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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

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

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Antonio Vivaldi
Libretto by Francesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli

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Violins: Laura Torcal & Raquel Paleo
Viola: Isa Juarez
Cello: Queralt Garcia
Harpsichord: Ilil Danin

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Recording: NanoGrammophon

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