Piano Series 1
Album Overview:
Piano Series v.1 (1997) is a fortunate combination of thoughtful, intelligent, sensible piano playing and nicely blended musical pieces written by classical music composers E. Grieg, C. Gluck, F. Chopin, W. Mozart, P. Tchaikovsky and R. Schumann. The selections fit together to make listening a pleasure, much enhanced by Yelena's unique piano touch. Since this album was released in 1997 it became the favorite among those who like to listen to classical piano music.
From Yelena's Journal:
"This album I've had recorded before I had an opportunity to record live piano in my own studio. So I had to take my equipment to different places and play on different pianos. It took me three sessions to record this album. The first was played on the "Young Chang" grand piano rented for me by the church to play a concert. The second recording session was at the Music store on the full-sized "Boston" grand. The third was almost a year later, when I was getting ready for giving concert with another program, in a huge Sanctuary, where I played the grand piano I especially loved.
Time was limited, and I did not have an opportunity to record many takes. My husband was the sound engineer. He represented also an audience. It feels different when someone listens to you, even if it is just one person. Even if that person is your husband. I was recording my first piano CD and felt inspired, but all sessions were extremely tiresome as I strived to achieve the maximum productivity for the relatively short period of time. Each session lasted about three hours, and afterwards I felt completely drained."
| Piano Series 1 | mp3 | $0.99 | |
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| Edward Grieg (1843 - 1907) - 14 Lyrical Pieces | |||
| 1. | Arietta, op.12 No. 1 | Listen | Download |
| 2. | Waltz, op. 12 No. 2 | Listen | Download |
| 3. | Watchman's Song, op. 12 No. 3 | Listen | Download |
| 4. | Fairy Dance, op.12 No. 4 | Listen | Download |
| 5. | Popular Melody, op. 12 No. 5 | Listen | Download |
| 6. | Norwegian Melody, op. 12 No. 6 | Listen | Download |
| 7. | Album Leaf, op. 12 No. 7 | Listen | Download |
| 8. | Melody, op. 38 No.3 | Listen | Download |
| 9. | Halling, op. 38 No. 4 | Listen | Download |
| 10. | Waltz, op. 38 No. 7 | Listen | Download |
| 11. | Butterfly, op. 43 No. 1 | Listen | Download |
| 12. | Lonely Wanderer, op. 43 No. 2 | Listen | Download |
| 13. | Little Bird, op. 43 No. 4 | Listen | Download |
| 14. | To Spring, op. 43 No. 6 | Listen | Download |
| Christoph W. Gluck (1714 - 1787) | |||
| 15. | Melody from opera "Orpheus and Eurydice" | Listen | Download |
| Frederic Chopin (1810 -1849) | |||
| 16. | Etude in F Minor, op. 25 No. 2 | Listen | Download |
| 17. | Waltz in C# Minor, op. 64 No. 2 | Listen | Download |
| 18. | Nocturne in F# Major, op. 15 No. 2 | Listen | Download |
| 19. | Nocturne in C# Minor, op. Posthumous | Listen | Download |
| Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 -1791) | |||
| 20. | Sonata in A-major, 1st movement - Andante grazioso | Listen | Download |
| 21. | Sonata in A-major, 2nd movement - Menuetto | Listen | Download |
| 22. | Sonata in A-major, 3rd movement - Rondo alla turca | Listen | Download |
| Piotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840 -1893) | |||
| 23. | Romance in F Minor, op. 5 | Listen | Download |
| Robert Schumann (1810-1856) | |||
| 24. | Intermezzo | Listen | Download |
| 25. | Why | Listen | Download |