please help me choose which pieces to record

[blackstone]

I am working on putting together a recording project and could use some suggestions for which pieces to record.  The theme of the CD is going to be slow classical piano music.  The criteria is that the pieces have to be fairly well-known, at an intermediate level to play, and be no longer than 7 or 8 minutes in legnth.  Some possibilities thus far would be:

Clair De Lune
J.S. Bach - Prelude in C
one of the Chopin Nocturnes
Moonlight Sonata
2nd movement of Pathetique Sonata

Each piece doesn't have to be consistently slow; the tempo can vary.  Please post your ideas!

Thanks,
Colin McCullough

please visit the McCullough Tuning Tutorial, a free online resource for learning how a piano is tuned.
www.blackstonepiano.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm

[allchopin]

The criteria is that the pieces have to be fairly well-known

This is quite the understatement.  My advice would be to choose a new list of pieces.

[donjuan]

I am working on putting together a recording project and could use some suggestions for which pieces to record.  The theme of the CD is going to be slow classical piano music.  The criteria is that the pieces have to be fairly well-known, at an intermediate level to play, and be no longer than 7 or 8 minutes in legnth.  Some possibilities thus far would be:

Clair De Lune
J.S. Bach - Prelude in C
one of the Chopin Nocturnes
Moonlight Sonata
2nd movement of Pathetique Sonata

Each piece doesn't have to be consistently slow; the tempo can vary.  Please post your ideas!

Thanks,
Colin McCullough

not another one of these *** things!  Please no NO NO NO!! I think Sears and other non-music related stores are already busting at the seams with these CDs called "Classical Masterpieces" or "the Romantic Piano" with the same overplayed *** and tropical paradise postcard on the cover along with the dumb "1 CD = $25, 2 CDs = $30" price tag. 

You know what I mean - those crappy quality CDs sold at Sears in the big rack with samples to listen to.  --> please, NO MORE!!

also, one more thing - a quote from your spamterrific link:   (and no more bs - it IS spam -those links on your site just reek advertising! man, you are so full of it   haha or maybe Im just too cynical)

People who are curious about piano tuning, including musicians who would like to try tuning their own piano.  Note to musicians who may think tuning will come easily and naturally – I DARE you to give it a shot!

You DARE me?? your audacious pressure salesman experience is most obvious! I dont want to sound hostile, but it pisses me off so much when I see these stupid lines.  Your "recording project" sounds like you just want to play pieces everyone knows so a lot of ignorant people will buy your *** for maximum profit.  If youre in music for the primary profit concern, just get out...

Music is not a waffle iron you sell on TV for "3 easy payments of 19.95, BUT WAIT, THERE"S MORE!!! buy 2 and receive...blah blahblah ------5 minutes later-------(fast-talking southern guy:)_{/waffle irons are dangerous do not attempt to cool the flaming hot iron with hands or genitals you may not receive your *** until youve signed a bunch of bureaucratic jarginblah blah blah}"

im tired now I think ill take a couple aspirin and go to bed..
Just dont make this *** CD - people can find awesome recordings free at their local library by reputable artists, and can also afford to hire a decent piano technician once a year.  If everyone went to your site, there would be a shitload of poorly tuned pianos throughout the world and competent music professionals out of a career.

donjuan
(ok, no more anger... think peace peace peace peace.... gtg to bed nowstep awaaay from the computer)

[blackstone]

Wow...I wonder sometimes whether people are really this obnoxious in real life.  For the last post, it's too bad you spent so much time writing that out.  I know you meant to be serious, but I thought it was pretty funny.  Really, "your audacious pressure salesman experience is most obvious!"?  I can't even be offended by that; if you only knew me in person.  I'm pretty laid back, and would make a terrible salesperson.  You assume too much.

If anyone would like to reply to the post with setlist suggestions, please email me at blackstonepiano@att.net.  Posting it here, it seems you might only get sniped at.

As for this project, I gave no details about what this is for, and I'm glad I didn't.  One minute I ask for some suggestions, the next I'm being painted as a greedy capitalist out to rip people off.  I'm wondering how people who buy those "Classical Masterpieces" albums would like being called ignorant; good thing most musicians are not so elitist.

As for my tuning tutorial, I added the musician's tuning dare to answer all the other musicians I've met who told me tuning would be easy for them.  I figured the dare would only offend those who felt that way.  I also thought it would be a good way to bait obnoxious people.  Advertisements?  I couldn't hope that my tutorial attracted enough attention for anyone to actually want to advertise there.  Maybe just a bit too cynical.  Most non-tuners who see the tutorial would probably see that tuning your own piano is too involved.  Most who actually tried it would find their time better spent mowing the lawn, and might in turn gain more respect for their piano tuner.

Colin McCullough
please visit the McCullough Tuning Tutorial, a free online resource for learning how a piano is tuned.
www.blackstonepiano.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm (spamterrific link to my tutorial that reeks of advertising)

[Siberian Husky]

i searched the forum for "pathetique 2nd" (movement) and came across this...


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what happened here?