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@@danielmessias9139 thank you ! It was a modest attempt, at my simple upright piano. It's indeed a great arrangement by Siloti 👍🏻🎹 Kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon

@@robertwalker2052 well thank you! That's too much praise I think 😅 because Alicia was one of the most marvelous pianists there where, but thanks for your compliment! 👍🏻🎹 Kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon

@@PlienWG dankjewel! Granados; eigenlijk altijd mooi, transparant, helder, melodieus, verrassend, ritmisch, speels. 👍🏻🎹 groetjes, Simon

@@MeesW98 dankjewel Mees! Heel mooi liedje, heel poëtisch, warm, en teder Groet! Simon 🎹

@@mabdub thank you It's just my modest interpretation Beautiful song Very poetic Kind regards, Simon 🎹

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@@amadeusvonfrancois thank you! Yes it's (relatively speaking) not a difficult sonata. The difficulty with pieces like this, filming yourself for a take on CZcams, is of course to make no ugly mistakes, no ugly slips, or ugly wrong pedal moves, or ugly tempo /timing mistakes, or ugly toucher mistakes. That's what's making a take like this so enormous difficult, as we all know, every one who tries to record him of herself knows what I'm talking about. Especially when you record a somewhat longer piece like this. Then the challenge is, of course, bigger. And with technically more challenging pieces even way more bigger, of course. And record in a very very dry room, with no reverb at àll, on a simple modest piano, is not making it easier 😅. That distracting thing is a so called "Swinging Sticks" 😅🥹, you can easily google them. I always try to make some kind of or nice looking 'entourage' so to speak, with my modest home-movies, and as you maybe could have already seen on my channel: I have a lòt of these items :-) so, I thought, with this very slow and long piece, I film one of them, a hypnotic one, in this upload, near the piano. :-) Kind regards, thanks for your nice comment, greetings from the Netherlands, Simon 🎹

@@mabdub thank you! 🎹👍🏻🙏

@@mabdub her playing was magnificent, especially this debut album is very, very impressive. Kind regards, greetings from the Netherlands, Simon 🎹

Is nog "work in progress" zogezegd (viel tòch nog niet mee!) maar het is min of meer toch best redelijk gelukt nog, gisteren :) 🎹👍🏻 groetjes, Simon

@@simonvanthoffhaha en nu ik nog 😅 (ik zie dat ik met mn oude account heb gereageerd 😅) groetjes Mees

@@Mees98 hij kwam desondanks toch aan hoor :)

Thx ! I'm still studying it, not finished yet, but I try indeed to capture that innocent softness Kind regards, Simon 👍🏻🎹

Ah toevallig! Leuk, dit stukje ja? Echt een leerlingen-stukje.

Thank you! Such a gorgeous song. It's not the best one I have on my channel, I think I have two other takes on other concerts that are overall better, in case you would want to listen (see my playlist of Allegria). We play this at every concert again, so probably yet another one I will upload someday. Thanks again, kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon 🎹

Ah Mees, leuk! Ken je het liedje ook ja? Enorm geraffineerd popliedje, heel erg knap gemaakt. Groet! ☀️Simon 🎹

Ja, ik had ein-de-lijk m'n klavecimbeltje weer eens (een beetje) aanhoorbaar gestemd ;-)

Thank you! Harmonic and melodic really an amàzing song 👍🏻🎹

Thank you! It's just my very modest interpretation, on a very modest harpsichord Kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands. Simon 🎹

@@simonvanthoff nah sir, not really, don't humble urself, its a very well played piece with Ur great touch, i love it , and listened to it many times , especially on that part that i really like. Great job, i Will check Ur other videos if you have, wonder what more songs do u have 🙂 thank u for playing só well such a wonderful piece! (I didn't check, i Will these Next few days) But if u don't have , are u thinking of playing air on g string soon? I love the harpsichord version of it, anywyay, best regards 🙂

@@CoxYThingZ I have >350 uploads here ☺️ so much still to see and hear ! 😅 but, only a handful are done on my small harpsichord, because as you can see I'm a pianist mainly, and not a harpsichord player. All kind of genres I play as a pianist: pop, jazzy, classical, romantic, bluesy, swing. The air you mention I do know, of course, and tried that one on a piano, so: in a piano solo version, but I was not satisfied yet. So that one I don't have yet recorded on CZcams, but it's such a well known piece, that you can find it countless other times with other players. I play it by the way with my flute player, but we didn't make an upload of it yet. Thanks again for your kind words, Simon 👍🏻🎹

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Thank you ! Very nice little 4-mains pieces indeed 👍🏻👍🏻🎹 Kind regards, greetings from the Netherlands, Simon

Thank you for your nice comment ! It's indeed a beautiful song. Complex, but still sounding so natural, so organic and logical. I always admired the short but so effective and super catchy piano solo in it: that part many players skip or forget or something,..so I worked especially for fitting that one in exactly as it is in the wonderful original studio recording. Thanks again, kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon 🎹

Nice! 🎹👍🏻 But my personal advise stille would be, gathered from own experience :) Use your ears, and use your analytical & technical prowess. Thus make your own version of it, like I do here: you will get almost by definition a more personal take (both technically and musically), and besides that, also by definition: it will always suit your own style better 🎹👌🏻. Kind regards, Simon 🎹

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Het Chopin-loopje ook gespot? ;-)

Thank you ! 🎹👍🏻 greetings from the Netherlands, Simon

Thank you ! Beautiful song indeed 👍🏻🎹 greetings from The Netherlands, Simon

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Thank you ! Such a tender and fragile song 👌🏻 Kind regards, greetings from the Netherlands, Simon 🎹

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Thank you ! ☺️ Kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon 🎹

Thx! Long ago I played a longer and more difficult own arrangement, see description, but this is the well known easier pupil-version :-) Great movie, and also a great little piano piece 👍🏻🎹👌🏻 Kind regards, Simon

Dankjewel! 👍🏻🎹 Kende je mn langere versie ook van aantal jaar gelee?

Dankjewel! 👍🏻🎹☀️

Gracia! It's a wonderful piece indeed! And Nina played it magnificently. About ten years earlier I also recorded it on my small Pleyel piano: it's also here on my CZcams channel. Thanks again! 👍🏻🎹 greetings from The Netherlands, Simon

Dankjewel! Was het heel niet van plan haha, maar voor pupil opgenomen wederom :-) En toen ik er eens goed naar luisterde en t instudeerde; inderdaad een heel mooi liedje, heel mooi rubato gezongen, en een heel mooie frasering en timing en story telling 👍🏻 Groetjes, Simon

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Thank you, yes it's a gorgeous song indeed 🎹👍🏻

You're welcome. And it ìs indeed a véry melancholic song. Sung in a very rubato way, by Don McLean...I never noticed that, listening to it superficially, but now, for this take, listening way more closely, I noticed it. His vocal is impossible to copy, melodic and rhythmically, really great phrasing and timing ! Kind regards, Simon 🎹

@@simonvanthoff There is beautiful version of this song that was recorded in the 70s by Jane Oliver. Jane Oliver also recorded Some Enchanted Evening and sings with genuine feeling. I recommend listening to both recordings if you can find them. When she recorded Some Enchanted Evening in the late 70s it was all the rage for about a year.

@@mabdub I will look up ! 👍🏻🎹 thanks! Simon

Thank you! I didnt know the piece as well. I just practiced it, it's rather easy, and without looking to other players, so, I now notice I play it very slowly. Still, I think it works also in this slow way. It's most difficult to control your touch. I was reasonably satisfied, it's in my classroom, and I wanted to do more takes, to even better it, but a saxophone started practicing besides me, so I could not make another take. Still, it's rare oke like this. I really use the akoestics of the room (no furniture at all) instead of the VERY dry room in my own place. But, who knows, I will once try it also on my Pleyel, but I am rather sure it will not work then, like here in this take. So, sound, and legato and touch and balance are the most important things to control but it's not a hard piece to play I think. But of course you need some poetry in your touch. Thanks again, kind regards, Simon 👍🏻🎹

@@simonvanthoff I like the tempo you chose, it feels appropriate and allows a soft natural majesty as accompaniment. I know this Prelude is not technically challenging to play but balancing the tone levels in each hand is an art that requires constant attention; even one note in the bass that's a shade too loud can sound like a disaster.

@@mabdub thank you.! And yes, all totally right. I could manage it rather good in most places in this take, so that's why I uploaded this one. But always something to wish for :) Kind regards, Simon 🎹

Dank! Hij is aan de langzame kant, maar toch werkt het ook wel, op dit tempo..heel solemn 👌🏻☺️

Thank you, dear Juliane ! Simon 🎹🤗

Merci! Beautiful Beatles song ! 👍🏻👌🏻 Greetings from The Netherlands, Simon 🎹