On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:34:14 -0400 Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote: I'd say the most engaging piece is the last one :) Not that there's always - maybe - a need to be engaged when listening to music but, despite the excellent piano sound, the other pieces are kind of neutral in expression. That depends on the listener, of course. Back to the piano sound, which Pianoteq piano was used ? I got the electric piano pack and, once when improvising using the vibraphone demo I got so moved that I also got the vibes pack. So far I use the free pianos but they're lacking in expressiveness, although quite good on their own. I wish they'd extend their technology to other instruments, if possible, such as violin and trombone. Cheers.

Dave Phillips, Jul 14 2016: Hey hey Dave, I certainly loved it. Reading the notes, I was quite surprised: I thought I recognised Musorgsky's "The hut on hen's legs". Agreed, not too much similarity, but the atmosphere was so reminiscent in the beginning. A beautiful collection of pieces. I'm afraid though that they souynd a little to mechanical in their rendition, especially with the Pianoteq. I've come to respect it over the recent years, but I still think that it needs some rather animated playing to realise its full potential for really acoustic, alive music. Still, beautiful compositions, to which I'll return regularly, if not frequently. ... Ta-ta, ---- Ffanci * Homepage: https://freeshell.de/~silvain * Twitter: http://twitter.com/ffanci_silvain * GitHub: https://github.com/fsilvain