Six Preludes for Piano - Robert Muczynski

Six Preludes for Piano

I.Vivace
II.Lento
III.Allegro giocoso
IV.Allegretto meno mosso-Allegro con moto
V.Moderato
VI.Allegro marcato

From my Sophomore Recital: March 1, 2009 at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory

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[dandan1019]

This is a lovely work and wonderfully performed.

[CKnickPianist]

@dandan1019 Thanks! And yes, the Tcherepin influence is strong. I've been meaning to look up more of his works!

[seriousbag007]

this is interesting...very bartok-ian.

maybe you could play it a bit more in his style?

a bit more playful?

i'm 15 and i played these two years ago, and my teacher said more bartok spice, even though it's a totally different composer.

but otherwise, nice!! I like it!!

very energetic!

[CKnickPianist]

Muczynksi actually took inspiration from Prokofiev while writing these pieces. Prokofievs music has a certain mysterious and relentless quality about it; and that is how I interpreted these pieces, with that mysteriousness in mind. Listening back to these, I do think #3 needed some more flexibility and fun like you said.

[thepianist2008]

Nice. Thanks for the recording. I was assigned these for next semester (I'm a sophomore at Ithaca College) and I couldn't find them on Naxos. I can't really comment too much as I'm just getting used to these. I started No. 6 yesterday and I've got some room for technical improvement. Would you mind telling me where you found Muczynski's recording?

[CKnickPianist]

I found his recording on a record at the music library at my school. I'm not sure where you can find find...Good luck, these are GREAT pieces!

[dandan1019]

There are all sorts of works on youtube by Alexander Tcherepnin and he wrote many piano concertos and plays on some CDs...reissues as he died in 1977.

[dandan1019]

I used to play some Bagatelles by A. Tcherepnin...His piano music is especially great..as he was a pianist himself...and a couple piano concerti...There are CDs and maybe something on Youtube...never looked...

[dandan1019]

These are inspired by Alexander Tcherepnin, the composer's main teacher who was also a Russian. Prokovieff studied with Tcherepnin's father, I think...so a strong connection..but also the Russian of that time. This does sound very Prokovieff ....

but some like Alexander Tcherepnin who has written Preludes and the famous Bagatelles...

[rikku38]

Nothing like walking into a giant dark recital hall at night and hearing the II.Lento prelude... and THAT was when I fell in love with the spookiest piano music ever!

[bequiscr]

Sorry, but... where did you find those recordings???? I has been looking for it! but I didn`t find anything... and great job with these preludes! Actually, I am playing it too... I like your performance in the first one very much and the last part of the VI prelude is very difficult, I think that it is a little faster that you did... but anyway you did it very good... so, congrats!

[broadwaybound1000]

You are good! i play too and am probably doing the first for a competition! Bravo!

[brisingr380]

i actually really enjoy the first and fourth preludes. i'm planning on learning the first prelude.

reminds me a little of prokofiev - same dissonance idea.

great job!

[bjorkchicago]

wonderful!! i've performed these preludes and heard them being performed a number of times... your technique is great, and your voicing in the fourth prelude is brilliant!!  maybe that voice gets a touch lost in the last prelude... the rhythm seems to take over just a bit toward the end rather than that sneaky tenor voice that pops in a few times...

fantastic... congratulations.