Sunday, July 11, 2010

First Recording on the NEW PIANO! Beethoven's Ecossaises WoO 83

It's finally here! My first recording on my newly-acquired Steinway A III :) I've been recording music on my upright piano for several years and am so excited to finally be recording on such a fine instrument.

The piano was freshly tuned, regulated, and voiced earlier the morning of the recording session to make sure that it would sound its best. I hope that all of my listener's will enjoy the refreshing new sound!

Now for a little information about the work. This recording is a short, little piece by Beethoven. It is an Écossaise, which is a Scottish dance full of energy and wide-ranging dynamics. I am not aware of any title for this work other than Écossaise Serie 25 No. 302 (WoO 83). If anybody out there has heard of a commonized title, please let me know! This was a fun piece to learn and remains fun to play. My 7 year old daughter enjoyed it so much that she asked me to teach it to her. I hope that you will enjoy it as well!

In addition to the audio recording, I also made a home video of me performing the work. You can watch that below (if it shows up) or here, on my YouTube channel.



You can download the MP3/WMA or the PDF of the score from this link. As always, the recording is also available on my free iTunes podcast.

ENJOY!
Jeremiah Jones

2 comments:

Rouxbarbe said...

The recording is far more better with this brand new piano! Now you'll have to record again every track already played ^^
Is the next step a new recording equipment or a room dedicated to the recordings? ;)
Cheers!

Jeremiah Jones said...

Thanks Rouxbarbe!

I think the next step will be a new microphone :) I think that will help make the piano sound more even and more natural.

This piano is more expensive to maintain (tuning/regulating/voicing) and so it might be a while before I get a new mic! But the sound is already so much better that I'm not going to complain ;)