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Two Great Pianists and Their Lessons

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Shif's Lecture Recitals (Wigmore Hall, 2004-2006)
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 26, “Les Adieux” (Revised)

Piano Sonata

I revisited Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 to burn it onto the fourth CD. It's a piece connected to the Austrian War that erupted in Central Europe in 1809. The three movements depict Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven's pupil, fleeing Vienna to escape the war and returning home...
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 25 “Cuckoo” (Revised)

Piano Sonata

This piece, like No. 24, is a short piano sonata. It's famous as the "Cuckoo Sonata." In a letter to his publisher, Beethoven apparently specified that it should be titled "Sonatina" upon publication. Meaning, a small sonata. Piano Sonata...
On the Addition of IR (Impulse Response) to SWAM String Instruments, Part 2

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String-based physical sound source SWAM appears to have added IR (Impulse Response) in v.3.10, so I'd like to document my own findings as Part 2. Please feel free to point out any errors. 1. SWAM's design and conventional mechanisms (...
IR (Impulse Response) of string-based physical sound sources (Part 1)

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　The physical sound sources I will be discussing here are Audio Modeling's SWAM Strings and Sample Modeling's Solo, Chamber & Ensemble Strings (hereafter referred to as SCES). 　In between playing Beethoven's Piano Sonata, I have been considering various ways to play strings...
Morley College London and the story of a 98-year-old student who loves the piano

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　A friend who runs a small publishing company introduced me to her friend who teaches piano masterclasses at Morley College London in the UK. The article was so fascinating that I'd like to share it here. The article...
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 “Thérèse” (Revised)

Piano Sonata

On the evolution of Beethoven's musical expression
Digitally Performed Classical Music Vol. 3 (N0.21&23)

Piano Sonata

　I burned my third CD.　This time it is two pieces, "Waldstein" and "Passion". 　These two pieces are also considered masterpieces, and it seems that a new piano, a French Erard, was used for composing them.　The range of the sound was widened and the width of the dynamics was increased, and the pi...
Digitally Performed Classical Music Vol. 2 (No.8,14&17)

Piano Sonata

　I burned my second CD.　This time it is Beethoven's "Pathetique", "Moonlight", and "Tempest", which are considered masterpieces.　Under the supervision of my teacher, I reviewed the three pieces that I had previously typed.　The review is a strange thing; at the time, I thought it was fine, but...
On Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27 and Zyklus

Creation Notes

The term "Zyklus" refers to...

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