Dec 21 2007
Rachmaninoff Etude Op. 39 No. 5
A practice session from May 14, 2007:
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Dec 21 2007
Scriabin and Rach Etude in e-
Here I’m performing two etudes back to back that are supposedly in the same key, although with different key names: first the Scriabin Etude number 12 in D-sharp minor, second the Rachmaninoff Etude 39-5 in E-flat minor.
Dec 21 2007
Chopin-Godowsky Etude 24 for Left Hand
I’ve added a small part of my practice session from April 29, 2007.
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Dec 21 2007
Scriabin Etude Op. 8 No. 12
Mike performing. Recorded September 2006. This is a formidable piece for the performer written in D# minor. I introduce the piece in Russian.
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Dec 21 2007
Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 11 “Winter Wind”
Mike performing. Recorded Sunday, August 15, 2004. This is perhaps one of the most technically difficult pieces in the Chopin repertoire. As such, some technical difficulties throughout the piece hold me up a bit, but this is otherwise as good as I got it that day shot on camera.
I sometimes play pieces a little differently than written (especially my mistakes!). Here, I end up adding bass in two places: just before the recap playing the A an octave lower, and in the coda, as a suggestion from Godowsky’s version, I continue the descent of octaves all the way to the bottom of the keyboard.
[video coming soon]
Dec 21 2007
Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 6 “Thirds Etude”
Mike performing. Recorded Sunday, August 15, 2004: