In June 2011 I began recording piano pieces and putting them on the web. My goal, besides sharing all this wonderful music, is to force myself to practice with more focus. This project is dedicated to the memory of Michelle Yu.

If possible, use headphones - you'll hear a lot more detail.

I put some of these on on YouTube in hopes of more listeners. Didn't happen.

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Recent recordings

• Mädchenlied, Op 85 No 3 (Brahms) · Recorded 5 Oct 2025 · Details · My arrangement of a song for soprano
• Prelude op 17 no 6 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details · A beautiful little piece.
• Prelude op 22 no 1 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details
• Prelude op 22 no 2 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details



My favorites

• wasserklavier, from Six Encores (Luciano Berio) · Recorded 22 July 2020 · Details
• Jeg ved, min Tanke, ved (Edvard Grieg) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details · A song, played on the piano. 'One day, o my mind, you will be at peace'.
• An Wasserflüssen Babylon (J.S. Bach. Organ Chorale, arranged for piano by Luigi Perrachio) · Recorded 3 May 2020 · Details · For Chiara Bertoglio
• Prelude no. 9 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 1 Oct 2020 · Details
• Fugue in C minor (G.F. Handel) · Recorded 16 Jan 2021 · Details
• Waltz no. 5 (Antonin Dvorak) · Recorded 7 Feb 2021 · Details · For K.N.
• Evocacion from Iberia (Isaac Albeniz) · Recorded 2 Dec 2011 · Details · Evokes a memory of a memory of Spain
• Durch Adams Fall is ganz verderbt (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details · arranged by Ferruccio Busoni
• Mallorca (Isaac Albeniz) · Recorded 9 Dec 2020 · Details · For K.N. - happy birthday!
• Andante Lagrimoso (from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 16 March 2013 · Details
• Since You've Asked (Judy Collins) · Recorded 7 July 2013 · Details · For PB@D
• Fugue 8 from WTC vol 2 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 2 Sept 2021 · Details
• Nocturne #20 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 1 May 2013 · Details · For L. H.-S.
• Chorale from Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (Cesar Franck) · Recorded 18 Nov 2013 · Details
• Nuages Gris (Gray Clouds) (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 23 Jan 2012 · Details



By composer




Albeniz

• Evocacion from Iberia (Isaac Albeniz) · Recorded 2 Dec 2011 · Details · Evokes a memory of a memory of Spain
• Mallorca (Isaac Albeniz) · Recorded 9 Dec 2020 · Details · For K.N. - happy birthday!
• Granada, from Suite Española (Isaac Albeniz) · Recorded 7 July 2021 · Details · For K.N.



Bach

• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 30 July 2021 · Details
• Sheep may Safely Graze (J.S. Bach, arr. by Mary Howe) · Recorded 25 April 2021 · Details · For K.N.
• Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 562 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 7 June 2020 · Details · For Carl Christensen
• An Wasserflüssen Babylon (J.S. Bach. Organ Chorale, arranged for piano by Luigi Perrachio) · Recorded 3 May 2020 · Details · For Chiara Bertoglio
• Prelude from Partita for lute BWV 997 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 1 Feb 2020 · Details
• Gavotte from Partita for violin BWV 1006A (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 1 Feb 2020 · Details
• Prelude in Eb (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 26 June 2019 · Details
• Organ Sonata No. 4, mvt. 2 (Transcr. by August Stradal) (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 22 May 2019 · Details
• Prelude from the Clavierbuchlein for W.F. Bach, arr. Siloti (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 22 May 2019 · Details
• Toccata in D minor (excerpt) (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 21 Jan 2019 · Details · The odd rushing noise is a truck going by my house.
• Toccata in F# minor (excerpt) (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 21 Jan 2019 · Details · I heard Daniel play this once and thought it was pretty cool.
• Durch Adams Fall is ganz verderbt (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details · arranged by Ferruccio Busoni
• Intermezzo from Toccata in C (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details · arranged by Ferruccio Busoni
• Fantasy in a (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 27 Feb 2017 · Details
• Ich ruf zu dir, Herr (Organ choral prelude, arranged for piano by Busoni (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 11 Oct 2012 · Details
• Allegro from Toccata in D (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details
• Prelude from 1st Partita (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 24 July 2011 · Details
• Gigue from 1st Partita (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 6 Aug 2011 · Details



Well-Tempered Clavier, J.S. Bach

• Fugue 8 from WTC vol 2 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 2 Sept 2021 · Details
• Prelude in C, WTC vol 1 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 22 May 2012 · Details
• Fugue in c, WTC vol. 1 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 22 May 2012 · Details
• Prelude in g, WTC vol. 1 (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 22 May 2012 · Details
• Prelude in eb, WTC I (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details
• Prelude in f, WTC II (J.S. Bach) · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details



Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances

• Stick game · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details
• Peasant costume · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details
• Standing still · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details
• Song of the mountain horn · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details
• A garden gate in Romania · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details
• Little one · Recorded 7 Oct 2011 · Details



Berio, Luciano

• wasserklavier, from Six Encores (Luciano Berio) · Recorded 22 July 2020 · Details
• brin, from Six Encores (Luciano Berio) · Recorded 22 July 2020 · Details · For Monica, who always inspires



Bolcom

• Graceful Ghost Rag (William Bolcom) · Recorded 25 June 2011 · Details



Beethoven

• Moonlight sonata, 1st mvt (Beethoven) · Recorded 6 Mar 2014 · Details · For librarians everywhere



Brahms

• Mädchenlied, Op 85 No 3 (Brahms) · Recorded 5 Oct 2025 · Details · My arrangement of a song for soprano
• Variations on an Original Theme (Brahms) · Recorded 26 Jan 2022 · Details
• Intermezzo op. 117 #1 (Johannes Brahms) · Recorded 14 Dec 2020 · Details · For Bert, in memoriam
• Intermezzo op. 117 no. 2 (Johannes Brahms) · Recorded 14 March 2011 · Details
• Sonata #3 in f (2nd mvt, Andante) (Johannes Brahms) · Recorded 15 Oct 2011 · Details · The 2nd movement from Brahms' titanic 3rd piano sonata. Dedicated to my mother Alice.
• Piano Quintet in f minor, mvts. 3 and 4 (Brahms) · Recorded 1993 (live recording) · Details · Arranged for 4 hands; with David Weinberg



Monica Chew

• The Crazy Woman (Monica Chew) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details · For Monica



Chopin

• Prelude #4 (Chopin) · Recorded 4 Jan 2024 · Details · For K.N.
• Prelude #25 (Chopin) · Recorded 13 April 2021 · Details · For P.B.
• Prelude #26 (Chopin) · Recorded 13 April 2021 · Details
• Nocturne in C minor (Chopin) · Recorded 11 July 2019 · Details
• Mazurka op. 24 #1 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details
• Mazurka op. 24 #2 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details
• Mazurka op. 24 #3 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details
• Mazurka op. 24 #4 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 25 May 2018 · Details
• Nocturne #20 (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 1 May 2013 · Details · For L. H.-S.
• Medley: Menuet and Frühling (Handel and Chopin/Liszt) · Recorded 24 May 2014 (live) · Details
• Frühling (Chopin/Liszt) · Recorded 17 June 2011 · Details · A piano transcription, by Liszt, of the song 'Frühling' (Spring) by Chopin.
• Waltz in a, op. post. (Frederic Chopin) · Recorded 19 Dec 2013 · Details
• Mazurka op. 30 no. 2 (Frederich Chopin) · Recorded 8 Aug 2011 · Details



Copland

• Piano Sonata (Aaron Copland) · Recorded 1993 (live recording) · Details



Collins, Judy

• Since You've Asked (Judy Collins) · Recorded 7 July 2013 · Details · For PB@D



Cosma

• Promenade Melancholique (from the movie Diva) (Vladimir Cosma) · Recorded 22 Oct 2012 · Details



Couperin

• Les Barricades Mysterieuses (Francois Couperin) · Recorded 18 Nov 2013 · Details · For Nina Labrador



Debussy

• The Snow is Dancing (from Children's Corner) (Debussy) · Recorded 9 April 2020 · Details · For PB
• The Little Shepherd (from Children's Corner) (Debussy) · Recorded 9 April 2020 · Details
• Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy) · Recorded 17 Feb 2019 · Details · For Sarki
• La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (Debussy) · Recorded 1994 (live) · Details · for Rich Kraft, who gave me some last-minute coaching
• La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Claude Debussy) · Recorded 28 Jan 2014 · Details · For Jill from Red Deer



Dvorak

• Waltz no. 5 (Antonin Dvorak) · Recorded 7 Feb 2021 · Details · For K.N.



Bill Evans

• Maxine (Bill Evans) · Recorded 14 August 2016 · Details
• Your Story (Bill Evans) · Recorded 1 July 2014 · Details · For Tara



Franck

• Aria from Prelude, Aria and Finale (Cesar Franck) · Recorded 1 Feb 2020 · Details
• Chorale from Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (Cesar Franck) · Recorded 18 Nov 2013 · Details · For Jacqueline Ultan



Ginastera

• Danza de la Moza Donosa, from Danzas Argentinas (Alberto Ginastera) · Recorded 1 Sept 2011 · Details · This one's for Michelle.



Glass

• Opening from Glassworks (Philip Glass) · Recorded 7 July 2013 · Details · For PB@D
• Etude #3 (Philip Glass) · Recorded 17 Oct 2015 · Details · live recording at music group
• Wichita Vortex Sutra (Philip Glass) · Recorded 3 Feb 2012 · Details · To Mark A. Thomas of Sorabji.com



Grieg

• Jeg ved, min Tanke, ved (Edvard Grieg) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details · A song, played on the piano. 'One day, o my mind, you will be at peace'.



Grieg: Lyric Pieces

• Arietta · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Melody · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Elegy · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Notturno · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Once Upon a Time · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Summer Evening · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details
• Remembrance · Recorded 19 June 2012 · Details



Handel

• Fugue in C minor (G.F. Handel) · Recorded 16 Jan 2021 · Details
• Menuet in g (G.F. Handel) · Recorded 27 Jan 2014 · Details · For Arnaud Legrand
• Medley: Menuet and Frühling (Handel and Chopin/Liszt) · Recorded 24 May 2014 (live) · Details



Robert Helps

• Homage a Rachmaninoff (Robert Helps) · Recorded 6 Sept 2020 · Details



Scott Joplin

• The Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin) · Recorded 7 Feb 2021 · Details
• Bethena: a Concert Waltz (Scott Joplin) · Recorded 6 July 2011 · Details



Elena Kats-Chernin

• eggshell (Elena Kats-Chernin) · Recorded 27 May 2021 · Details · From 'unsent love letters: meditations on Erik Satie'. For Monica.
• imaginary building (Elena Kats-Chernin) · Recorded 27 May 2021 · Details
• piano tower (Elena Kats-Chernin) · Recorded 27 May 2021 · Details



Liszt

• Soirees de Vienne: 1. Allegretto malinconico (Liszt/Schubert) · Recorded 9 Nov 2022 · Details · A pastiche, by Liszt, of short Waltzes by Schubert
• Andante Lagrimoso (from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 16 March 2013 · Details
• Nuages Gris (Gray Clouds) (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 23 Jan 2012 · Details
• Funerailles (from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 22 Nov 2012 · Details
• Consolation No. 3 (Franz Liszt) · Recorded 17 July 2011 · Details



Mendelssohn

• Duetto, from Songs without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) · Recorded 29 Jan 2012 · Details
• Venetian Gondola Song, from Songs without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) · Recorded 29 Jan 2012 · Details



Federico Mompou

• Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonrien (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 13 May 2024 · Details · For Gareth
• Trois Variations (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 25 Feb 2023 · Details · les soldats, courtoisie, and nocturne
• Prelude #5 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 26 Oct 2023 · Details · Moderato
• Prelude #6 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 26 Oct 2023 · Details · Moderato (for the left hand)
• Prelude #7 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 26 Oct 2023 · Details · Deciso (Palmier d’étoiles)
• Prelude no. 8 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 1 Oct 2020 · Details · For Lauren
• Prelude no. 9 (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 1 Oct 2020 · Details
• La Fontaine et la Cloche, from Paisajes (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 6 Sept 2020 · Details · For Lauren
• Impresiones Intimas (III: Secreto) (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 24 Sept 2020 · Details
• Impresiones Intimas (I) (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 27 March 2020 · Details · For Lauren
• Impresiones Intimas (IV: Gitano) (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 27 March 2020 · Details



Mompou: Musica Callada

• I. Angelico · Recorded 28 Aug 2017 · Details · For Jim Horton, RIP
• II. Lent · Recorded 28 Aug 2017 · Details
• IV. Afflito e penoso · Recorded 28 Aug 2017 · Details
• VI. Lento · Recorded 28 Aug 2017 · Details · Theme and inversion
• IX. Lento · Recorded 28 Aug 2017 · Details · Bells
• Musica Callada XI. Allegretto (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 28 Feb 2025 · Details
• Musica Callada XXII. Molto lento e tranquilo (Federico Mompou) · Recorded 28 Feb 2025 · Details



Mompou: Variations on a theme of Chopin

• Theme (Andantino) · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• I. Tranquillo e molto amabile · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• II. Gracioso · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• III. Lento (for the left hand alone) · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• IV. Espressivo · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• V. Tempo di Mazurka · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• VI. Recitativo · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• VIII. Andante dolce e espressivo · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• IX. Valse · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• X. Evocacion: Cantabile molto espressivo · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• XI. Lento dolce e legato · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details
• Epilogo. Lento · Recorded 5 Feb 2017 · Details



Mozart

• Sonata K.280, 2nd mvt. (W.A. Mozart) · Recorded 26 Dec 2013 · Details



von Paradis, Maria-Theresa

• Sicilienne (Maria-Theresa von Paradis) · Recorded 31 May 2013 · Details



Paradisi, Domenico

• Toccata (Domenico Paradisi) · Recorded 21 May 2013 · Details



Piazzolla

• Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1960 (Astor Piazzolla) · Recorded 24 May 2014 (live) · Details · four-hands; with Ann Smith (primo)



Poulenc

• Improvisation #5 (Francis Poulenc) · Recorded 14 August 2016 · Details
• Improvisation #13 (Francis Poulenc) · Recorded 14 August 2016 · Details
• Novelette #1 (Francis Poulenc) · Recorded 22 Nov 2012 · Details
• Novelette #3 (Francis Poulenc) · Recorded 22 Nov 2012 · Details



Poulenc: Mouvements Perpétuels

• No. 1 · Recorded 2 Jan 2013 · Details
• No. 2 · Recorded 2 Jan 2013 · Details
• No. 3 · Recorded 2 Jan 2013 · Details



Prokofiev

• Visions Fugitives #8 (Sergei Prokofiev) · Recorded 11 Sept 2011 · Details · Chip Brimhall describe this as an 'ink sketch'
• Visions Fugitives #7 ('Harp') (Sergei Prokofiev) · Recorded 5 Sept 2011 · Details



Ravel

• Fairy Garden, from the Mother Goose Suite (Maurice Ravel) · Recorded 6 April 2023 · Details



Satie

• Pieces Froides, Danses de traverse #1 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 28 Jan 2023 · Details · For Lauren
• Pieces Froides, Danses de traverse #2 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 28 Jan 2023 · Details · For Lauren
• 2e prélude du Nazaréen (Erik Satie) · Recorded 16 Aug 2022 · Details
• Fête donnée par des chevaliers normands en l'honneur d'une jeune demoiselle (Erik Satie) · Recorded 16 Aug 2022 · Details
• Nocturne #1 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 1 May 2013 · Details
• Nocturne #3 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 1 May 2013 · Details
• Sa Taille (Erik Satie) · Recorded 11 July 2011 · Details · from Les Trois Valses Distinguees du Precieux Degoute
• Son Binocle (Erik Satie) · Recorded 28 June 2011 · Details · from Les Trois Valses Distinguees du Precieux Degoute
• Several pieces (Erik Satie) · Recorded 2011 · Details



Satie: Croquis & Agaceries d'un Gros Bonhomme en Bois

• Tyrolienne turque · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details
• Danse maigre · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details
• Españaña · Recorded 19 Aug 2012 · Details



Satie: Gnossiennes

• Gnossienne 1 · Recorded 19 April 2012 · Details
• Gnossienne 2 · Recorded 19 April 2012 · Details
• Gnossienne 3 · Recorded 19 April 2012 · Details
• Gnossienne #5 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 1 May 2013 · Details · For Rich Kraft
• Gnossienne #7 (Erik Satie) · Recorded 16 Mar 2023 · Details



Satie: Avant-dernières Pensées

• Idylle · Recorded 17 Aug 2025 · Details
• Aubade · Recorded 17 Aug 2025 · Details
• Méditation · Recorded 17 Aug 2025 · Details



Scarlatti

• Sonata in E, K531 (Domenico Scarlatti) · Recorded 23 April 2012 · Details
• Sonata #33 (Domenico Scarlatti) · Recorded 21 May 2013 · Details



Schubert

• Sonata op 78, mvt. 2: Andante (Franz Schubert) · Recorded 1 Oct 2020 · Details
• Drei Klavierstücke, #2: Allegretto (Franz Schubert) · Recorded 1 Oct 2020 · Details
• Moments Musicals no. 6 (Franz Schubert) · Recorded 24 Sept 2020 · Details · For Chelsea
• Moments Musicals no. 2 (Schubert) · Recorded 17 April 2020 · Details
• Impromptu op. 142 no 2 (Schubert) · Recorded 14 April 2020 · Details · Major doesn't always mean happy.
• Cello quintet (2nd mvt), arr. for piano (Franz Schubert) · Recorded 8 Feb 2019 · Details · Schubert wrote this a month before he died; he never heard it performed.
• Sonata in Bb (2nd mvt) (Franz Schubert) · Recorded 7 Feb 2019 · Details · He wrote this the same month (and 2 other piano sonatas too)
• Ständchen (Schubert/Liszt) · Recorded 22 June 2011 · Details · A piano transcription, by Liszt, of the song 'Ständchen' (Serenade) by Franz Schubert.
• Fantasy in f for piano 4 hands (Schubert) · Recorded 1993 (live recording) · Details · With D.R.; horrible distortion due to too-high recording level



Robert Schumann

• Songs of the Morning, op. 133 no. 1 (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 4 June 2022 · Details · for Maryse
• Intermezzo, op. 4 no. 5 (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 4 June 2022 · Details · for Lily
• Noveletten, op. 21 no. 1 (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 4 June 2022 · Details · for Esa-Matti
• Ghost Variations (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 24 Dec 2021 · Details · For K.N.
• Romanze from Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 9 Sept 2021 · Details
• Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 9 Sept 2021 · Details
• Symphonic Etudes (last variation from the Anhang) (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 26 June 2019 · Details
• Arabesque in C, opus 18 (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 18 Nov 2013 · Details
• #1 from Bunte Blatter (Colorful Leaves) (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details
• II from Bunte Blätter (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 8 Sept 2012 · Details
• #3 from Bunte Blatter (Colorful Leaves) (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details
• #4 from Bunte Blatter (Colorful Leaves) (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details
• #5 from Bunte Blatter (Colorful Leaves) (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 28 Feb 2019 · Details
• Fantasie in C, 3rd mvt. (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 26 Oct 2011 · Details · For Sara
• XVIII from Davidsbundler (Robert Schumann) · Recorded 27 Sept 2011 · Details



Selections from Clavierstücke für die Jugend (Piano pieces for the young) by Robert Schumann, Op. 68

• _★ ^★ _★ · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• Frohlicher Landmann · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• _★ ^★ _★ · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• Kleine Romanze · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• Sheherezade · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• Kleine Studie · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details
• Mignon · Recorded 29 Feb 2012 · Details



Scriabin

• Prelude op 17 no 6 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details · A beautiful little piece.
• Prelude op 22 no 1 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details
• Prelude op 22 no 2 (Scriabin) · Recorded 20 Aug 2025 · Details
• Etude op. 2 no. 1 (Scriabin) · Recorded 23 Sept 2011 · Details · A piece from Scriabin's early years, when he was heavily influenced by Chopin.



Stephen Sondheim

• 'Good Thing Going', from Merrily we Roll Along (Stephen Sondheim) · Recorded 28 April 2020 · Details



Tchaikovsky

• October from The Seasons (Tchaikovsky) · Recorded 4 May 2024 · Details · For Miyoung



Turina

• Sevilla, from Suite Pittoresque (Joaquin Turina) · Recorded 22 Jan 2012 · Details



Villa-Lobos

• Prelude #1 for guitar (Heitor Villa-Lobos) · Recorded 1 Feb 2020 · Details
• Choros - No. 1 for guitar (1920) (Heitor Villa-Lobos) · Recorded 11 Oct 2012 · Details · For Wade Ramey
• Comments on sonata form · Recorded 1993 (live recording) · Details · The tape ran out right when it was getting interesting
• Theme from Princess Mononoke · Recorded 20 June 2012 · Details · For Wenjing

My repertoire as of about 2003

• Chopin: Several of the Nocturnes
• Del Tredici: Chana's Story (with Laurie Amat, soprano). At least the 1st and 2nd songs (out of 6). Started work summer 2002.
• Chopin: the 'leftovers': the 2 Preludes and 3 Etudes not normally grouped with the rest, followed by the Godowski study (based on the last Nouvelle Etude). Started work summer 2002. Performed Jan 5, 2003.
• Schumann: Symphonic Etudes. Started work 3/2002. Performed Jan 9, 2003. It went pretty well. A couple of minor memory lapses.
• The following were performed at my house on March 10, 2002:
  • Hugo Wolf: two songs, with Laurie Amat, soprano.
  • Two songs by Flanders and Swann (Madiera and Armadillo).
  • Godowski: Study on Chopin's etude in A flat, op. post. Godowski wrote a massive set of studies, based on the harmonic/melodic material of Chopin's Etudes. They're all absurdly difficult. This one involves polyrhythms (e.g. 9 vs. 6 vs. 4 vs. 2).
  • Schumann: Noveletten #1.
  • Chopin/Liszt: Fruhling (from 17 Polish Songs).
• Various young New Zealand composers: four songs, with Laurie Amat, soprano. Performance 1/2002. I actually got paid for this gig!
• Chopin: Preludes 1 and 8, 2 Etudes, and 2 Mazurkas. Performed 12/2001. Also 'Standchen' (song by Schubert, arranged for piano by Liszt).
• Scriabin: two etudes (the first and last ones he wrote, don't have the opus #'s handy). The latter has an interesting harmonic scheme based on what in Jazz is called the 'tritone substitution', namely that dominant chords a tritone apart (e.g. G7 and Db7) have the same 3rd and 7th (albeit reversed) and can generally be substituted for each other. Interesting side note: the Beethoven sonatas I'm playing (op. 57 and 109) both use the tritone substitution; in both cases it appears in a theme and variations (middle mvt. of op. 57, last mvt. of op. 109).
• Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and piano (with Gael Alcock). Performed 10/98.
• Beethoven: Sonata op. 109 (performed 3/98 and 5/98).
• Two songs by Schoenberg from Waller im Schnee (with Francoise Chanut, soprano). 3/98 and 5/98.
• Tarantelle, duet for voice by Faure; Nomi Harris and Francoise Chanut, 3/98
• Christoper Berg: 4 songs on poems by Vladimir Nabokov (with Penny Boys, soprano). 3/98
• Various other songs with Penny Boys: Ihm Fruhling and ?? by Schubert, 2 arias by Mozart, Dido's Lament by Purcell, folk song arrangement by Britten. 3/98
• Liszt: Les Funerailles 2/98
• Schumann: Kreisleriana (selections) 12/97
• Schubert: Klavierstucke in E: 9/97
• Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles op. 126: 8/97
• Liszt: Jeux d'Eaux a la Villa d'Este: 6/97
• Chopin: Waltz in A flat; 5/97
• Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas Performed 3/97.
• Turina: Sevilla from Suite Pittoresque. Performed 1/26/97.
• Schubert: Sonata in D, 1st mvt. Performed 2/97.
• Liszt: Gnomenreigen. Performed 12/96.
• Steven Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along (accompanist) performed June 7/8/9 1996, Randall Museum, S.F.
• Moskowski: Spanish Dance #3 (4-hands) with Diana Rowan. Performed 4/21/96.
• Hugo Wolf: five songs. Performed with soprano Laura Storm 3/10/96.
• Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives (5 out of 20) Performed 2/11/96.
• Beethoven: Sonata op. 54 in F. Performed 12/95.
• Bach: Toccata in e minor. Performed 11/95.
• Schubert: Fantasy in f minor, 4 hands. Performed with Diana Rowan 10/95.
  
  
  Back Burner

  Beethoven: Sonata op. 57 (Appassionata).

  Stravinsky: selections from Petrouchka (NOT the composer's arrangement, which is unplayable by mortals, but a Schirmer edition which (typically) doesn't name the arranger. The arrangement is surprisingly playable, sounds pretty good, and even includes some melody lines omitted in the Stravinsky).

  Bach: Selections (namely the easy ones) from the Goldberg Variations.

  Philip Glass: Wichita Vortex Sutra. I discovered this piece via the incomparable Mark Thomas at Sorabji.com (Sorabji, by the way, is a name not likely to appear elsewhere on this page any time soon).

  Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue in D (organ; transcribed for piano)

  Granados: Epilogo from Goyescas.

  Franck: Prelude, Aria and Finale