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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

Frédéric Chopin /Waltz in A minor

The Nutcracker - Act 2 - Pas De Deux

This seldom heard work by Claude Debussy is from my new CD album:
 'Debussy-Nature Myth Legend'

YouTube link:
http://youtu.be/fX1fqb3bJLA


Debussy-Nature Myth Legend

Nocturne, L. 82

'Nocturne' by Claude Debussy

These are some of my favorite classical piano pieces performed by some of the greatest pianists I've heard, you'll love at least one. 

Chopin Valse Op 64 No 2 Waltz In C Sharp Minor 7 Valentina Lisitsa

Il lago dei cigni è uno dei più famosi e acclamati balletti del XIX secolo, musicato da Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij (op. 20). La prima rappresentazione ebbe luogo al Teatro Bolshoi di Mosca il 20 febbraio 1877 (calendario giuliano), con la coreografia di Julius Wenzel Reisinger.
Il libretto di Vladimir Petrovic Begičev, direttore dei teatri imperiali di Mosca insieme al ballerino Vasil Fedorovič Geltzer, è basato su un'antica fiaba tedesca, Der geraubte Schleier (Il velo rubato), seguendo il racconto di Jophann Karl August Musäus.
Primo dei tre balletti di Čajkovskij, fu composto tra il 1875 e il 1876. Viene rappresentato in quattro atti e quattro scene (soprattutto fuori dalla Russia e nell'Europa Orientale) o in tre atti e quattro scene (in Russia e Europa occidentale). Sebbene esistano molte versioni diverse del balletto, la maggior parte delle compagnie di danza basa l'allestimento, sia dal punto di vista coreografico che musicale, sul revival di Marius Petipa e Lev Ivanov per il Balletto Imperiale, presentato la prima volta il 15 gennaio 1895 (data come sopra) al Teatro Imperiale Mariinskij a San Pietroburgo, Russia.

Swan Lake is one of the most famous and acclaimed ballets of the nineteenth century , with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( Op. 20). The first performance took place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow February 20, 1877 ( Julian calendar ) , with choreography by Julius Reisinger Wenzel .
The libretto by Vladimir Petrovic Begicev , director of the imperial theaters in Moscow together with the dancer Vasil Fedorovich Geltzer , is based on an old German fairy tale , geraubte Der Schleier ( The Stolen Veil ) , following the story of Karl August Jophann Musäus .
The first of the three ballets by Tchaikovsky , was composed between 1875 and 1876. It is represented in four acts and four scenes (especially outside Russia and Eastern Europe ) or in three acts and four scenes ( in Russia and Western Europe) . Although there are many different versions of the ballet , most dance companies setting up bases , both in terms of choreographic and musical , on the revival by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Imperial Ballet , first presented January 15, 1895 ( as given above) at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg , Russia.


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