Frank French WTC - 'Young I'

Anyone heard (of) this pianist? He mainly seems to do 20th century
'popular' genres, but has also recorded the WTC - both books, with a
Boesendorfer grand - in the 'Young I' temperament.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/frankfrench8

with an essay by Jorgensen of all people explaining the choice...

http://www.frankfrench.name/gallery.htm

There are numerous samples (compressed of course) on the webpage.
The playing is occasionally somewhat mechanical or possessed of odd
off-beat accents, but the recording and piano tone are very clear.
~~~T~~~

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Dent" <stringph@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone heard (of) this pianist? He mainly seems to do 20th century
> 'popular' genres, but has also recorded the WTC - both books, with a
> Boesendorfer grand - in the 'Young I' temperament.
>
> http://cdbaby.com/cd/frankfrench8
>
> with an essay by Jorgensen of all people explaining the choice...
>
> http://www.frankfrench.name/gallery.htm
>
> There are numerous samples (compressed of course) on the webpage.
> The playing is occasionally somewhat mechanical or possessed of odd
> off-beat accents, but the recording and piano tone are very clear.
> ~~~T~~~
>
From Robert. I've heard of him. He's one of the terra verde piano
players. Terra verde is a fairly recent new genre of piano music
which is reminiscent of some of Jelly Roll Morton's more exotic
pieces. Piano scores, CD's and a bunch of free midis are available
at

http://www.ragtime.nu/terraverde/index.html

I have been a longtime fan of ragtime and I regard terra verde as
an exciting new development. It is interesting to note that this
website sells original piano music folios which is something of
a rarity in this day and age of recorded music.