: Piano
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 »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…
Read more »My Neighbor Totoro – Path of the Wind – 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 »Some Day My Prince will Come ~ Snow White – 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 »Kingdom Hearts – 06 Kairi – Andante sostenuto (2nd Mov.)
I can’t quite figure out the tempo selection on this piece. The music indicates 66, which feels rather fast. Most videos I could find on YouTube play this much slower. I am close to 66, but still slightly…
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