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Bach_ Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variatio 23 A 2 Clav.

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MAURICE RAVEL ~ Bolero
(Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana - Direttore Samo Hubad)

Boléro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel. Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubenstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition.[2] Before Boléro, Ravel had composed large scale ballets (such as Daphnis et Chloé, composed for the Ballets Russes 1909–1912), suites for the ballet (such as the second orchestral version of Ma Mère l'Oye, 1912), and one-movement dance pieces (such as La Valse, 1906–1920). Apart from such compositions intended for a staged dance performance, Ravel had demonstrated an interest in composing re-styled 
dances, from his earliest successes (the 1895 Menuet and the 1899 Pavane) to his more 
mature works like Le tombeau de Couperin (which takes the format of a dance suite).

Boléro epitomises Ravel's preoccupation with restyling and reinventing dance movements. It was also one of the last pieces he composed before illness forced him into retirement: the two piano concertos and the Don Quichotte à Dulcinée song cycle were the only compositions that followed Boléro.



MAURICE RAVEL ~ Bolero

I learned it from the only rendition I own.  It's possible i missed some details.
My try on Gnossienne 3 http://snd.sc/11VAyvl
I'm really sorry for the bad audio quality. I didn't have a proper recording process back then. So I probably re-record this at some point. 

Gnossienne No 1 - Erik Satie

Concierto de Camerata de Murcia, Auditorio de Algezares. Diciembre 2013.

4. La Muerte Del Angel, Astor Piazzolla

Rolig Pers Polska

Enregistrements l'empreinte digitale - 1990 - 2004 - extraits

Kenneth Weiss - Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variatio 28 A 2 Clav. ED13065

Composed by Erik Satie, this composition has a Ragtime flavor. It was composed and performed during his café days as a solo pianist in Montmartre-Paris in the early 1900s.

Orchestrated, arranged and recorded in Apple's Logic Studio scotty hill

Le Piccadilly-Erik Satie

Variatio 1 a 1 Clav  - From The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
By Johann Sebastian Bach 
Sequenced by David J. Grossman · ©1997
Adapted for ESQ-1 By Neil Paddock
Used with the midi author's kind permission
Thanks Dave. Your midis are awesome! Hope I haven't messed it up too much. ; ) 

The Midi file used was 988-V01.mid from 
http://www.jsbach.net/midi/midi_goldbergvariations.html

Be sure to check out Dave's excellent midi resource for J.S. Bach at the link above and his Soundcloud page too!
https://soundcloud.com/electricbach

Track Notes:
This is all a bit of fun really. I am following in the footsteps of distinguished company. J.S. Bach, Wendy Carlos...
I wanted something to showcase the Ensoniq ESQ-1's latest soundpack, and I love the Goldberg Variations, so here it is.

STARTING TEMPO 100
ESQ-1 PATCHES IN ORDER
TPIANO
BEGONE
ICEPOP
PNOSTR (+ REVERB)
STRBAS
PNOSTR & SING 6
TPIANO & STRBAS
BEGONE & SING 6
HRNSEC & SING 6
HRNSEC & SING 6 & STRBAS
BEGONE TPIANO ICEPOP & KICK2 & SEGULS
KIEV KICK & SEGULS

Recorded in Reason 7.1 with an imported midi file and the VPC-1A Sound Pack 01-10

For more details check out
https://neilpaddock.gumroad.com

The Challenge:
I have tried to utilise all of the first ten sounds I re-sampled from the ESQ-1 Cartridge VPC-1A 01-10
which are, in order, with Patch Number:

41 TPIANO 
42 BEGONE 
43 HRNSEC 
44 STRBAS 
45 KICK 2 
46 PNOSTR 
47 SING6 
48 KIEV 0
49 ICEPOP 
50 SEGULS 

Introducing them in order wasn't really an option, as some work better than others. I transposed a few sections and experimented a bit with the bassline and the melody so that it sounded okay to me.

I really like the organ sound BEGONE in the second passage.

And the STRBAS rocks!!!

I threw KIEV & SEGULS in last as they really, really don't work well with this piece. The KICK 2 sounds nice though.

Bach is great, amazing etc. etc. If you haven't discovered him yet - Do it right now! ; ) Put his midis in a DAW and mess with them. The hours will disappear! It's great fun. Try it. It's what synthesizers were made for.

Variatio 1 A 1 Clav (BWV 988) By J S Bach [ESQ-1 Demo]

Variatio 2 a 1 Clav - From The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
Sequenced by David J. Grossman · ©1997
Adapted for ESQ-1 By Neil Paddock
Used with the midi author's kind permission

Another Bach Goldberg Variations Midi Demo to showcase the sounds from the re-sampled ESQ-1 VPC-1A Cartridge (Patches 11-20) and to showcase the sequencing skills of Dave Grossman and the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Here are the voices used:
11) MCROAD (Rhodes Piano)
12) PORGN2 (Organ)
13) 5OFSWE (Strings)
14) VOXBAS (Voice Bass)
15) HI HAT (Percussion)
16) STRNG2 (Strings)
17) SAPRNO (Voice)
18) FRIDAY (Keyboard/Piano)
19) PECKBD (Percussive Keyboard)
20) LANDNG (Special FX - Alien Spaceship landing)

Actually, the alien landing didn't make it into the demo.
You can hear that here:
https://soundcloud.com/neilpaddock/esq-1-vpc-1a-sound-demo-2

There's nearly 4 minutes worth in this piece, as I cycle through the patches, alternating voices to play each of the 3 parts. I repeated it a few times for good measure (no pun intended).

For me it gets good towards the end when the strings and bass come in. There's 7 voices playing at that point.

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Variatio 2 A 1 Clav (BWV 988) By J S Bach [ESQ - 1 Demo]

Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria Da Capo,  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Fine Classical Music)

MIDI-files from Folkwiki.se converted to audio using Vienna Symphonic Library

02982 - Psalm Från Älvdals - Åsen1.mid

Original composer Erik Satie. 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Satie.
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I hope you enjoy it.
Fivos

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