Recordings
Recitals to listen to, performances to watch, and institute recordings to purchase.
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Russian Recital
Recorded in Subotica Town Hall, 1997, featuring Scriabin's 3rd sonata, Vers La Flamme, Rachmaninoff's 2nd sonata plus works by Medtner & Balakirev
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The Yellow Door
Alan writes, "Many pianists are at their best when there is no need to prove oneself, to impress the listener, to measure up to some fictitious gold standard of playing... when the only need is to subsume oneself totally...
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McGill 2010
In 2010 Alan's father, Clarke Fraser was granted an honorary doctorate by McGill University where he had worked as Canada's first medical geneticist. These recordings are from the recital Alan gave in honor of his father...
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Concordia 1994
In 1994 Alan returned to his alma mater to record works by Scarlatti, Liszt and Scriabin on a Yamaha concert grand. The editing facilities at the time were limited, so these are virtually unedited takes.
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Place des Arts 1989
In 1989 Alan had been studying with Kemal Gekic only a few months, but the results were already beginning to show. These recordings were made in a Place des Arts rehearsal studio as a booking mixup denied the team the ha...
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Rachmaninoff
Rachmninoff was dismissed by early 20th century critics as an anachronism, behind the times, lacking in modernity. The scores show this to be demonstrably false, an undeserved slight on one of the greatest composers of t...
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Chopin & Co.
Chopin's music is inimitable although many composers have tried with great success. It seems to come from another world, yet at the same time is eminently human. Compositionally it is also supremely sophisticated, rich i...
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Recordings: Music & Feldenkrais
The Lady Chapel on the Coudewater Estate near Hertogenbosch was host to a Feldenkrais & Music Festival led by Alan Fraser at the beginning of June 2024. In this three days of chamber music, solo piano and Feldenkrais, th...
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Mexico Master Class
Early April 2024 Alan made a short visit to Mexico City to work with a group of pianists at the Do Re Mi Music Academy. Watch the entire day of master class teaching below.
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Online Institute Recordings
During and following the Covid-19 pandemic, Alan Fraser brought his Piano Somatics Institute to the internet, teaching several online institutes to pianists on three different continents. Each day featured a classic Feld...
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Pianimals Institute Online Recordings
The Pianimals Online Institute was developed to give teachers hands-on experience of the Pianimals exercises. Participants learned to give their pupils the exercises by first doing them under Alan's watchful guidance. Co...
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Pianimals Study Group Recordings
In this bi-weekly study group, a participant prepares a piece from the repertoire to be studied - often an easier piece, one that we often give our pupils. We're ascertaining which of the Pianimals exercises would best h...