@chrissaper: The sounds come from the Nord Stage 2 keyboard itself. Sampled church organs and harpsichords.

Retro Electro

Variation 18 of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini composed in 1934. Rachmaninoff said of this piece: "This one, is for my agent." as he sensed it would become a commercial hit. It's composed by playing upside down the original melody from Paganini. The original is like a piano concerto (solo piano vs orchestra) and I'm trying to do it on a single keyboard with sampled sounds.

The theme was used in the movie Somewhere in Time in 1980 starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Bösendorfer grand piano and sampled orchestra strings.

Transcription for solo piano by Hermene W. Eichhorn. Re-uploaded with new take on Jan 26, 2014.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgj3lVcaGT4

Video

Somewhere In Time: Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Variation 18

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons October

#1 iTunes Classical (9.22.14)

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, introduces a new spin on 10 beloved Chopin works. With the undeniable resurgence in classical/instrumental music, Lawson felt compelled to show how Chopin's masterpieces are as spellbinding in most simplest form as they are in their original nature.

Disc One (tracks 1-10)
Chad Lawson - piano
Judy Kang - violin
Rubin Kodheli - cello

Disc Two (tracks 11-21)
Chad Lawson - solo piano

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Chopin Prelude in E Minor-Op. 28, No. 4 (Variation Arr. for Piano, Vioin and Cello) - Chad Lawson

Last Night With Chopin (op72 no1)

Existential Melodies

Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor by Nana Peradze  
The Chopin nocturnes constitute 21 short pieces for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1827 and 1846. They are generally considered among the finest short solo works for the instrument and hold an important place in contemporary concert repertoire.

Nana Peradze plays CHOPIN, Nocturne in C sharp minor

Franz Schubert - String Quartet No.13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde', D.804 - I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 1.

Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings. This is from 1936, earlier than the 60's but so much more modern, isn't it? The ultimate ambient trance-ish piece... Tried to make it sound like metallic yet organic strings, mixing Clavia's string orchestra samples with synthesizers.

Live video: http://youtu.be/NdXiKehJCrI

If this is too ambient for you (sometimes it is for me), Tiësto used the first notes ad nauseam in an upbeat trance track.

Barber - Adagio For Strings

1ère Gymnopédie.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZd4BYOzXBo

Lent et douloureux.
Slow and sorrowful.

"Oblique et coupant l'ombre un torrent éclatant; Ruisselait en flots d'or sur la dalle polie; Où les atomes d'ambre au feu se miroitant; Mêlaient leur sarabande à la gymnopédie."

"Slanting and shadow-cutting a flickering eddy
Trickled in gusts of gold to the shiny flagstone
Where the atoms of amber in the fire mirroring themselves
Mingled their sarabande to the gymnopaedia"

- Contamine de Latour

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Yamaha C7 with a generous amount of reverb and phaser, and a thin layer of strings.

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1 [phaser]

The Symphony No. 7 was premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna on December 8th, 1813. This is the beginning of the 2nd movement in A minor, transcribed by Liszt.

The instrument is a Nord Piano 3, using a sampled Grotrian-Steinweg Concertino upright piano, sampled strings, and effects.

Live video: https://youtu.be/LaXlupNd5pI

#pianoday

Beethoven - Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 [piano + synth]

Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488, 2nd movement: Andante/Adagio in F-sharp minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786).

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Piano 3 using a sampled extra soft Bösendorfer 130 upright piano, with effects, and a sampled Willow flute.

Live video: https://youtu.be/eL8_ZJcO27M

#pianoday

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Adagio from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 [solo fragments]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major Op. 73 'Emperor' - Glenn Gould & Leopold Stokowski

Live video: https://youtu.be/_Yyzo9RDf7o

“The crowd intimidates me, its breath suffocates me. I feel paralyzed by its curious look, and the unknown faces make me dumb.” – Chopin

The instrument is a Nord Piano 3, using a sampled extra soft Bösendorfer 130 upright piano with effects and angelic synthesizer voices.

Chopin - Suffocation (Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (not to be confused with a series of German cars), attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. This is from around 1700 but sounds timeless to me.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGUBreY-6J8

I'm using the Nord Stage 2 sampled church organs and I've added some harpsichord to try to give it a little bit different feel. I only play the beginning and the end of the fugue (the middle part is less fun...) Organ (and harpsichord) are not the most expressive instruments - you can't control the volume of each note - yet this piece works so well and is so overwhelmingly beautiful.

Cute story: I remember attending church every Sunday when I was a kid and naively hoping they'd play this piece!

J.S. Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D minor [organs + harpsichord]

Franz Schubert - Piano Trio In E Flat, Op.100

atmospheric piano + electronica

playing Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Craig Armstrong, David Arnold & Michael Price, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Handel, Harry Gregson-Williams & John Powell, John Ottman, John Williams, J.S. Bach, Kanye West, Leonard Cohen, Ludovico Einaudi, Max Richter, Michael Nyman, Michel Polnareff, Mike Oldfield, Mozart, Nino Rota, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Ravel, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Serge Gainsbourg, Vangelis, Vladimir Cosma, Yann Tiersen, Yiruma

J.S. Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D minor [organs + harpsichord]

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