Anna Moffo, Kanye West, and Me

So, I've got a recital coming up. And I'm guessing of the 5 people that read my blog, none of you are even close enough to get here. In preparing for my recital however, I've become more and more obsessed with vocal music. One of the pieces I'm performing is from Rachmaninoff's 34th opus, entitled Vocalise No. 14. It's a tirelessly performed piece but for me, it's a first. It's gorgeous in every way. A great recording of the late and great Anna Moffo is posted below. She glides with such ease that it's almost unbelievable.

I thought it would be great to do some other "well-known" music on my recital this time around. It starts with Kanye and ends with West; I'm putting my money where my mouth is.

I'll have a sneak peak recording from rehearsal on my website next week.

Free Music

Many know of IMSLP, a virtual library that both supplies free music (music in public domain) and music for sale that you can download. What I didn't know about, was Partifi.

On my upcoming recital I'm playing Vocalise No. 14, op. 34 by Rachmaninoff (overdone sure, but I love it). I looked for it on IMSLP and found the score easily. But with Partifi, I was able to create a piano part and tuba part for free and in PDF format. You can do this with music you have purchased yourself or using the IMSLP database. It's great. Use it. Love it. Play it.

http://www.partifi.org/