The PM lines have now opened for Category 18: Favourite Recording. Please PM me with up to ten votes, as to who you think has produced the best recording(s). Remember to rank your nominees if you're voting for more than one person; 1 being the highest and 10 being the lowest, so I know how many points to give them. The person for whom you give 1st place to will get 10 points, regardless of how many other people you vote for. Remember you cannot vote for yourself.

In previous years, we've had two categories: Favourite Recording and Favourite Composition. Due to the lack of compositions on the site at present, there is only one category now, so compositions do count as recordings.

I will try and publish the league table as often as I can (obviously this will depend on how many votes I receive before the previous update) in this thread to give everyone an idea who is winning and whereabouts they are in the table.

If you have less than 50 posts and want to vote, please sign up in this thread first (unless you have signed up already). It's no disrespect to those who have very few posts... it's only for a security reason due to the problems that were had with the previous category. The final decision is mine whether I allow your votes to be included or not, but if you're a genuine poster, then the likely decision is that your votes will be likely to be included.

The PM lines will close on Sunday 21st October at 2130 BST, which is when I will announce the winner of the category and post the final league table after a weeks worth of voting.

Car Expert

People Who Have PMed Me

1. petrat
2. barry-clari
3. pianotheory
4. Sputnik
5. LooneyTunes

I haven't listened to many of the recordings but I just wanted to say that La Chopiniste's " Wedding Day in Troldhagen" is absolutely amazing!

Do these recordings have to be from the forums recording site, or can they be off a members Youtube account?

I agree totally. I cannot see anything else beating that recording. It is of professional quality. There are some more good ones in the mix but that one is the winner for me.

Ou est le recordings website?

How do we judge the recordings??

Is it the playing on the recording, or the quality/production of the recordings?




Oh, and how do I submit mine for the critical ear of the discerning forumite??

You beat me to it.

If you haven't had the chance to hear this yet, go and do so - it's jaw-droppingly amazing...

I suppose there's no reason why YouTube recordings cannot be included. However, if you do intend to vote for something outside the recordings website, please provide a link when PMing me your votes so I can look at it and provide that link when publishing the league table.The link's at the top of the first post Send it to YAP's username at yahoo dot co dot uk. Just to confirm, you are free to submit recordings during this week (providing it's OK with YAP ).

Car Expert

I can also link to Youtube recordings off the forum recordings site, so if you have a Youtube recording you think others might want to know about, send me a link.

Also, this way I can also skirt cunningly around copyright issues - linking to another site which contains something I couldn't host the UK without liability for MPCS fees is absolutely fine .

YAP, could you possibly link this page from the recordings site, then??



And still nobody's answered my question about what we're judging these recordings on - is the player or the producer/engineer who's coming under scrutiny?

Or should I just vote for my mates??

Yes - at work at the mo, but will do this evening .



You're getting the hang of this, aren't you .

Methinks this'll be my saturday evening project then - downloading and listening!

I'm on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyU-vz6yNbs

Wow! That's amazing invisible piano playing!

Okay, Manek's link is on the forum recordings site. I have it fairly streamlined now, so if anyone else wants a link up, let me know .

Great playing, Andy

Whilst I remember, go and listen to the recording of Violinia and her band .

I'm judging the recordings on the quality of the playing rather than the recording.

I have two pieces on youtube, would you be able to add them to the site YAP?

Le Moulin

La Dispute

Have only received two sets of votes so far...

Car Expert

I foresaw this problem - very few of the folk who vote or are voted for in these awards have made recordings of their playing available, either through YouTube or the forum recordings site.

On the other hand, a 'Favourite Cake Picture from CISD' award would probably have some mileage .

Unfortunately the recordings aren't all crystal clear - which makes it difficult. I'm trying to stay as objective as possible......



I'm sure that could be arranged - along with 'Favourite teapot'!

I still like that Chopin Db major Nocturne myself............beautiful piece of music........

The Bach BWV729 is quite lovely...

I should have uploaded my recording of 4'33"..........

*sigh*

Yes, me too! Perhaps we could have a "Best Performance of 4.33" next year?

Most definitely! I hear you do a mean rendition of it petrat - would love to see you in action in Anglesey....

why have only 3 people voted? Is everyone going to vote at the last minute?

This category requires a bit of work

Almost there now......

*Have a listen to Bohemain's recordings in the strings section esp. Czardas - wow!*

For those who didn't see my post on the Alternative Fora, the PM lines for this category will be left open until 2130 BST tonight (unless the forums crash again), so there's still time to send me your votes.

Car Expert

this is a really good idea, so I have voted today. Hope others do before the deadline! Haven't posted often, so this is all rather new... never mind, will get the hang of it all soon i guess!

Welcome Sputnik - yes you should get the hang of it! Depending on where you will post most often...

Glad the PM lines are open 'til later - after all the work I've done.....(desktop full of downloads )

The PM lines have now closed, and the winner is:

La_Chopiniste_

La_Chopiniste_ - Grieg's 'Wedding Day at Troldhagen' = 39
bohemian - Monty's Czardas = 19
sarah-flute - Debussy's Syrinx = 17
4th: Violinia's band - Buda Nights = 14
5th: YetAnotherPianist - No.9 from Scriabin's Op.11 Preludes = 12
6th: anacrusis & friend - Handel Trio Sonata = 10
6th: barry-clari & Amber - The Charlie Wilson Blues = 10
6th: Manek - Take Five = 10
9th: katyjay - Bach's Prelude in C major from WTC = 9
10th: janexxx, sarah-flute, AnotherPianist & YetAnotherPianist - Pachelbel's Canon in D = 8
11th: SteveHopwood - Bach's Toccata in E minor = 7
12th: anacrusis - Sarabande from Bach's flute partita, BWV 1013 = 6
12th: deviless - Jade = 6
14th: bohemian - Wieniawski's Mazurka : Dudziarz = 5
14th: katyjay - sarah-flute's setting of 'Evening' = 5
14th: YetAnotherPianist - 'General Lavine - eccentric' = 5
17th: crazy_purple_piano_freak - Debussy's Arabesque No.1 = 4
17th: Oddball - Chopin's Nocturne in C# minor = 4
17th: sarah-flute - An Afternoon in Guadelope = 4
20th: Pianosecrets-x - Le Moulin = 2
21st: recorderzrule - Telemann's Sonata in G minor = 1

Car Expert

Oo, thanks for all that voted for me!

And well done La Chopiniste, a well earnt award!

Congratulations, La Chopiniste

Many congrats La_Chopiniste!

Congratulations also to the rest of you on the list - a highly talented bunch

Shame more people didn't vote....there are some excellent recordings out there......

Well done La Chopiniste!

well done!


cheers folks