Monday 24 June 2013

Improvisation No. 9 | Piano

Another improvisation :)

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Miguel

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Moonlight Sonata 1st mov. | L.v.Beethoven | Piano


Piano Sonata No. 14 (Op. 27 No. 2) more known as Moonlight Sonata is one of the most famous piano pieces by Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to countess Giulietta Guicciardi. [Adapted from Wikipedia]

Here is my second attempt to play the first movement of this masterpiece. I've chosen a more usual tempo this time :)

The piece has 69 measures with 4 times each measure. I've played it in approximately 5 minutes that corresponds to (5*60) = 300 seconds. Now if I do 300/(69*4) I get approximately 1.087 seconds per tempo. So in 60 seconds I have (60/1.087) = 55 bpm.

Check out my 32 bpm version: http://youtu.be/D3t5ScDjyL8

I hope you like it and remember to comment and subscribe to my channel :)

If you want to know more about my original compositions for piano visit my website:
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Some great performances by great pianists:
Glenn Gould (65 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8j8O...
Valentina Lisitsa (53 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHd8jw...
Maria João Pires (52 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOkXTg...
Wilhelm Kempff (49 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOv...
Arthur Rubinstein (45 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Otjdk...
Vladimir Horowitz (44 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-Bwq...
Elly Ney (37 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=640APn...


Thanks for watching,
Miguel

"Music is the key to understand the Universe..."

Monday 3 June 2013

Moonlight Sonata 1st mov. (Slow Tempo) - L.v.Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 14 (Op. 27 No. 2) more known as Moonlight Sonata is one of the most famous piano pieces by Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to countess Giulietta Guicciardi. [Adapted from Wikipedia]


Here is my attempt to play the first movement of this masterpiece. I've chosen a very slow tempo but I have to admit I don't play this tempo always, sometimes I play it faster other times slower... Well slower than this maybe not! :P

To see how slow I've really played let's do some calculations. The piece has 69 measures with 4 times each measure. I've played it in approximately 8 and half minutes that corresponds to (8*60+30) = 510 seconds. Now if I do 510/(69*4) I get approximately 1.85 seconds per tempo. So in 60 seconds I have (60/1.85) = 32 bpm! It's really slow!

Anyway, I hope you like it and remember to comment and subscribe to my channel :)

If you want to know more about my original compositions for piano visit my website:
http://www.miguelmotapinto.com/

Some great performances by great pianists:
Glenn Gould (65 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8j8O9uzx4
Valentina Lisitsa (53 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHd8jwXBzXE
Maria João Pires (52 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOkXTgdNYK0
Wilhelm Kempff  (49 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk
Arthur Rubinstein (45 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OtjdkanO6A
Vladimir Horowitz (44 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-BwqnkL6g
Elly Ney (37 bpm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=640APnv-Cqc


Thanks for watching,
Miguel

"Music is the key to understand the Universe..."