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Offline xsoloistss

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Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
on: May 25, 2006, 12:36:46 AM
Attached is my first attempt at recording - the volume is rather weak.  This is a Steinway Model D, recorded with a single boundary mic in my living room using a Tascam digital Pocket Studio 5.  Comments and suggestions are welcomed! 

This is also my first post, so please forgive me if it doesn't work correctly - I'm a newbie!

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Offline da jake

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Re: Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
Reply #1 on: May 25, 2006, 12:40:34 AM
Sounds good to me!  :)
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Re: Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
Reply #2 on: May 25, 2006, 09:42:32 AM
YOU HAVE A STEINWAY D IN YOUR LIVING ROOM?!
Wonderfully restrained and mature playing. Perhaps a bit too much pedal -- or so it sounds on the recording. Would love to hear you play some Bach written for keyboard -- anything at all.
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Re: Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
Reply #3 on: May 25, 2006, 02:02:25 PM
you're so lucky with the piano.. you must be mega-rich... well.. mega-poor after buying one!
Brilliant playing...
Tom
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Re: Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
Reply #4 on: May 25, 2006, 05:17:58 PM
Not mega rich!  Was able to fulfill a life-long dream of owning a Steinway concert grand by rolling the cost of it into a home-equity loan, which means the interest is deductible!  I've spent years trying to figure out how to purchase one; the right instrument at the right price finally came along and it all fell into place!  It's a 6 year old piano and I got a really good deal on it from my local Steinway dealer because it was their C&A (Concert and Artists) piano which was being replaced by a new model.  All I can say is dream big, scheme every way you can, and if you want it badly enough you'll find a way to get your dream piano! 
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Re: Godowsky transcription Bach Suite No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude
Reply #5 on: May 25, 2006, 05:21:37 PM
Quote from: xsoloistss on May 25, 2006, 05:17:58 PM
Not mega rich!  Was able to fulfill a life-long dream of owning a Steinway concert grand by rolling the cost of it into a home-equity loan, which means the interest is deductible!  I've spent years trying to figure out how to purchase one; the right instrument at the right price finally came along and it all fell into place!  It's a 6 year old piano and I got a really good deal on it from my local Steinway dealer because it was their C&A (Concert and Artists) piano which was being replaced by a new model.  All I can say is dream big, scheme every way you can, and if you want it badly enough you'll find a way to get your dream piano! 
thanks for the tip! im only 16 so id have some trouble taking out a mortgage for a piano.. lol  :D
Tom
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