Friday, February 13, 2009
The 42 Suite, 3. Florence, Version 9.0211
This is the finalized recording of "The 42 Suite, 3. Florence" that is going to be submitted for evaluation, or so I think. My piano teacher and I are going to review the computer generated version and the live recording tonight, so see which will be the better choice for submitting.
This piece is played much slower than what I intended. The original tempo marking was 50 beats per minute, and it is played at 32 beats per minute in this recording, and slowest acceptable tempo I intended was 42 beats per minute. The slower speed resulted in the piece being 233 seconds longer than what I intended, or a 75.5% increase in length. However, the piece still sounds fine at such a slow speed.
There were several mistakes in the recording, most notably the horns coming in late and not playing very well in tune. The trumpets were much softer than the horns, when it is supposed to be the other way around. The timpani and tubular bells were not very precise in keeping in time with the rest of the orchestra.
Now for the praises of the recording: the concertmaster and the rest of the violins had very nice vibrato. The violas and cellos played loud enough to heard as a separate section (at least in my opinion.) The woodwinds were loud, but not so loud that they dominated over the strings. The cellos, violas, clarinets, and oboes played the harmony loud enough to be heard at 1:20. The clarinets brought out their part at 3:00. Mr. Nemoyten enhanced the music quite well, for he minimized the sound of the heating system, and made the orchestra sound more balanced than the raw file from recording.
Please send feedback on the piece. In particular, I would like comments on voicing, and how I could have made the orchestra sound brighter. As always, harsh criticism is always welcome.
As for this...it's a screen recording of the version generated in Sibelius.
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