Edward Piercy

Short Piano Pieces

Saturday, May 28, 2011 2:01:58 PM

Recently I've been downloading some MP3 tracks from I site I ran into on
the internet, The Piano Society. They have a large selection of piano
works by many composers, all evidently public domain and free to the
public.

I have to say that this site has no doubt saved me thousands of dollars
that I might otherwise have spent on albums. There is a lot of music there
which I know I wouldn't have gotten around to buying, or wouldn't have
thought of buying. For example, I now have the Paganini Etudes Op. 3 by
Robert Schumann -- a work that I really like but which probably would
have taken me years to get around to buying given other priorities.

The performers are not well-known names. And of course like the upper
echelons some are better than others. And of course the engineering
quality is not Deutsche Grammophone. But so far I have yet to hear a
performance that I couldn't live with for at least a while.

Besides major works that I've downloaded, I've also compiled a nice
little album of some short pieces by various composers. So I thought
that I would like to share those and make them available here.

Short Piano Pieces: A Collection

Albeniz -- Zambra Granadina (Monica Alianello)

Barber -- Ballade Op. 46 (Monica Alianello)

Bartok -- Romanian Christmas Carols Sz. 57 (Chris Breemer)

Copeland -- Cat and Mouse (Jennifer Castellano)

Grieg -- Funeral March (Knut Erik Jensen)

Mussorgsky -- Une Larm (Monica Alianello)

Nielsen -- Chaconne, Op. 32 (Martin Malmgren)

Poulenc -- Melancholie (David April)

Ravel -- Menuet Antique (Felipe Sarro)

Saint-Saens -- Les Cloches du Soir (Chris Breemer)

Satie -- Fantasie Waltz (Karla Rochelle)

Scriabin -- Fantasie in B minor (Raul Martinez)

Smetna -- On the Seashore (Richard Pohl)

Vaughn-Williams -- The Lake in the Mountains (Chris Breemer)

Villalobos -- A Lenda da Coboclo (Chris Breemer)

As always, it will take a minute or so for the file to open.

ScarboWeed Trimmer (XXX rated)

Comments

Martin K™Aqualion # Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:27:01 PM

Good idea. File sharing rules.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:30:04 PM

Thanks. People could download these off the actual site, of course -- this just saves a little bit of trouble.

Martin K™Aqualion # Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:47:01 PM

And it almost makes you an important music business guy. Chicks love that.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Saturday, May 28, 2011 4:52:27 PM

I have my people working on a variety of projects.

scott cummingI_ArtMan # Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:31:54 PM

he is so funny.

yeah that's great. i wonder if they have any katchaturian. i love katchaturian. grieg stirs my imagination more than many. i guess i am a romantic.

thanks for giving.

Stardancer # Sunday, May 29, 2011 1:22:50 AM

Originally posted by Aqualion:

And it almost makes you an important music business guy. Chicks love that.

Yes, we do.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:19:20 AM

@ Scott.

I did see Khachaturian on the list of composers but I checked and they only had one tiny piece. As for Grieg, there will be one of his pieces coming up.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:20:54 AM

Originally posted by Stardancer:

Yes, we do.

Well now Star. You seem like a very talented girl. Why don't we go back to my place and have a drink and discuss your future?

Darkogdare # Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:42:42 AM

"Short Piano Pieces"

I thought you cut short piano on pieces and now looking at them, thinking: "What have I done???"

Martin K™Aqualion # Sunday, May 29, 2011 8:45:35 AM

'In what appeares to have been a fit of jealous rage a middle-aged recident of Spokane, Washington, this evening vandalised and destroyed an Imperial Bösendorfer grand piano by the usage of a chain saw and a mattock. At apprehension the man claimed that this deed was due to what he called 'Compilation purpose'. He was released shortly after arrest, because the state prosecutor could quote not be bothered unquote.'

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Sunday, May 29, 2011 11:44:41 AM

@ Darko.

I did cut them short -- and when I'm done with them I will put them back the way they were.

PS. I think you will rrally like one of the pieces in the next group.

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Sunday, May 29, 2011 11:51:07 AM

@ Martin.

That man must have been insane.

He might have gotten off with with the police, but wait until Valentina Lisitsa gets a hold of him and gets medieval on his ass for destroying one of "her" Bosendorfers. I feel sorry for him.

Martin K™Aqualion # Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:21:12 PM

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Saturday, June 25, 2011 2:44:42 PM

Well that's it. All the tracks have been loaded -- "under budget and ahead of schedule" as they say in engineering.

I listen to this album every once in a while and enjoy it -- it's something different and something with variety. So I hope you will enjoy it also.

Unregistered user # Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:30:16 PM

Chris Breemer writes: Hi, Would you do me a favour and download the latest version of Villa=Lobos's A Lenda do Caboclo from pianosociety.com. I have re-recorded it since you took your copy and the new one is much better. Thank you. Chris Breemer

Edward Piercyedwardpiercy # Sunday, February 5, 2012 4:16:28 PM

Mr. Breemer I will be happy to do that as soon as I get the chance. It may take a week or so.

Thanks for dropping by.

And by the way, I listen to your Romanian Christmas Carols quite a bit. Even have the work on my Blackberry.