A Dying Portrait of a Piano
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Duration: 5:45
I don't care for the name for this so much any more, it was to reflect the melting, pseudo-horn sounds going on in the background. If anyone can think of anything better, please let me know.
This is probably my most proud piano piece. This was recorded in 2003, I believe, before I moved to San Francisco. All of the background effects were hand tweaked through reverbs and delay processing, in lieu of being able to add the horn parts I had originally intended. But it fleshes it out nicely.
This piece has an agitated edge to it, especially towards the end. Amazingly, I somehow pulled off the most graceful closing phrases I've ever done, and it reminds me a good deal of Liszt's Etude No. 10.
This piece also shows some rare restraint. The whole recording was 20 minutes long, and I chopped it up and edited down to this 5:45. All improvised, besides the editing.
