I quite liked this! I am new to your channel, but appreciate the orientation towards lesser-known works. Pianoteq sounds remarkable. May I ask what MIDI controller(s) you use and your thoughts on them? Thanks!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have always been fascinated by the wealth of the piano repertoire beyond the standard repertoire and I aim to highlight that on this channel. I use a Yamaha N1X Avantgrand as a controller. Since it’s a genuine grand piano action in a digital piano, it greatly helps to translate the performance naturally in MIDI format. That being said, it’s quite expensive and I don’t think it’s necessary to get a good performance from Pianoteq. Before I upgraded to the N1X, I used a couple different Casio Privia keyboards, which have decent actions for the price range and are much more portable. Kawai also makes a hybrid piano on the level of Yamaha’s Avantgrand, but I haven’t played it. The biggest limitation to me is that repeated notes don’t bounce as smoothly or quickly on a hybrid as they do on a real grand, but otherwise I feel like I can play anything on it.
Thank you so much for your response; it is really helpful! And I wish to give you much encouragement on your endeavor; you have one more interested listener/viewer.
If you spice it with some extra dissonances the first minute can sound like some Poulenc (or Nino Rota). For the rest, Mr Widor, you owe me 2 minutes of my life.
What a great discovery! I think I’ll orchestrate it for a concert next Christmas!
By the way, check out Widor’s original orchestration (and a much quicker interpretation) here: th-cam.com/video/lu5pEx1yomk/w-d-xo.html
I quite liked this! I am new to your channel, but appreciate the orientation towards lesser-known works.
Pianoteq sounds remarkable. May I ask what MIDI controller(s) you use and your thoughts on them?
Thanks!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have always been fascinated by the wealth of the piano repertoire beyond the standard repertoire and I aim to highlight that on this channel.
I use a Yamaha N1X Avantgrand as a controller. Since it’s a genuine grand piano action in a digital piano, it greatly helps to translate the performance naturally in MIDI format. That being said, it’s quite expensive and I don’t think it’s necessary to get a good performance from Pianoteq. Before I upgraded to the N1X, I used a couple different Casio Privia keyboards, which have decent actions for the price range and are much more portable. Kawai also makes a hybrid piano on the level of Yamaha’s Avantgrand, but I haven’t played it. The biggest limitation to me is that repeated notes don’t bounce as smoothly or quickly on a hybrid as they do on a real grand, but otherwise I feel like I can play anything on it.
Thank you so much for your response; it is really helpful!
And I wish to give you much encouragement on your endeavor; you have one more interested listener/viewer.
İts so orginal
If you spice it with some extra dissonances the first minute can sound like some Poulenc (or Nino Rota). For the rest, Mr Widor, you owe me 2 minutes of my life.
The variation at 2:31 sounds vewy Fwench to me as well, like something Debussy would’ve written around 1890