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Examples of Contemporary Masterpieces for Piano, found in SC, listed here in arbitrary order. The list will  be added little by little...

Contemporary Masterpieces For Piano & Beyond

Updated recordings from digitized original reproducing piano rolls by VViljanen Dec 1, 2018, mainly from the list https://soundcloud.com/veikko-viljanen/sets/etudes-on-the-roll-revisited

Archive Updates

A selection about elapse of time and measuring it....

Clock & Beyond

'Quantized Living' is a jazz Fusion track with various influences.....

Periodically

Quantized Living

"Offrande" ("Offering") for piano solo, beautifully performed and recorded by the amazing Phil Best, to whom I give my profound thanks.

Score available for purchase at: http://www.swirlymusic.org/music/solo-piano/r-a-moulds-offrande-for-solo-piano/

Offrande (performed and recorded by Phil Best)(Op. 88, 2013)

2022

Winter Spell (Guitar solo)

Piano and Strings musical original composition : @syntaleta
Guitars and Mix : Neno J.

No More (Collab w Syntaleta-remastered)

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/piano-suite-ii-laraian-part-i-636801.html

Piano suite II (Laraian) part I

Aquarelles: IV. Hirondelles au Crépuscule (Swallows at Dusk) performed by the tremendously gifted Phil Best. Available for purchase of download or hard copy at https://www.swirlymusic.org/music/solo-piano/r-a-moulds-aquarelles-book-i-solo-piano/

Aquarelles: IV. Hirondelles au Crépuscule (performed by Phil Best)

Sonatas II Op.7 No.4 - 1st movement

Dmitri Shostakovich - Andante aus dem Klavierkonzert Nr.2 F-Dur

It´s  not a  sin  but a  bit sinful -
it´s not heaven  but  heavenly - CHOCOLAT !
The movie by Lasse Hallstrom. Judy Dench, Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Alfred Molina are  th major cast.
Bastian Lee Jones loves to interpret Rachel Portman´s vivid and  whitty  piece "Passage of Time".

EARMErecords LC29347, ISRC DE-QB2-15-00007
PHOTO source: Google Search - the © owner is the production company of the movie/the photographer: CHOCOLAT

Passage Of Time (movie: "Chocolat")

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Rachel Portman - Passage Of Time (movie: "Chocolat")

This was a track I did a while ago and just remembered about. It was supposed to be for a puzzle RPG game but the game director decided it was too happy for the mood of the game. I then went and did a darker rendition which was used and I may upload at some point.

Clock Section (old unused track for video game)

Bolcom, Recuerdos - Paseo

Performed at Peabody Conservatory, May 2015

Rorem: Toccata

Staccato Improvisation

Grainger: Children's March 'Over the Hills And Far Away'. Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough 1920 on Duo-Art 6368.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated Nov 24, 2017and Feb 22, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from playback of digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using a modelled Grand Blüthner modified by VVV
Photo: Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHILDREN'S MARCH: Over the Hills And Far Away (arrangement for Two Pianos)
Roll Number: 6368, 6368-5
Composer/Creator: Grainger
Pianist: Grainger, Hough
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.25 (Price after 1922)
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Grainger: Children's March, Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough in 1920, on Duo-Art 6368

Josef Lhévinne plays César Cui: Causerie (Conversation) Etude Op.40 No.6, in 1925 on Ampico 64273.
Re-recorded Feb 3, 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using on its playback a modelled grand, reconfigured, revoiced, redesigned and the mic/rec setup made by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: César Cui 1835-1918
Josef Lhévinne 1874-1944
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CAUSERIE (CONVERSATION) Etude Op. 40, No. 6, F major
Roll Number: 64273, 64273H
Composer/Creator: Cui
Pianist: Lhevinne
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: April, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

César Cui: Causerie, Etude Op. 40 No 6. Josef Lhévinne 1925 on Ampico 64273

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/for-piano-636796.html

For Piano

GabrielMarie: Causerie (Conversation), Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840.
Recorded by VViljanen (by permission) from playback of the digitally simulated reconstructed  original reproducing piano roll. The rec updated Feb 6, 2023 by VV using a modelled Blüthner grand modified and revoiced by VV.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Gabriel Marie (1852-1928). Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie (8 January 1852, Paris – 29 August 1928, Puigcerdà, Girona, Spain) was a French romantic composer and conductor.
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CONVERSATION (Salon Piece)
Roll Number: 6840, 68407
Composer/Creator: Marie
Pianist: Haggard
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1925
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $1.75
(Source of the roll info: The Piano Player Group web page)

Gabriel Marie: Causerie (Conversation).  Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840

Rameau - Godowsky: Renaissance No. 6, 'Tambourin'. Nadia Reisenberg in 1925 on Duo-Art 6833.
Recorded 19 July 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from a digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Nadia Reisenberg 1904-1983
The Basic info* of the original piano roll:
TAMBOURIN (arrangement by Godowsky in his "Renaissance, Twelve Pieces Of Olden Time")
Roll Number: 6833, 68339
Composer/Creator: Rameau
Pianist: Reisenberg
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: January, 1925
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.25
*Roll info source: The Player piano Group web page (by permission)

Rameau - Godowsky: Renaissance No. 6, 'Tambourin'. Nadia Reisenberg in 1925 on Duo-Art 6833

Debussy-Ravel: Afternoon of a Faun. George Copeland 1924 on Ampico 56027 - V.435Hz.
Recorded from digitized origibal reproducing piano roll 27 Nov 2018 by VViljanen.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: George Copeland 1882-1971  .- More of this legendary pianist: http://www.richard-masters.com/pdf/copeland_isadorables.pdf
The basic info** of the original piano roll:
L'APRES MIDI D'UN FAUNE (AFTERNOON OF A FAUN)
Roll Number: 56027, 56027H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Copeland
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
**source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
*Re-arrangement from arr.for 4 hands by Maurice Ravel..?? (comment by VV)

Debussy-Ravel*(?): Afternoon of a Faun. George Copeland 1920's on Ampico 56027 - v.435Hz

J.S.Bach: Sarabande. Partita IV In D BWV828. Sergei Rachmaninoff 1926 on Ampico 66483 - v.415Hz, Werckmeister III.
Recorded** from original digitized reproducing piano roll 12 Dec 2018 by VViljanen.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943
Basic info of the original piano roll:
SARABANDE D major, Partita No. IV
Roll Number: 66483, 66483H
Composer/Creator: Bach
Pianist: Rachmaninoff
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: September, 1926
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
** Recorded with 415Hz  Werckmeister III temperament

J.S.Bach: Sarabande. Partita IV  BWV828. Sergei Rachmaninoff 1926 Ampico 66483

Debussy: La Cathedrale Engloutié. No 10 from Preludes Book I (published in 1910). E. Robert Schmitz in Nov 1927 on Ampico 68293.
Recorded** from digitized original reproducing piano roll 13 Dec 2018 by VViljanen
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
LA CATHEDRALE ENGLOUTIE (THE SUBMERGED CATHEDRAL)
Roll Number: 68293, 68293H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: November, 1927
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Werckmeister III temperament used here...even though this isn't Bach... ;-)

Debussy: La Cathédrale Engloutie. Preludes Bk I No 10. E. Robert Schmitz  Nov 1927 on Ampico 68293

Debussy: Prelude. Suite Bergamasque. E.Robert Schmitz 1926 on Ampico 65991.
Recorded** from digitized original reproducing piano roll 13 Dec 2018 by VViljanen-
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE "Suite Bergamasque" F major
Roll Number: 65991, 65991H
Composer/Creator: Debussy
Pianist: Schmitz
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: May, 1926
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Werckmeister III temperament (with 415Hz) used here...even though this isn't Bach... ;-)

Debussy: Prelude. Suite Bergamasque. E.Robert Schmitz 1926 on Ampico 65991

Study for prepared piano duo and ensemble

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/piano-suite-ii-laraian-part-iv-636805.html

Piano suite II (Laraian) part IV

Ètude Nr.10 for Piano Solo

A short collection of piano miniatures, written for my dear friend, Rob Haskins. Note that the set is presented in order of composition, but the performer has the option of rearranging the order in any way that suits him or her. (Note: this is a MIDI realization of the score.)

Sheet music may be purchased at: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21142973

Sonatas II Op.7 No.4 - 1st movement

Paul Maurice Roche | Composer