Topic: New Pianoteq Album (part 2)

6 more recordings (of 49) from the Piano Revealed album, selected from the 7-book piano method series, and ranging from easy to intermediate. All tracks feature Pianoteq's NY Steinway D. The full album is available at https://nathanshirley.bandcamp.com/album/piano-revealed

For information about the piano method: http://pianorevealed.com/

Hope you enjoy these!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rI-zYWvKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3sn5I4wL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6v0BF9Xtsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-UD9sFbL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCYH5g64V1k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQNa23ZJgmc

Last edited by NathanShirley (08-08-2021 17:28)

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 2)

I'm always impressed.You are a great pianist. And many nice names on your music pieces (I looked at all 49). I like the name Gnomes, and the music - it can mean many things but I was thinking of garden gnomes supposed to represent good luck.

What a wonderful piano method serie - so different, this is creatve productivity. I think it’s not based on what is generally done. I can say this because I didn’t like the method serie I had to use as 9 year old. I wish I had your serie. You really make the ”method” come out. I had not, so I stopped playing as 12 year old. Now self-thaught pianoteqenthusiast 
I’m waiting for your next 6 recordings. Thank you!

Best wishes, 

Stig

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 2)

That's very nice of you, I do appreciate it.

After going through all the main methods, back when I taught full time, I was frustrated to find they suffered from what I considered at least one glaring problem: either not great methodology, bland music, or "silly" music without much substance (more of a modern problem). I primarily settled on a little known method that was pretty good overall, but which was relatively short with a lot of gaps. So as a composer I found myself writing a lot of little pieces to fill those gaps. A Dream (above) was one of the first, and over the years I wrote another 200 or so. I've always taught at least basic composition/improvisation to piano students, so the creative aspect of the method was really important.

And yeah, I think garden gnomes could work!

Thanks again Stig.