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Kingdom Hearts – 08 Working Together – Allegro vivace (Finale)
Working Together, in my opinion, was the most difficult piece to record in this album. Even though the notes are pretty straightforward, the speed for executing these octave chords is indeed very taxing to the arms. Right hand…
Read more »Howl’s Moving Castle – Promise of the World – Studio Ghibli Piano Collection, arr. Makiko Hirohashi
This series of music from Studio Ghibli is based on arrangements by Makiko Hirohashi. All the Ghibli Studio animated movies really capture our imagination and they bring so much of our childhood memories to life. The music is…
Read more »When You Wish Upon a Start ~ Pinocchio – More Disney Songs for Classical Piano, arr. Phillip Keveren
Phillip Keveren is one of the more well-known arrangers for Disney music, the most impressive work being the Disney Recital Suites (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, the Little Mermaid). He took a completely different approach…
Read more »Complete Final Fantasy V Piano Collections
Final Fantasy V Piano Collections, music by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Shirou Satou, played by Richard Yang. I recorded the complete Piano Collections (FFV…X-2) back in the 2020 December COVID lockdown. After learning how to do “chapters” on…
Read more »Piano Lesson with Richard Yang – Riku – Kingdom Hearts Sonata
This is a piano lesson video on Riku from the Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections. This is the most intimidating piece to learn from the KH Piano Collections. Here’s my recording of this piece. In order to follow this…
Read more »Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea – Studio Ghibli Piano Collection, arr. Makiko Hirohashi
This series of music from Studio Ghibli is based on arrangements by Makiko Hirohashi. All the Ghibli Studio animated movies really capture our imagination and they bring so much of our childhood memories to life. The music is…
Read more »Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ~ Mary Poppins – More Disney Songs for Classical Piano, arr. Phillip Keveren
Phillip Keveren is one of the more well-known arrangers for Disney music, the most impressive work being the Disney Recital Suites (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, the Little Mermaid). He took a completely different approach…
Read more »Complete Final Fantasy IV Piano Collections
Final Fantasy IV Piano Collections, music by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Shirou Satou, played by Richard Yang. When I started my Final Fantasy recording marathon back in December of 2020, I thought FFIV was way too old and…
Read more »Kingdom Hearts – 07 Riku – Scherzo e Intermezzo (3rd Mov.)
Riku – Scherzo e Intermezzo was the most intimidating piece in this album to learn. The left hand is very difficult. But the melody line resembles that of Rachmaniniov, who is my absolute favorite composer. This took about…
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