Charlie Plays Mozart Fantasia!
Jul 11th, 2009 by mingyi
As I wrote on Youtube description, this is such an exceedingly beautiful piece. I like it much, Charlie likes it much. So he learned it entirely on his own during the time he was preparing for his solo recital (well, he’s gotta have some fun while playing the same pieces again and again for the solo recital!).
We got ready for recording a month ago but he fell sick for quite a while which almost jeopardized his solo recital that BTW turned out a huge success! Then he took much deserved hiatus while still prepping a bit for his appearance at local TV station, then we moved - and the piano moved a few days after we moved! So no regular practice for a while, and inconsistent practice ensued afterward and we almost forgot about this piece. But fortunately it takes no time to pick it up for recording!
BTW after the move our piano needs to be tuned soon. It also got a pretty bad sticky damper at higher C (and others occasionally), which you could hear it at times. We also decided to not re-record even after making noticeable mistakes (he did a very good job in this aspect, although it’s certainly far from perfect).
Anyhow, in spite of all the excuses (which is more than average even for me 
), I hope you’d enjoy this beautiful music. After all, who wouldn’t enjoy such a masterpiece by Mozart?