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

A recording of J.S. Bach's 'Preludie in C' played by Neil Balfour.

When J.S. Bach began working on his epic Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, chances are he wasn't thinking that it would become one of the defining musical texts in keyboard history. But, somehow, it has - and the Prelude No. 1 in C Major is where it all starts.

The Well-Tempered Clavier (there are two volumes of it, each containing a prelude and a fugue in each musical key) kicks off in C Major, the most 'natural' musical key, so he obviously made sure that the first entry is a good one. Few pieces of keyboard music sound so delicate and fragile, but there's a very Bach-ian stability to it as well. 

It's a strikingly simple piece to begin with, gently phasing through different chords and registers, but it's one of those pieces that demands to be tinkered with. Consequently, you'll hear plenty of different interpretations of this much-loved work.

Prelude No. 1 In C Major | Bach

Tchaikovsky   Piano Concerto No 1, B Flat Minor, Op 23 Open   Best Of Classical Music

Kreisler-Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid played by Rachmaninoff 1923, on Ampico piano roll 62103. which scanned and converted into a digital form by Terry Smythe et al,, and audio-recorded (by permission)in 2015 by VViljanen, and the rec. updated 19 May 2017 from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Info* of the original roll:
LIEBESLIED (LOVE'S SORROW) "alternating roll with silent sections Weiner Tanzweisen" (Old Viennese Dance Melodies) No. 2
Roll Number: 62103, 62103H
Composer/Creator: Kreisler, Rachmaninoff
Pianist: Rachmaninoff
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: June, 1923
Category: classical, popular
Original Price: $2.00
* source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Kreisler-Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid. Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1923, on Ampico 62103

One of four 'Cocktails' for violin and piano which mix two major reasons for music: song and dance. Here the tunes combine chant-like song, and waltz-like dance, in what i hear as a suave, even smoochy, mood. Do take a listen and let me lead you a song-and-dance...!

Cocktail: Chant & Waltz (with a twist)

Etudes II

Etude No. 44 in B minor

A Recording of me playing "Träumerei" from the "Kinderszenen". Its not perfect since i've been practising it since 4 days only. Enjoy it!

Träumerei - Robert Schumann

[نسخه کامل] از کنسرتو براندنبورگ شماره ۳ ، باخ - اجرا شده بر روی ساز‌های دوره باروک - به رهبری یکی‌ از بهترین‌های موسیقی کلاسیک " جان الیوت گاردینر" رهبر معاصر انگلیسی‌


این اجرا را به کسانی‌ که دوستدار سرعتهای چشمگیر و گوش‌نواز در موسیقی هستند، توصیه می‌کنم ;-)

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 - Gardiner

Soo-Been Lee - H. Wieniawski, Variations On An Original Theme Op 15

Julius Katchen & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Made this recording June 5th, 2012. Enjoy this beautiful romantic character piece by Chopin. 

Frederic Chopin - Etude in Ab Major, "Aeolian Harp", Op. 25 No. 1

I just use soundcloud because im too poor for spotify lmao

Soo-Been Lee - H. Wieniawski, Variations On An Original Theme Op 15

Cain

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