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Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)Symphony No.9 "From the New World", 2nd Movement (Largo) |
Latest Recording: 2.May 2010   Duration: 9:37 min.
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Recording HistoryOn 6.February 1994 I began to create the MIDI file for this second movement from Dvorak's Symphony No.9. It took until September 1994 to complete. Some revisions then resulted in added controllers, and on 22.October 1995 I had the 16 track MIDI file completed. Two years later I began to set up an audio recording, but never went further than the initial Cakewalk Pro Audio setup file. It took 13 more years for me to come back to this music: on 30.April 2010 I took the 1995 version, fixed a few errors, and brought it into the modern sample world with the GPO4 samples. This effort took 13 hours for the whole movement. The next day I did a few minor fixes of inaccuracies. This new rendition was created for my grandmother Berta Hopfner. RecordingsBelow are the recordings so far, together with the "historic" MIDI file from 1995 (still with the errors in it which I have not corrected yet). Right-click and save the files instead of trying to play it. 2.May 2010: Dvorak_S9M2_100501.wma Duration: 9:37. Filesize: 8.2 MB Codec: Windows Media Audio 9.2, VBR Quality 90, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass VBR, 162 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, 16 bits/sample, wma, compression ratio: 0.117. This is the second revision of the recording since the last edit of the MIDI file on 21.10.1995. The first revision on 30.4.2010 was done to convert the original MIDI file version from 1995 to the latest samples with GPO4. In this second revision I reduced the overall volume to avoid one clipping incident and to keep at least 3dB away from the maximum possible level, to avoid distortion during replay. Made the initial brass entrance theme more distinct, by removing the legato impression. Removed one too loud pizz note, and enhanced one note of the solo violin. This rendition was created on 1.May 2010 and is specifically recorded to honor my beloved grandmother, Berta Hopfner: this music is her favorite piece, and everytime I visited her, I had to play it on her piano/organ. She is the one who gave me the gift of musicality. She was a piano teacher and taught many students. She was born on 5.5.1919, and now at almost 91 years old she is at very bad deteriorating health after her third stoke. I hope that this recording will cheer her up and revive her spirits. 1.May 2010: Dvorak_S9M2_100430.wma  Duration: 9:33. Filesize: 8.6 MB Codec: Windows Media Audio 9.2, VBR Quality 90, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass VBR, 163 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, 16 bits/sample, wma, compression ratio: 0.119. This is the first revision of this recording since the last edit of the MIDI filoe on 21.10.1995. This rendition is the first version with the new GPO4 samples. It was begun on 30.April 2010 and completed on 1.May 2010. Shared tracks needed to be separated, a few mistakes were corrected, the strings were set with multiple layers. This rendition is specifically recorded to honor my beloved grandmother, Berta Hopfner: this is her favorite music piece, and everytime I visited her, I had to play it on her piano/organ. She is the one who gave me the gift of musicality. She was a piano teacher and taught many students in Iphofen. She was born on 5.5.1919, and now at 91 years old she is at very bad deteriorating health after her third stoke. I hope that this recording will cheer her up and revive her spirits. 1.May 2010: Dvorak_S9M2_100430.mp3 Duration: 9:33. Filesize: 14.6 MB Codec: mp3, VBR, 208 kbps (vbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, compression ratio: 0.151. 1.May 2010: Dvorak_S9M2_100430_128.mp3 Duration: 9:33. Filesize: 8.8 MB Codec: LAME3.97, CBR128, 125 kbps (cbr), 2 channels (stereo), 44.1 kHz, compression ratio: 0.091. 12.Oct 1995: Dvorak_S9M2_951022.mid  Duration: 9:20. Filesize: 63.3 kB Codec: midi. |