is back
and recording,
ignoring his totally out of tune piano
rerecorded
Franz Liszt
Frank Bridge
Rosemary
Columbine
Valse Capricieuse.
Harry Farjeon
what an innocent and happy world...
Tone Pictures Opus 23
no. 4 Spring Song
Prelude Opus 27
From the Forest of Andaine
9. April 2022
the homeofficepianist will be gone for a while,
spending time with his father and family,
as well as meeting old friends and colleagues,
who also studied with his teacher Peter Feuchtwanger
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variationen F Dur KV 547
Variationen A Dur KV 460
my first session on this enigmatic work
Ludwig van Beethoven
BAGATELLEN OPUS 119
nos. 1 -6
no. 11 Andante ma non troppo
8. April 2022
Charles Hubert Gervais
(1671 - 1744)
HYPERMNESTRA
Passacaille
Sergei Ljapunow
(1859 - 1924)
PRÉLUDES Opus 40
no. 1 Moderato e grazioso
no. 2 Elégie, Adagio doloroso
7. April 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
OUVERTURE
nach französischer Art
(Partita h moll) BWV 831
Bourrée I, Bourrée II, Bourrée I
Gigue
6. April 2022
4. April 2022
3. April 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
KLAVIERÜBUNG 4. TEIL
Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen für Cembalo mit 2 Manualen
(Goldberg Variationen)
Variatio 25 Adagio
Federico Mompou
DIALOGUES
no. 1 Lento
2. April 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
unusual versions of these two pieces.
.....the 13th variation starts out kind of innocent, then becomes a huge building.
....maybe I could blame it on todays strange mood....
KLAVIERÜBUNG 4. TEIL
Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen für Cembalo mit 2 Manualen
(Goldberg Variationen)
Aria
Variatio 13
after about one year these early compositions (1914 - 1917) called me again
so here is a new attempt
Federico Mompou
1. April 2022
31. März 2022
30. März 2022
new versions of three Keith Jarrett arrangements
worthy successors of Chopin's Nocturnes....
George Gershwin
Oscar Levant
Matt Malneck, Joseph Livingstone
29. März 2022
27. März 2022
26. März 2022
Franz Schubert
SONATE A DUR D 664
Allegro moderato
Andante
“this music has no air or light. It is a weak heart beat, you cannot ask it to reach more than a few inches into space, but it’s mission is to reach the profound depths of our soul and the secret regions of our spirit’s spirit. This music is quiet (callada) because one listens to it within. Contained and reserved. It’s emotion is secret and only becomes sound from resonance under the cold cape of our society.It is my desire that this music, should bring us closer to the warmth of life, and the expression of the human heart, that is always the same and constantly changing.”
Federico Mompou
Federico Mompou
MUSICA CALLADA
third book
XVII Lento
XVIII Luminoso
XIX Tranquilo
XX Calme
XXI Lento
playlist
the most marvelous, unsurpassable recording of this work, that I know,
is by Alicia de la Rocha, to whom it is also dedicated.
fourth book
XXII Molto lento e tranquilo
XXIII Calme, avec clarté
XXIV Moderato
XXV
XXVI Lento
XXVII Lento molto
XXVIII Lento
playlist
25. März 2022
Federico Mompou
MUSICA CALLADA
first book
I Angelico
II Lent
III Placide
IV Afflitto e penoso
V
"Car j’ai vécu de vous attendre, Et mon coeur n’était que vos pas"
Paul Valéry
VI Lento
VII Lento
VIII Semplice
playlist with all pieces of the first book
the pieces of Federico Mompou's second book of MUSICA CALLADA
are, to me, among his darkest and enigmatic works.
He experimented with a-, bi- and whatever tonality,
but did not really find a way into the idiom of his atonal colleagues....
and later allowed his deeply felt bond to tonality to take over again.
I could not find a way into these pieces for years.
Now, slowly, I am becoming more confident with my approach, and so want to present some of the results.
Maybe the dark times help
second book
XI Allegretto
XII Lento
XIII Tranquilo - trés calme
XIV Severo - sérieux
XVI Calme
playlist of the complete second book
24. März 2022
23. März 2022
22. März 2022
his perfection is in the heavenly regions of Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean Philippe Rameau
SUITE A MINOR
Allemande
2e Allemande
1re Sarabande, 2e Sarabande, 1re Sarabande
21. März 2022
what a wonderful and grand music
Jean Philippe Rameau
20. März 2022
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE G MOLL HWV 452
Gigue
playlist with all 4 movements
a masterpiece,
the homeofficepianist has been working on all day,
though he is not completely happy with it.
But the direction is clear.
and, of course, tuning is required....but tuners are busy....
Claude Debussy
IMAGES I
no. 2 Hommage à Rameau
17. März 2022
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE G MOLL HWV 452
Allemande
Courante
Federico Mompou
Glossa sobre "Au clair de la lune"
quite similar construction, but very different atmosphere
Fantasia sobre "Au clair de la lune"
16. März 2022
15. März 2022
Frederic Chopin
6 CHANTS POLONAIS OPUS 74
no. 2 Andantino "Wiosna"(Printemps) arranged by Franz Liszt
compare
12. März 2022
11. März 2022
10. März 2022
8. März 2022
7. März 2022
Georg Friedrich Händel
SUITE D MOLL HWV 436
Allegro
playlist
SUITE D MOLL HWV 447
Courante
Gigue
playlist with all movements
SUITE E MOLL HWV 438
Allemande
Sarabande
Gigue
playlist with all movements
6. März 2022
3. März 2022
2. März 2022
1. März 2022
28. Februar 2022
Ludwig van Beethoven
SONATE F MOLL OPUS 2 NO. 1
Allegro
Menuetto
Franz Liszt
FÜNF KLAVIERSTÜCKE
includes no. 1 Sehr langsam, no. 2 Lento assai, no. 3 Sehr langsam,
no. 4 Andantino, no. 5 Andante "Sospiri!"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
LIEDER OHNE WORTE
Opus 38 no. 2 Allegro non troppo
Opus 102 no. 2 Adagio
27. Februar 2022
26. Februar 2022
....first day on the Bach pieces....
Johann Sebastian Bach
ENGLISCHE SUITE no. 4, F Dur, BWV 809
Prélude
Gigue
playlist
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
25. Februar 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
ENGLISCHE SUITE no. 4, F Dur, BWV 809
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuett I; Menuett II, Menuett I
Federico Mompou
22. Februar 2022
21. Februar 2022
20. Februar 2022
Franz Liszt
CONSOLATIONS
first version, bevor Liszt's revision
no. 6 Allegretto
Federico Mompou
Introduction - Tableaux de statistiques - Le planétaire - Pavillon de l'élégance
SOUVENIRS DE 'EXPOSITION
19. Februar 2022
Franz Liszt
CONSOLATIONS
first version, bevor Liszt's revision
no.1 Andante con moto - original
no. 2 Un poco più mosso - original
more like an
improvisation
no. 4. Quasi Adagio - original
no. 5 Andantino - original
compare the versions
no. 1 Andante con moto - revised
no. 2 Un poco più mosso - revised
no. 4 Quasi Adagio - revised
no. 5 Andantino - revised
18. Februar 2022
17. Februar 2022
the final part of the work
Josef Haydn
Variationen f moll Hob. XVII:6 part 2
plus, for the patient listener, an adventure...the complete work
Variationen f moll (Sonata - Un piccolo divertimento)
Franz Liszt
CONSOLATIONS
no. 1 Andante con moto
no. 4 Quasi Adagio
15. Februar 2022
13. Februar 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite f moll BWV 823
Prélude
Sarabande en Rondeau
Gigue
..... re-recordings
Federico Mompou
PRELUDES
no. 5 Moderato - Dolce cantabile
no. 6 Moderato - pour la main gauche
no. 8 Con lirica espressione
no. 9 Languido
no. 10 Moderato
Witold Lutoslawski
Bucolics no. 4 Andantino
Three pieces for the young no. 2 An Air
12. Februar 2022
again re-recordings
Federico Mompou
PRELUDES
no. 1 Dans le style romance
no. 2 Energiquement
no. 3 Lentement et trés expressif
no. 4 Semplice
11. Februar 2022
a masterpiece
Giles Farnaby's arrangement of John Dowland's famous Pavana Lachrimae
Giles Farnaby
new versions phase.....
Claude Debussy
PRÉLUDES II
no. 5 (...Bruyéres)
Federico Mompou
10. Februar 2022
what a strange but fascinating music
Giles Farnaby
Why ask you
another new version
Claude Debussy
PRÉLUDES II
no. 10 (...Canope)
as well
Federico Mompou
9. Februar 2022
8. Februar 2022
born in 1560, about one year older than Sweelinck
Giles Farnaby
sounds like a lovely old English folksong
The old Spagnoletta
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Orlando Gibbons
Pavana
sounds completely Russian....
Jean Baptiste Lully
Claude Balbastre
Sonata G Major
the baroque version of "film music"
Canonnade
Ariette (en Rondeau)
7. Februar 2022
6. Februar 2022
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Pavana lachrymae
in these times Sweelinck was, an already, old and unfashionable composer
....the French composers represented the modern world....
Francois Couperin
5. Februar 2022
4. Februar 2022
Claude Debussy
PRÈLUDES
(...Des pas sur la neige)
(...La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Federico Mompou
from this piece
Camí de muntanya
to this
Jeunes filles au jardin
PAISAJES
I La fuente y la campana
II El lago
III Carros de Galicia
3. Februar 2022
2. Februar 2022
Federico Mompou
Les amigues retornen del camp
DOS PETITS PRELUDIS
Orazio d'ermita
Il - lusio
Cancion i danza no. 7
1. Februar 2022
all the following pieces were not intended for publication,
and were brought to public only after Federico Mompou's passing away,
under the supervision of his wife Carmen Bravo.
only a few pieces are completely new to my audience.
Federico Mompou
L'ermita de La Garriga
Pensaments
IMPRESSIONS DE MUNTANYA
no. 1 Dansa del poble
no. 2 El repòs dins del temple
no. 3 pastoral
Barri de platja
Camí de muntanya
IMPRESSIONS SOBRE LA VIDA D'UN MINER
Primeres hores del matí
Treballs i records
Retornant del treball
31. Januar 2022
Robert Schumann
Ahnung (Albumblatt)
i am coming back to Mompou
Federico Mompou
Arabesque I
Arabesque II
L'eco
Festa trista
Les hores
La del pastor
Sis variations sobre un tema popular
Preludi
Record de platja
Camins de sorra
Estanys de paper de plata
30. Januar 2022
Claude Balbastre
Anton Arensky
Opus 63 no. 10 Adagio
Opus 67 no. 3 Tempo di Valse
once again, after almost one year
Federico Mompou
29. Januar 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Französische Suite E Dur BWV 817
Prélude (Präludium BWV 854/1)
Allemande
Gavotte
Menuet polonais
Petit Menuet
Robert Schumann
Waldszenen Opus 82
Vogel als Prophet
once again.....
George Gershwin
arranged by
Keith Jarrett
28. Januar 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Französische Suite E Dur BWV 817
Courante
Sarabande
Polonaise
Robert Schumann
Waldszenen Opus 82
Eintritt
Einsame Blumen
Herberge
Serge Bortkiewicz
Preludes Opus 40
no. 4 Sostenuto
27. Januar 2022
25. Januar 2022
Marins Marais
Rondeau
Romance
first evening of this piece
Serge Borkiewicz
Preludes Opus 40
no. 6 Andantino dolente
23. Januar 2022
born fifteen years before Johann Sebastian Bach
what a wonderful world he created
Jaques de Chambonnières
L'Entretien des Dieux ( Pavane )
a new version of Robert Schumann's Abschied.
I did not even listen to the previous ones....could be interesting
Robert Schumann
Waldszenen Opus 82
Abschied
Franz Liszt
22. Januar 2022
Francois Dandrieu
Les tendres reproches
what a masterpiece
Gabriel Fauré
Nocturne Opus 97 b minor Quasi adagio
as Sergiu Celibidache often mentioned,
Heinz Tiessen was his most influential music teacher
Heinz Tiessen
Fünf Klavierstücke Opus 52
no. 2 Zueignung
21. Januar 2022
Francois Dandrieu
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concert für Clavier f moll arranged by Alfred Cortot
Largo
Anton Arensky
Arabesque Opus 67 no. 4 Andantino
Sergej Bortkiewicz
Matt Malneck, Joseph Livingstone, arr. Keith Jarrett
20. Januar 2022
Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
à deux violes égales, arranged by Pierre Gouin
today's version
Les Pleures
Sergej Bortkiewicz
Opus 17 no. 5 Lamentation (Le mal du pays)
19. Januar 2022
Monsieur de Sainte Colombe
à deux violes égales arranged by Pierre Gouin
Les Pleures
Frederic Chopin
Fuga a minor
Largo E flat Major
13. Januar 2022
Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn)
Lieder für das Pianoforte
Opus 6 no. 3 Andante cantabile
Opus 8 no. 2 Andante con espressio
12. Januar 2022
Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn)
3 Mélodies Opus 5
no. 4 Lento appassionato
Lieder für das Pianoforte Opus 8
freely after the arrangement of Keith Jarrett
My wild Irish rose
11. Januar 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia no. 15, h moll BWV 801
Claude Balbastre
Prèlude d minor
Fugue d minor
Duo d minor
9. Januar 2022
Charles Valentin Alkan
Prelude Opus 31 no. 23
The Dying (from "The months")
Maurice Ravel
Menuet c sharp minor (1904)
and a new version of this masterpiece:
Pavane pour une infante défunte
8. Januar 2022
Alexander Skrjabin
Preludes Opus 16
no. 1 Andante
no. 2 Allegro
no. 5 Allegretto
playlist with all of Opus 16
7. Januar 2022
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonate B Dur KV 281 Andante amoroso
Alexander Skrjabin
Prelude Opus 11 no. 22 Lento
Prelude Opus 13 no. 1 Maestoso
Prelude Opus 13 no. 3 Andante
Prelude Opus 15 no. 4 Andantino
Prelude Opus 15 no. 5 Andante
Prelude Opus 16 no. 3 Andante cantabile
Prelude Opus 16 no. 4 Lento
4 Morceaux Opus 51 no. 4 Danse languide
Canon Opus post.
6. Januar 2022
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Lied ohne Worte Opus 102 no. 2 Adagio
Anatoly Lyadov
Quatre morceaux Opus 64
no. 4 Réminisence
playlist with all four of them
Alexander Skrjabin
Prelude Opus 17 no. 6 Andante doloroso
Frank Bridge
5. Januar 2022
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Lied ohne Worte Opus 102 no. 6 Andante
Alexander Skrjabin
there probably is no one, who can play this Etude as wonderfully as Vladimir Horowitz
Etude c minor Opus 2 Andante
Mazurka Opus 25 no. 3 Lento
Karol Szymanowski
Mazurka Opus 50 no 1 Sostenuto. Molto rubato
Oscar Levant
once again, freely after the arrangement of Keith Jarrett
Blame it on my youth
4. Januar 2022
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Kinderstücke Opus
no. 1 Allegretto
no. 2 Andante
no. 5 Andante con moto
no. 6 Andante sostenuto
no. 7 Con moto
Harry Farjeon
Tunes without tales Opus 53
no. 2 Allegro con grazia
3. Januar 2022
2. Januar 2022
1. Januar 2022
the first recording of this new year. Choral "Be content".
...no political advice, but towards oneself.
The homeofficepianist wishes everybody health and fulfillment!
From the Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
"Gib Dich zufrieden"
Aria "Bist du bei mir"
Aria G Dur
Aria "Warum betrübst du dich"
Choral "Dir, Dir"
Aria "Wie wohl ist mir"
Aria "Gedenke doch, mein Geist"
Choral "O Ewigkeit"
playlist Bach Arien und Chorale aus dem Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
22. Dezember 2021
the homeofficepianist wishes everybody a quiet and stressless Christmas time.
He will be gone for a week to be with his father.
All of You be well and happy!
Domenico Scarlatti
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium h moll WTK I BWV 869
Eric Satie
Domenico Scarlatti
Eric Satie
Deux Choses
Poésie
21. Dezember 2021
20. Dezember 2021
what incredible music this man wrote....as if from another world
Gabriel Fauré
Pièces brèves Opus 84
no. 4 Adagietto
19. Dezember 2021
18. Dezember 2021
17. Dezember 2021
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye
Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête
Le jardin féerique
playlist
today I also rerecorded the first movement of the Sonatine
Modéré
16. Dezember 2021
one more time Jacques Charlot's, Ravel's friend, arrangement of Ma mère l'oye
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye
I._ Pavane de la Belle au bois darmant.
II._Petit Poulet.
15. Dezember 2021
three years younger than his good friend Chopin,
their musical mind was almost one, at least when they were younger
Charles Valentin Alkan
Maurice Ravel
12. Dezember 2021
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour un Infante défunte
Valses nobles et sentimentales no. 2 Assez lent
Ernest John Moeran
Two folksong arrangements
Irish Lovesong
The white mountain
11. Dezember 2021
Josef Haydn
Variationen "Gott, erhalte"
Thema
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
playlist
Maurice Ravel
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Sonatine Mouvement de Menuet
À la manière de . . . Borodin
Frank Bridge
7. Dezember 2021
Frank Bridge
Rosemary
Winter Pastoral
The Hour Glass "Dusk"
Fragrances
Harry Farjeon
Pictures from Greece Opus 13
no. 5 The Graces
no. 2 The Fates
no.3 The Muses
5. Dezember 2021
Harry Farjeon
Musical Sketch Book
no. 2 Melody
no.3 Elegy
Venetian Idylls Opus 20
no. 2 Barcarolle
Two Idylls Opus 28
no. 1 Andante
no.2 Moderato
From The Three Cornered Kingdom
no.2 (About the fairy who dances)
no. 3 (Bells in the trees)
no.4 (The pool in which you look and see things that have happened)
Four Twilight Pieces Opus 34
no. 1 Moderato
no. 2. Semplice e non troppo lento
no. 3 Andante tranquillo
no. 4 Allegro moderato e rubato
4. Dezember 2021
1. Dezember 2021
Harry Farjeon
Opus 27 no. 1. Prelude "From the Forest of Andaine"
Felix Blumenfeld
Suite lyrique Opus 32
no. 1 Andante mesto
no. 2 Andantino
no. 5 Andante
30. November 2021
Manuel de Falla
arranged by his student
Ernesto Halffter
Siete canciones populares espanolas
no. 2 Seguidilla murciana
no. 3 Asturiana
no. 5 Nana
no. 6 Cancion
playlist
de Falla, born in November of 1876, was just half a year older than Bortkiewicz
Serge Bortkiewicz
Lyrica Nova Opus 59 no. 3 Andantino
a little tribute to the youngest of today's composers
born in 1878
almost unknown and, to my ears, e very lovely person
Harry Farjeon
21. November 2021
19. November 2021
what a wonderful, intimate, strange and rarely heard music
Felix Blumenfeld
born 1863 in Kowalowka, passed away in 1931 in Moscow
a student of Rimsky - Korsakov and teacher of Horowitz
24 Préludes opus 17
Moments lyriques Opus 27
no. 1 Andante
no. 3 Andante
no. 5 Andantino
no. 6 Allegretto
no. 7 Andante
no. 8 Allegretto
no. 9 Andantino
Reynaldo Hahn
born 1874 in Caracas, passed away 1947 in Paris
Notturno alla italiana
18.November 2021
Frederic Chopin
Feuille d'Album
Valse melancolique Opus posth.
Chopin's part of the Hexameron Variations no. 6 Nocturne
Alexander Borodin
Petit Suite
no. 1 In the monastery
no. 2 Intermezzo
no. 5 Rèverie
no. 7 Nocturne
Nicolai Rimsky - Korsakov
Variations sur le thème BACH
no. 4 Nocturne
Romance Opus 15 no. 2
15.November 2021
14.November 2021
Johann Sebastian Bach
Französische Suite Es Dur BWV 815
Allemande
Sarabande
Menuet
Anatoly Lyadov
born 1855 in Saint Petersburg,
passed away 1914 in Polinowka / Nowgorod
Trois Canons Opus 34
no. 2 Largo
no. 3 Allegretto pastorale
Trois Préludes Opus 36
no. 3 Moderato
Quatre Préludes Opus 39
no. 2 Adagio
no. 3 Andante
Boris Karagichev
lived from 1879 to 1946
Cinq Esquisses Opus 3
no. 1 Dolore
no. 3 Berceuse
no. 5 Exaltation
Alexander Glasunow
born 1865 in Saint Petersburg,
passed away 1936 in Paris
Trois Morceaux Opus 49
no. 1 Prélude
Alexander Gretchaninoff
born 1864 in Moskow,
passed away in 1956 in New York
Deux morceaux Opus 37
no. 2 Prélude
Quatre mazurkas Opus 53
no. 1 Allegro ma non troppo
no. 2 Allegro moderato
no. 3 Lento melancholico
no. 4 Allegro
Moments lyrique Opus 78
no.1 Prélude
no. 2 Lullaby
no. 3 Mazurka
3 pieces Opus 116
no. 1. D Major
no. 2 Meditation
no. 3 Mazurka
13.November 2021
listen to this little jewel
Frédéric Chopin
Alexander Gretchaninoff
Aquarelles Opus 146
no. 1 Chant élégiaque
no. 2 DIXI !
no. 3 Tender Prière
no. 4 Vision terrible
no. 5 Et danser, danser, danser,....
12.November 2021
Frédéric Chopin
Cantabile
Andantino "Wiosna"
Chopin's arrangement of Vincenzo Bellini's famous aria
Casta Diva
Anatoly Lyadov
Opus 42 no. 1 Prélude
Sarabande
Fugue on the Theme "La-Do-Fa"
Opus 57 no. 3 Mazurka
Opus 64 no. 1 Grimace
Opus 64 no. 2 Tenébres
Opus 64 no. 3 Tentation
Opus 48 no. 2 Canzonetta
21.Oktober 2021
15.Oktober 2021
These pieces were arranged by Giacomo Puccini himself.
They reveal the greatness of his genius.
He uses the piano in an ideal way and did not just produce a mere reduction of the opera score.
Not many notes, just the important ones. Sometimes he does not follow the original song line,
in order to make it more fit for the piano and this other form of music.
I can see his sincerity and seriousness and for that he has found a place in my heart.
It is, of course, not possible to transfer the dramatic atmosphere and power of the real opera performance onto the piano.
For me as a performer, it is difficult to find the right balance between the attempted imitation of the opera voice
and the necessities of the piano.
But anyway I consider these pieces as little jewels
Giacomo Puccini
transcriptions of opera arias
Madame Butterfly "Spira sul mare" (Entrada di Butterfly)
Tosca "E Lucevan Le Stelle" (Cavaradossi)
Turandot "Nessun dorma" (Calef)
Turandot "Tanto amore segreto" (Liù)
Giacomo Puccini La fanciulla del West "Minni, dalla mia casa son partito" (Jack Rance)
3.Oktober 2021
Eric Satie
Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel
Déspoire agréable
"Carnet d'esquisses et des croquis"
Notes
Le prisonnier maussade
Harmonies
Harmonies (freely)
Songerie vers "Jack" et deux autre fragments du même tissu musical
Choral
29.September 2021
another evening with these two, most wonderful ladies visiting
Clara Wieck Schumann
Lili Boulanger
10.September 2021
Erroll Garner
Other voices
Something happens
.......the following four pieces are performed on my old Bechstein B,
an instrument that Erroll Garner often played and owned
This time it's real
Dreamstreet
Misty in G
Misty in E flat
5. Juni 2021
our lovely, heartwarming little friend.....I could catch him on photo today
find all the past recordings here