Updates
February 1, 2007: I am still alive and well, I assure you. As it turns out, my old internet package expired recently, and I find myself wanting to give my homepage a new look. So, here you have it. All the old recordings are present. The reason for the recent lack of recordings is that the more I progress at the piano, the more difficult I find making a recording which sounds acceptable. I plan to record some more basic pieces to ease myself back into the recording process. Stay tuned.
July 24, 2006: I am back with a new recording. Written by Christian Pacaud and
entitled "Paraphrase," it is an arrangement of Dragon's Prayer by
Yasunori Mitsuda. This recording is the work's first recorded and
publicly released human performance, so it is a world premiere of
sorts. I hope you enjoy it! For more on the wonderful composer, please
visit http://www.christianpacaud.com. More recordings are to come as the summer progresses.
As for news, I did not pass the audition for the University of Maryland last year. It turns out that they no longer accept music minors. By the way, since some asked - last year's audition pieces were Bach's prelude in D minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier book 1, the first movement of Beethoven's fifth sonata, Brahms' intermezzo in Eb minor, and Turina's La murciana guapa.
December
27, 2005: My sincere apologies for this very delayed update. I have
been meaning to make new recordings and update the site for a few
months now, and now that Christmas break has come, I have more time to
do so. Rest assured that not a day has passed without my thinking of
all of you. (Right...)
So far, I have recorded another sonata -
K. 183 in F minor - by Scarlatti and re-recorded Turina's "La murciana
guapa." I hope you enjoy them. I have also made a few slight
adjustments to the website content and structure and added the option
to mail donations to me. See "Mp3 Recordings" to the left. I plan to
make a few more recordings and re-recordings, if not within the next
few days, then after the 7th of January.
News: I also have plans to audition for the University of Maryland School of Music the
21st of January. The school is very competitive, so I need your prayers
and good wishes for this audition - while my acceptance to the school
will not determine my life and well-being, it is important to me.
Till next time, and have a happy Christmas and a merry New Year!
P.S.
If you have sent me a message and I seem to have ignored you, just keep
bothering me until I respond. Sometimes things get busy to the point
where I can't respond to all the emails I would like to respond to
without losing sleep. I usually try to get to everybody eventually, but
sometimes a message will slip under my radar.
August 13, 2005: I have returned, and I bring news. First, I have changed the domain name of this page to http://www.mtpiano.com.
Change your bookmarks. Unlike the old name, this domain name will not
pester you with pop-ups or odd advertisement pages, and it is fast as
lightning. Therefore, each visit which you make to this page will be a
much more blissful experience than in times past.
As
for actual updates to the page, I have added some recordings and
changed a few things here and there. The first two which I have posted
are Turina's La Murciana Guapa and Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D Minor
(WTC I). If all goes well, more will come in the near future. Click on
"Mp3 Recordings" to the left, and look for bold print. Enjoy!
8th of April, 2005: Two little changes/additions:
First,
I have rearranged the "Mp3 Recordings" section. It is less compact, but
it makes much more sense. It is also much easier to update.
Second,
I have added a newsletter to the site (see above), for your
convenience. Whenever I update the page from now on, I will send out a
newsletter to everyone who has signed up to let them know what is
new. So, if you would like to be kept up to date on additions to this
page: click on the "Sign up for my newsletter" link, enter at least
your email, click on "Subscribe", and you will be set. 'Til next time!
Christmas Season Updates: (Bo Nadal)
- Scarlatti - Sonatas - K.197: New Recording, K.466: Re-recorded
- Granados - Orientale: New Recording
- Debussy - Prelude "La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin": Re-recorded
- Franck - Prelude (from Prelude, Fugue, and Variation): Re-recorded
- Bach - Sinfonia No. 7 in E Minor: Re-recorded
January
3, 2005: Seeing that I've been living in Spain for a while, and Spanish
music is beautiful, it would only be sane for me to learn and record
some Spanish music. So, here we have Granados' Orientale, from his set
of Spanish dances.
(Oh no, the allure of the American date-writing convention is starting to overcome me...)
29th
of December, 2005: More, more, more. Today, I have more re-recordings -
Scarlatti's K.466 Sonata, Franck's Prelude, and Debussy's Prelude, "La
fille aux cheveux de lin..." (The girl with the flaxen hair...). Enjoy.
28th
of December, 2005: So, it is about time for an actualization of my page
web. Lamentably, to cause of my asistance to a university in Spain, my
English has forgotten itself to me. What strong, I feel it. Well, give
same, no? You understand, I am sure. I hope this doesn't put you of bad
milk, and again, I feel it.
Notices. I am back in the United
States, in the Land of Mary, it seems. It is well to be back with my
old friends and my fathers (and, with eventuality, my brother). As you
might have noticed, I have not had the opportunity to make grabations
in enough time. Er, I mean, recordings - pardon, my autobus ride and
plane flights must be making hurt to me, still. Without indigestion,
now, I have that ability. For that, I will grabate music over the
vacations, and perhaps add to the page web. You may find the list of
the work I have done over the entire season above. Today, I have
Scarlatti's K.197 Sonata and a re-recording of Bach's Sinfonia No. 7
for download.
Well nothing. I hope, as always, that you disfruit them. More will come if I am still living and healthy.
P.S.
Don't preoccupy yourself about my English - I'm just taking your hair.
You know, scratching you. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.
September 12, 2004 - Recorded: Villa-Lobos - Prelude, from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4.
August 20, 2004 - Recorded: Beethoven - Sonata Op. 10 No. 1, Mvt. 2, minor changes added here and there.
July
12, 2004 - New recording: Bach - Prelude no. 21 in Bb major, WTC I.
Another fun piece. Expect another recording of it once I become... er,
better. I hope you like it!
July 2, 2004 - New
preliminary recording: Beethoven - Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1,
Mvt. 1. I hope you like it. It's a very fun piece to play. It is a
preliminary recording, so I plan to make a new recording of it once I
become more comfortable with the piece. On a somewhat unrelated note, I
also updated the link to Mr. Chang's book on piano practice, so take a
look at the "Links" section. I hope you all have a great summer.
May
31, 2004 - Yes, I am still alive. Sorry for the recent dearth of
updates. I've been a bit bogged by school work (finals, etc.), and I
haven't really had a good opportunity to update this site for a while.
But, all that stuff is over now, so here I am.
With regards to
news: I've won this year's concerto competition at my school for the
second time, getting a more than decent 500 dollar check (it would
be a scholarship for the next year, but guess who will be graduating
this year...). And, speaking of graduations, I'll be graduating this
weekend!
Now, with regards to actual updates to the site: I've added
a recording of Bach's Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor to the website. I
re-recorded Scarlatti's sonata, the Chopin's Raindrop prelude, and
Bach's 8th Invention a few weeks ago, as well (I plan to re-record a
number of my other posted recordings over the Summer). I updated the
"Links" section, and I added a picture of myself to the "About me?"
section, as was requested. I also updated little things here and there,
like the "Currently learning..." section. Check it all out.
March
16, 2004 - Two new recordings added - Mozart's Fantasie in D Minor, and
Chopin's prelude No. 6. You can also access this site by going to http://www.mtm-piano.tk,
which is a bit easier to remember than the other incomprehensible name.
I also re-recorded the Chopin Prelude No. 4, and Forever Rachel. Listen
away!
Jan. 22, 2004 - Big update - I have added a
new recording of Chopin's Prelude in e minor. It's my first recording
since I started lessons with my new teacher, Mr. Matt Harre, a little
less than a month ago. It's nothing incredibly technically astounding,
but it's still quite a fine piece of music. I updated/added/rearranged
some pages, and put a donate button in the Mp3 Recordings page. If you
want to help me out, donate a dollar or two, ok? I don't think I would
be able to thank you enough. ! I also added the intro screen, which
I've been messing with for a little while. Enjoy.
Dec.
23, 2003 - Alright, I made a few minor updates, and I re-recorded
Bach's 2nd Invention. Look for more re-recordings and new recordings
when I get back from St. Thomas. That is, the 29th, or thereabouts.
Happy holidays, everyone.
Dec. 7, 2003 - New recording added! Scarlatti's Sonata in F Minor it is. Listen away.
Nov. 27, 2003 - Design change! I don't think I will change this format for a while...
Nov.
21, 2003 - Changed is the minor error in the first post, due to the
assertions of the child eating one. Changed is the error in the second
post. Changed is the home page. Added is a piece to the "Currently
Learning..." list. Added is some anaphora, for the sake of a certain
Peter Hadley. Latin... The Romans played frisbee, you know. Iace discum
mihi. Yeah. Right.
Nov. 17, 2003 - And... *drum
roll please* the files have been added! I also added a "Currently
learning..." section. I expected to have a more difficult time with
these things, since it has been a real pain in the neck to figure out
how to use this site so far. But no more. I am now the master.