Topic: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen.

https://youtu.be/4s0IpM0M4E4?si=boNb8KM1yIv2dupV

The recording was done with a combination of 'Pianoteq 8 Bösendorfer Warm' and 'VSL Synchron Stage Reverb'.

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Hello Fernando-M and welcome to this forum.

You play it tenderly, and in just the right tempo. Beautiful. This piece touches me. Very nice playing - thank you for sharing.

And interesting sound, you get it to sound a bit old. I like that feeling in this piece and your playing.  It is probably the reverb you use.
What kind of keyboard are you using?

Best wishes,

Stig

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

Hello Fernando-M and welcome to this forum.

You play it tenderly, and in just the right tempo. Beautiful. This piece touches me. Very nice playing - thank you for sharing.

And interesting sound, you get it to sound a bit old. I like that feeling in this piece and your playing.  It is probably the reverb you use.
What kind of keyboard are you using?

Best wishes,

Stig

Thank you for your words.

I use the Roland FP10, in this particular recording it was with medium touch sensibility and the velocity curve from the user's recomendation for the FP10.

https://www.modartt.com/velocity_curves

I like to turn off Pianoteq's own reverb, and use the VSL Reverb, I think it makes the sound more open, less in "your face". In the future I wish to buy Altiverb 8.

Last edited by Fernando-M (19-06-2025 13:06)

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

It's such a beautiful piece, and this rendition sounds great! Really like the open sound you've achieved here!

Cheers,
~Kerri

Pianoteq 8, Organteq 2, Yamaha NU1X, Yamaha P515

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

KerriS wrote:

It's such a beautiful piece, and this rendition sounds great! Really like the open sound you've achieved here!


Thank you! The open sound comes from the VSL Synchron Stage Reverb.

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Very nice sound and soulful playing!

In the second part you deviate from the original. 0:40 and 1:12 in an identical way. Just curious if that's what's in your sheet music? No dissonance, only listeners who know the piece very well will notice...

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

TJ76 wrote:

Very nice sound and soulful playing!

In the second part you deviate from the original. 0:40 and 1:12 in an identical way. Just curious if that's what's in your sheet music? No dissonance, only listeners who know the piece very well will notice...

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

I am going to check out those two parts on the sheet music, mostly likely I memorized it wrongly.

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

TJ76 wrote:

Very nice sound and soulful playing!

In the second part you deviate from the original. 0:40 and 1:12 in an identical way. Just curious if that's what's in your sheet music? No dissonance, only listeners who know the piece very well will notice...

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, I found the insue, its a single note I didn't play. I am beginer, amateur, so to speak. 

Those are the musics I know by heart, since I replay them almost everyday I will fix the insue next time. 

Bach: Prelude in C Major
Pezold: Minuet Anh. 114 in G Major
Mozart: Minuet in F major, K.2
Schumann: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

beautiful job! i love Schumann and am looking forward to more posts.

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

budo wrote:

beautiful job! i love Schumann and am looking forward to more posts.

Thanks! I intend to learn Träumerei and Der Dichter spricht, use those three that are my favorites to "close a circle".

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Hello Fernando
I really liked your recording. You don't hear music by R. Schumann very often. I look forward to more recordings of Schumann.
Best regards
J. Unruh

Re: Schumann - Kinderszenen No. 1: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

J. Unruh wrote:

Hello Fernando
I really liked your recording. You don't hear music by R. Schumann very often. I look forward to more recordings of Schumann.
Best regards
J. Unruh

Hello, thank you! I was hoping to play Träumerei, but in the FP10 the half-pedal is up to 90 midi already, so not sure if it will be possible.