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Vroman's Piano Vault
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2021
All pieces uploaded are performed by me on my Yamaha piano. I studied with the late Dr. Ray Zeigler at Salisbury University and Dr. Paul Stewart at UNC Greensboro. I play pieces from the standard repertoire as well as compositions more off of the beaten path. Thank you for visiting my channel!
Beethoven - Sonata Pathétique Op. 13 (1st Movement)
I realized that I hadn't played any Beethoven yet so here is my performance of the first movement of one of his most well-known sonatas. For the uploaded score accompanying it I used a monochrome 1st edition from 1804 found on IMSLP although I practiced, played and recorded the piece from my own Dover Books edition of the complete Beethoven Sonatas.
Jonathan Vroman, piano
Jonathan Vroman, piano
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Cramer - Op. 30, 84 Studies Book I Nos. 1-7
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Johann Baptist Cramer was a student of Clementi and a peer of Beethoven. He was widely considered one of the best pianists of his day and is now most well-known for this collection of 84 etudes, from which Beethoven and Chopin themselves would assign pieces to their own students. Op. 30 contains studies 1-42 and was first published in 1804. Op. 40 is made up of studies 43-84 and was first publi...
Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 116 No. 6
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From Johannes Brahms' "7 Fantasien," composed in 1892. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Henselt - Etude Op. 2 No. 9 "Jeunesse d'amour, plaisir céleste"
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I wanted to resume tackling some etudes from the Romantic era and Adolf von Henselt seemed like a good place to start. Henselt was reported to have very large hands (but I don't) so I had to arpeggiate the intervals of tenths in the piece that involved both a black and a white key because I can't quite stretch that far. The full title of the piece is "Jeunesse d'amour, plaisir céleste, Ah, Tu T...
Alkan - Prelude Op. 31 No. 8 "La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer"
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This is from Charles Alkan's set of 25 preludes published in 1847. The title translates from the French to "The song of the mad woman by the seashore." I played five versions of this piece and ended up liking this one the best. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Liszt - Unstern S.208
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The piece's title translates roughly to "Evil Star," something along the lines of a bad omen. It's a lot of fun to play. The "quasi organo" section at the end of the piece reminds me of certain moments in Claude Debussy's "Sunken Cathedral" (which of course came later, more than 20 years). It contains a lot of characteristics typical to late Liszt such as whole tones, left-hand tremolandos and ...
Liszt - En rêve S.207
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This tiny nocturne was dedicated by Liszt to a student of his, the Czech pianist August Stradal. Stradal studied with Liszt near the very end of Liszt's life. I dedicate my performance of this piece to my youngest son Jude, who was born this year and baptized today. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Arensky - Nocturne Op. 36 No. 3
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This is from Anton Arensky's 24 Morceaux Caractéristiques, first published in 1894. As a young man, Arensky studied composition under Rimsky-Korsakov and in turn taught both Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin at the Moscow Conservatory. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 37-40
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This is the last set of pieces from Hermann Berens' Op. 61, so it took about 2 1/2 years practicing four pieces at a time once every four or five days to complete the entire opus. Since the development of technique is an ongoing pursuit and it's always something I've had to work hard at to improve, it won't be the last school of velocity I complete. I've really enjoyed playing Op. 61, what a de...
Scarlatti - Sonata in F Minor K239
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This is the first sonata by Domenico Scarlatti I've ever played. The pedaling was a bit of a nightmare and the piece leaves you nowhere to hide in those terms when being translated over to the modern piano, although that's characteristic of a lot of music from this period. The score shown is from IMSLP and is not the version I used in learning the sonata. I got the Schirmer's book of 60 Scarlat...
Fauré - Nocturne Op. 33 No. 3
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This is Gabriel Fauré's third nocturne, composed in 1882. Madame Adèle Bohomoletz, who the piece is dedicated to, was a wealthy patroness of the arts and a well-known translator of Russian literature. She was also the sister of Marie Eugénie Depret, who was married to Camille Clerc, a close friend of Fauré. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Liszt - La Lugubre Gondola S.200/2
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Franz Liszt wrote this longer, more ponderous original version of La Lugubre Gondola in 1882 (in spite of it being numbered after the later S.200/1 1883 version). The piece was first published in 1885. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Czerny - Op. 849 Thirty New Studies in Technics - All Transpositions
มุมมอง 1965 หลายเดือนก่อน
For some of Op. 849 Thirty New Studies in Technics, Czerny recommends transposing the original pieces into different keys. In most cases, I found that this makes playing them considerably more difficult to play due to the introduction of more black keys than in the original study. Here are the pieces for which Czerny indicates transpositions: No. 1 - From C Major into C# Major No. 4 - From C Ma...
Rameau - 1re & 2e Sarabande
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From Jean-Philippe Rameau's First Book of Harpsichord Pieces (Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, RCT 1) published in 1706. I like to use the Bosendorfer setting on my Clavinova as it provides a woody, organic sound that seems to go well with many Baroque pieces, especially when playing trills and mordents. Jonathan Vroman, piano I have disputed the copyright claim on this upload as it was per...
Liszt - Nuages Gris S.199
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In one of his sparsest, starkest pieces, Franz Liszt depicts a vivid musical picture even while using very few notes. Jonathan Vroman, piano
Alkan - Esquisses Op. 63 No. 5 "Les Initiés"
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Alkan - Esquisses Op. 63 No. 5 "Les Initiés"
Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 33-36
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Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 33-36
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor BWV 875
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J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor BWV 875
Clementi - Sonata Op. 40 No. 1 (2nd Movement)
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Clementi - Sonata Op. 40 No. 1 (2nd Movement)
Czerny - Op. 849 Book 6 Nos. 25-30 Thirty New Studies in Technics
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Czerny - Op. 849 Book 6 Nos. 25-30 Thirty New Studies in Technics
Bortkiewicz - Nocturne Op. 58 No. 5 "Dubrovnik"
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Bortkiewicz - Nocturne Op. 58 No. 5 "Dubrovnik"
Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 29-32
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Berens - School of Velocity Op. 61 Nos. 29-32
J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C Sharp Major BWV 848
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J.S. Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C Sharp Major BWV 848
Czerny - Op. 849 Book 5 Nos. 20-24 Thirty New Studies in Technics
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Czerny - Op. 849 Book 5 Nos. 20-24 Thirty New Studies in Technics
Certainly a joyful piece ❤
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LIKE ❤ THIS PIECE VERY MUCH! Nice work! 🥰
Glad you enjoyed! 🙂I'll probably play more of his etudes in the future.
Very strong piece! Reminds me of a score written for a dramatic screen play. ❤
I agree, it conjures up a lot of images in just a few minutes.
Beautiful piece ❤
I agree, glad you enjoyed!
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Sir, you play beautifully. Could I politely and humbly suggest that you investigate a little sound production work on your piano midi recordings? While I enjoy the stripped nature of the sound, it helps me analyse the music better, it does detract from the overall sound quality.
Thanks very much for listening! Honestly, I'm not sure what that would entail, it would be something I would have to look into and do a little research on.
WOW! Love it. 🥰 Love you more ❤
What a beautiful prelude, is the first time that I’ve heard it. You have played it, wonderfully!
Glad you enjoyed!
I love it!
Glad you enjoyed! I'm gonna play Czerny Op. 636 next.
@@vromanspianovault6684 Many thanks! I think Czerny has fantastic music, but tends to be underrated. Best for you on your piano playing, I will try to listen to most of the pieces that you have on your channel, very extensive and interesting collection!
I like music from all the different eras, it keeps it interesting playing things from the different periods. Thanks again for listening!
Nice music and very nicely played, thanks for sharing!
Sorry I seem to have missed this one. ❤
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Thanks for this beautiful piece and smooth playing. Henselt had a great influence on Russian composition and piano music, having moved there when in his 20s. There is a great recording of Rachmaninov playing Henselt's Opus 2 No 6 etude "Were I a Bird". Very much like a Chopin Etude, Rachmaninov's playing is so light and clear, it is perfection.
He was such a phenomenal pianist, I'll have to find that recording. Glad you enjoyed the nocturne!
Very nice!
Beautiful music and very talented pianist.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
I would like to echo the several others who have thanked you for introducing them to Henselt. I have really enjoyed getting this particular piece under my fingers and I've enjoyed listening to his etudes. I've fallen head over heels in love with his Op.5, No.11 and began working on it yesterday! Thank you again for everything that you're doing!
You are very welcome! I agree, Henselt's 5-11 is absolutely beautiful. I'll probably cover at least some of his etudes in the future as well.
That would be great! I'll be looking forward to that!
A wonderful rendition
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed!
👏👏👏. Loved it! Very lively spirited piece.
Thanks, really pleased to complete all of Op. 849.
Enjoyable.
Interesting observation. For some reason, Henselt is afraid of tonal sequences. Although they are intuitively guessed by the inner ear. Tchaikovsky was not afraid. :)))
Obrigada por compartilhar!Não conhecia este compositor!❤❤❤
Seja muito bem-vindo! Ele não é tão conhecido quanto seus contemporâneos Bach, Scarlatti ou Handel, mas escreveu algumas peças muito deliciosas e é muito divertido de tocar. 🙂
@@vromanspianovault6684 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Hermoso.
Estoy de acuerdo, ¡es una pieza maravillosa!
Liszt, profundidad y armonía.
Don't discredit yourself! I would describe your playing as having a "velvet paw" touch, and Henselt is a fantastic composer. Thank you!
Thank you very much, controlling the articulation is so hard and takes so much effort and repetition, that's probably why I feel like I'm not good at it.
@@vromanspianovault6684 Nah. Hearing it again, just as beautiful. It made it into my illustrious "piano gems" playlist. Remember Henselt himself struggled with stage fright and probably self-esteem, and thus we were probably deprived of many more of his gems.
@@NormalPianist It is too bad he didn't leave us more. I had read that somewhere, that he was basically done as a concert artist by 33? That is really young to be leaving the stage, I'm sure he was at the height of his ability around that age.
This is so welcoming. A little over a year ago a drunk driver crashed into a historic fountain at a park in our town and they just completed the restoration. Perfect music for the occasion.
Outstandng, I'm glad your town got its fountain back!
❤️ Love this piece 😊
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From the look of it, this seems a digital instrument. Yet you seem to be recording with a microphone close to the keys - the key clicks are quite distracting. Does the piano not have a possibility to record directly to USB ?
It does, I just didn't think to record the video and USB audio as separate files at the time and then to combine them later, the instrument was still new to me.
A wonderful piece, in a perfect performance. Great work !
Thanks very much!
Beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@vromanspianovault6684 Very much so. There are a couple of absolutely delightful passages that take my breath away. Or... you make them such. Thank you.
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idk Vroman... you did a pretty darn good job with the Henselt nocturne and my head is turned just seeing all the output you've assembled & uploaded on your channel. I am a composer first and amateur pianist 2nd...or 3rd... I am particularly impressed how so many pianists out there - yourself included - have the ability to learn pieces so quickly... and play them so beautifully. I slave on 1 or 2 pieces for years before i have them polished enough to release... I am most at peace when I am composing... and ...while listening to your playing :)Thnx for introducing me to Henselt.
Honestly I feel the same way, like I wish I could learn pieces more quickly, but I guess it's all relative. Like when you read about someone like Sviatoslav Richter learning the entire Well-Tempered Clavier in two months, it just boggles the mind. But the composer's gift is the most important one of all, without it, those of us who are trying to be strictly pianists would have nothing to play. The ones like Henselt who did both at such a high level, it's just mind-blowing.
@@vromanspianovault6684 amen brother. We’ll just know you got another LIKE & SUBSCRIBE from me. Keep uploading and stay to course. You’re playing is marvelous!
@@thecelestialvoyager Will do, my friend!
Thank you for this post. It was wistful.
You're very welcome!
thank you so much, you did an amazing job
You are very welcome, glad you liked it!
@@vromanspianovault6684today, first day of trying to play it !
@@francoislechampi2002 Nice, how did it go for you?
@@vromanspianovault6684since I am no pianist, I went trought the whole piece just to see it they were spots that I would not be able to play and I think it will be ok. I will never play it like you do but maybe I will reach something that is not horrible for the listeners. I will let you know but again : thank you very much and please continue to let us discover composers who should never have disappeared
@@francoislechampi2002 According to one musicologist, only about 2% of all piano music from the Romantic era gets played in concerts, so there's a lot to be discovered!
deze nocturne is werkelijk de mooiste ooit gehoord! En heel lyrisch gespeeld!! dank u wel!
Het is een geweldig stuk, nietwaar? Ik ben erg blij dat je ervan genoten hebt!
@@vromanspianovault6684 ik zou dat zo graag leren. Het is ook zo troostend vind ik.
@@miastrobbe2164 Ik ben het ermee eens, het is heel rustgevend, heel zoet met een vleugje zuur
Is there a reason you're playing all the lower mordents as upper mordents instead?
Interpretive license
❤ love it!
A la Chopin
Yeah, the first six notes of this piece are even the same as the first six in Chopin's Op. 72 E minor nocturne.
gorgeous
It might be my favorite prelude from Book II.
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Спасибо за прекрасное исполнение ноктюрна! Удачи Вам!
Добро пожаловать, спасибо за внимание!
Bellísima pieza y gran interpretación. Por favor, ¿cómo puedo conseguir la partitura? Gracias.
Sono contento che ti sia piaciuto! Uso IMSLP per molti spartiti, tutti gratuiti ecco il link per questo pezzo: vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d8/IMSLP283489-PMLP29931-Sibley1802.4304.Nocturne.pdf
@@vromanspianovault6684Muchas gracias por tan rápida respuesta.
@@opale1572 Piacere mio.
@@vromanspianovault6684 Siempre es una alegría comprobar que en el mundo aún hay personas bien educadas.👍👏
I don’t think that fast… love it 💕
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Beautiful. Thanks for introducing me to this composer
My pleasure. His concerto and etudes are also quite nice.
❤ as always
This seems related to A. Gurilev's song "Fountain of Bakhchisaray" (later used in Asafyev's ballet score). A piano arrangement of Gurilev's composition? th-cam.com/video/6xXJuxrx15E/w-d-xo.html
It definitely appears to be, that's fascinating, I hadn't heard the Gurilev piece before. I couldn't find a publication date for Gurilev's piece but Henselt's piano-only version is from 1839 and Gurilev would've already been 36 years old by that point, making him the likely author and not vice versa.
Well played although extremely “dark” piece…