The 2002 Christmas Album

Most people who will be reading this know I started playing again in July of 2001. In 2002, HP had a forced Christmas shutdown. My extended family decided to spend Christmas in Houston, and rather than Christmas shop, I spent my time recording a subset of works I knew up to that point. I dug out these recordings to add them to the list. These are not recorded from an acoustic piano, but rather my old P80 keyboard.

• Ecoassaise - J. N. Hummel
• A Short Story - H. Lichner
• The Happy Farmer, Op. 68, No. 10 - R. Schumann
• Minuet (from Anna Magdalena's Notebook) - Petzold
• Minuet BMV 822 - J. S. Bach
• Minuet K. 2 - W. A. Mozart
• Cradle Song - C. M. von Weber
• Arietta - W. A. Mozart
• Melody, Op. 68, No. 1 - R. Schumann
• Sonatina (Romance) - L. van Beethoven
• Blue Christmas - Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson
• Flamenco - Rollin

Given that these were done over 6 years ago, most hold up surprisingly well - to my ear anyway. The phrasing is choppy in a lot of places (esp in the Mozart pieces), but Happy Farmer still sounds good, and I always enjoyed that Flamenco. Blue Christmas is an abomination, though.