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　Now, finally, "Moonlight". 　The title "Moonlight" is not quite right for the first movement, but for the rest of the piece, it is far from the impression it gives.　The title "Moonlight" is not given by the maestro, so it is not surprising.　However, the first movement is so famous that everyone...

　I am currently inputting Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight", and in between, I suddenly thought I would try string quartets. 　Well, "string quartet"... I have never really liked to listen to it.　However, for a long time, Beeth...

　I lived for a while on the island of Saint-Louis, Paris, about 50 years ago.　It was when the price of one franc was about 80 yen.　After dinner, I was always listening to Radio France or Antenne 2 (or was it Radio France or Antenne 2?) while wrapping up the day's work.

　In fact, there is one area where I had difficulty in typing Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique".　That is the execution of "fp" that follows the opening chord. 　Piano Sonata No. 8 was composed between 1797 and 1798, and the pia...

　I spent until last year inputting Beethoven’s piano sonatas up to the final 32nd one..　And from this year, I decided to work on No. 8 and No. 14, which I had not played before.　I started with No. 8, "Pathetique.　It seems to have been written when he was less than 30 years old, and it was in his later years....

　Last October, my teacher gave a recital at Mitaka Performing Arts Center Kaze no Hall, where he performed the complete Goldberg Variations.　It was quite a wonderful performance, so I thought it would be nice to share it with you. https://youtu.b...

　I uploaded Bach's Goldberg Variations, Aria (piano version) to YouTube and immediately received the following two copyright infringement claims from SME (Sony Music Entertainment).　Again, I immediately filed an objection, but this time to a rather curious copyright infringement claim...

　This is a piano version of Bach's Goldberg Variations "Aria".　I have been typing for string trio and harpsichord, but finally arrived at piano.　At first, I tried to type it on piano, but it was difficult to handle polyphony...

　The original title of the Goldberg Variations is "Aria and Various Variations for Clavicembalo with 2-step keyboard".　This time, I decided to play the theme aria on harpsichord. 　Nowadays, since Glengrood, most of the arias are probably played on the piano...

　Beethoven's piano sonatas number up to 32 in total, but especially the later three, Nos. 30, 31, and 32, the more I listen to them, the more profound and atmospheric they are.　I happened to meet up with an old friend in Germany and decided to put together a CD of these three pieces that I had composed myself...