Selected String works of l.v.Beethoven transcribed for piano/two pianos by VViljanen 2024-2025

L.v.Beethoven: String Trios & Beyond. Transcribed for Two Pianos

J.S.Bach: Canons I. BWV 1079 (Musical Offering**). Reproduced for piano by VV May3, 2024,
Photo: JSB Denkmal detail at Thomaskirche, Leipzig.
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**The Musical Offering (German: Musikalisches Opfer or Das Musikalische Opfer), BWV 1079, is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Prussia), to whom they are dedicated. They were published in September 1747. The Ricercar a 6, a six-voice fugue which is regarded as the high point of the entire work, was put forward by the musicologist Charles Rosen as the most significant piano composition in history (partly because it is one of the first).[1] This ricercar is also occasionally called the Prussian Fugue, a name used by Bach himself.

J.S.Bach: Canons No 1. BWV 1079. Transcribed for piano

J.S.Bach: Canons I. From Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079

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.
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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

L.v.Beethoven Trio op.3-II.Andante.Transcribed, reproduced & rendered for two pianos  by VV Dec 28, 2024, and again Jan 14, 2025,
after a careful reading, review, and re-writing of the articulations (...'ad libitum by ear'...) of its original score, and, and of its now re-read, previously generated reading/sequence, , produced for the original string trio setup in ca 2010's by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher, and music software developer). - Now, the instruments were revoiced & reconfigured, as well as the rec. setup, were set by VV. -
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L.v.Beethoven Trio op.3-II.Andante.Transcribed for two pianos

L.v.Beethoven: II.Andante. of Trio op.3. Transcribed for two pianos

L.v. Beethoven: Allegro con brio, mvt 1 of String Trio No 1 Op.3. Transcribed & reproduced for two pianos by VViljanen Dec 28 2024, and again, Jan 15, 2025,
after a careful reading, review, and re-writing of the articulations (...'ad libitum by ear'...) of its original score, and, and of its now re-read, previously generated reading/sequence, , produced for the original string trio setup in ca 2010's by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher, and music software developer). - Now, the instrument revoiced & reconfigured, as well as the rec. setup, were set by VV. - 
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Beethoven: Allegro con brio, mvt 1 of String Trio No 1 Op.3. Transcribed & reproduced for two pianos

L.v.Beethoven: I. Allegro con brio of String Trio Op.3. Transcribed  for two pianos

L.v. Beethoven: IV. Adagio of String Trio No. 1 op.3. Transcribed for two pianos by VV,
 Jan 9-15, 2025. 
A pair of Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand pianos, revoiced & reconfigured by VV were used on its recording, and rendition, after a careful reading, review, and re-writing of the articulations (...'ad libitum by ear'...) of its original score, and, and of its now re-read, previously generated reading/sequence, regenerated for the original string trio setup in ca 2010's by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher, and music software developer). Now, the instrument and the rec. setups were set by VV. - Artwork edited by VV on ideas inspired bytheis piece...✨🤔💫💫
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L.v. Beethoven: Trio op.3- IV.Adagio. Transcribed for two pianos

L.v. Beethoven: IV. Adagio. String Trio op.3. Transcribed for two pianos

Beethoven: V. Menuetto & Trio. Of Trio Op.3 Transcribed for Two pianos by VV, , after a careful reading, review, and re-writing of the articulations (...'ad libitum by ear'...) of its original score, and, and of its now re-read, previously generated reading/sequence, regenerated for the original string trio setup in ca 2010's by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher, and music software developer). - Now, the instrument and the rec. setups were set by VV. - Artwork : Spring view byVV

Beethoven: V. Mrnuetto & Trio. Of String Trio Op.3 Transcribed for Two pianos.

L.v. Beethoven: V. Menuetto & Trio. Of String Trio Op.3 Transcribed for Two pianos.

L.v. Beethoven: Menuetto & Trio.  {Allegretto). Mvt 3 of Str.trio Op.3 transcr.ibed for2 pianos by VV.
A pair of Bösendorfer 280 modeled grands, revoiced & reconfigured by VV were used on its recording. A reading into a sequence generated by HFesefeldt*, was used as source material after having reviewed, and rewritten  on its articulations, dynamics, tempos etc by VV.
*Harm Fesefeldt (1942-2019) was a German nuclear physics researcher & music software developer, who read & generated the nost part od essential classical chamber music into sequences with his own music software, and also made these publicly available.

L.v. Beethoven: Menuetto & Trio.  Mvt 3 of String Trio Op.3 transcribed for2 pianos

L.v. Beethoven: III. Menuetto - Trio.  Mvt 3 of String Trio Op.3 transcribed for2 pianos

Grieg: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen Op.65. Marguerite Volavy in 1910's on Ampico 56854.
Recorded** 20 Jun 2017, and again Feb 4, 2025, by VViljanen (by permission) from the digitally simulated, reconstructed original reproducing piano roll. A Blüthner modeled grand, revoiced & reconfigured, as well as the rec. setup done by VV was used on its recording
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Photo: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) at the piano
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
WEDDING DAY AT TROLDHAUGEN Op. 65, No. 6
Roll Number: 56854, 56854G
Composer/Creator: Grieg
Pianist: Volavy
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $1.75
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Tempo here is 0.9 of the tempo marked on the digitized roll copy

Grieg: Wedding Day in Troldhaugen, Op.65. Marquerite Volavy 1910's on Ampico 56854

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Adam Carroll 1926 on Ampico 66133.
Reproduced of a digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll by VViljanen Mar18, 2025 on playback with Petrof Mistral 284 grand, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, as well as was done also the rec setup.
Photo: Adam Carroll (1897-1974)

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. Adam Carroll 1926 on Ampico 66133

Max Reger: I. Präludium. Allegro commodo (ma non troppo vivace). Mvt 1 of 'Suite im alten Stil' Op.93. - Its orhestral arr.angement transcribed  for two pianos by Veikko Viljanen Mar 21-26, 2025 (...'take' nr.8...) - out of an orchestral arrangement,sequenced  in 2000's. by H.Fesefeldt, and now re-articulated & re-arranged by VV. - A pair of Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grands were used here on its recording, the instruments revoiced, as well as the rec setup made by VV.
Originally composed for violin & piano, pub. year 1906.
The work is in three movements:
I. Präludium. Allegro commodo (non troppo vivace) ( = 96-102)
II. Largo. ( = 48-52)
III. Fuge. Allegro con spirito. (ma non troppo vivace) ( = 88-96)
First Publication	1906 – Leipzig: Lauterbach & Kuhn.
Photo: Max Reger playing piano. - Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger 
(19 March 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher.

Max Reger: Suite im alten Stil Op.93 for v& p. - Transcription for two pianos by VV

Max Reger I. Präludium. All.commodo. Suite im alten Stil Op.93. - Transcr.for two pianos by VV

Max Reger: II. Largo of 'Suite im Alten Stil' Op.93. Reprod. for two pianos by VV 26-3-2025
Read, transcribed & reproduced by  VViljanen for two pianos out of an orchestral arrangement

Max Reger: 2. Largo ofSuite im alten Stil Op.93. Transcr. for two pianos

Max Reger: II. Largo of 'Suite im Alten Stil' Op.93. Reprod. for two pianos by VV 26-3-2025

Rachmaninoff: Elegie Op.3 No.1. Sergei Rachmaninoff  1928 on Ampico 69253- Reproduced by VV Mar28, 2025. - A Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, was used on playback recording of a digitally simulated original reproducing Ampico piano roll, the rec setup made by VV.
Photo by VV 2024.
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Rachmaninoff: Elegie Op.3 No.1. Sergei Rachmaninoff  1928 on Ampico 69253

J.S.Bach: Fugue G minor BWV542 "The Great", mvt 2 of Fantasie und Fuge g-Moll.  Transcribed for two pianos by VV Oct2023 & Mar2025. Reproduced on a pair of modeled Petrof Mistral 284 grandpianos, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, as well as also was made the rec. setup. 
- A score reading with its phrasing, aarticulation, and other interpretation into a sequence by VV in 2015 was now used as source material for this recording. 
Photo: JSB Denkmal detail at Thomaskirche, LeipZig/a view on the Crab Nebula by NASA.
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Fugue G minor BWV542 "The Great".  Transcr. for Pedalflügel

J.S.Bach: Fugue G minor BWV542 "The Great". Transcribed for two pianos

Bach-Zadora: Siciliano BWV1031. Leonid Kreutzer 1928 on Duo-Art 0336.
Reproduced by VV from a digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing Duo-Art piano roll # 0336. On its playback recording, a Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand was used, the instrument revoiced & reconfigured by VV, as well as was also done the rec. setup.

Bach-Zadora: Siciliano. BWV1031. Leonid Kreutzer 1928 on Duo-Art 0336

Max Reger: 2.Vivace assai. String Quartet G minor. Op.54 Nr.1 (IMR201). Transcription for two pianos. 
Reproduced by VViljanen on a sequence generated by H.Fesefeldt of an original score for a string quartet, using on its slightly beforehand modified (on its articulatins etc) playback recording a pair of Petrof Mistral 284 mdeled grands, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, as well as was made the rec.setup.
The work is in four movements:
1.Allegro agitato
2.Vivace assai
3.Largo mesto
4.Prestissimo assai
Photo by VV

Max Reger: 2.Vivace assai. String Quartet G minor. Op.54 Nr.1 (IMR201). Transcription for two pianos

Max Reger: 2.Scherzo.  Vivace - adagio of String Quartet No3 D minor. Op.74 (IMR203). 
The work was composed in 1903-4, and first  published 1904 in Leipzig by Lauterbach & Kuhn . The work is in four parts:
1.Allegro agitato e vivace
2.Scherzo: Vivace - Adagio
3.Andante sostenuto e semplice
4.Finale: Rondo: Allegro con spirito e vivace

- Transcribed & reproduced for two pianos by VViljanen on a sequence generated by H.Fesefeldt of an original score for a string quartet, using on its slightly beforehand modified (on its articulatins etc) playback recording  a pair of Petrof Mistral 284 mdeled grands, revoiced & reconfigured  by VV, as well as was made the rec.setup.
Photo: Max Reger (1873-1916)

Max Reger: 2.Scherzo.  Vivace - adagio of Quartet No 3 Op.74 (IMR203).Transcr for 2 pianos

Max Rreger: Sonate Am for violin solo. Transcribed for piano by VV
The work is in four movements:
1. Grave (ma con moto)
2. Vivace
3. Andante sostenuto.
4. Allegro energico
Photo by VV - a local view.

Max Rreger: Sonate Am for violin solo Op.91 No.1. Transcribed for piano by VV

Max Reger: Sonate for Solo Violin Op.42  no.2 A Majo.
Thr work is in three movements:
1.Allegro con grazia
2.Andantino
3.Prestissimo
 -transcribed for piano solo by VV Apr.2025
Reproduced for solo piano by VViljanen Apr 6, 2025 of original score-to-sequence for solo violin generated ca. 2000's by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher & music software developer)
Photo by VV - a local view

Max Reger: Sonate for Violin solo Op.42-2 in A Major  All. con grazia  etc- Transcr.for piano solo

Max Reger: Scherzino. Biten und Bitter (or 'Bitter und Biten') Nr.12. Reproduced by VV. Apr.7, 2025
Additional information about this piece is wellcome! - I just know that this piece belongs into a set of twelve pieces composesd by Max Reger, but don't have here more information about its opus number or pub. year.
The pieces of this set  are:
1. Albumblatt
2. Humoreske
3. Frühlingslied
4. Elegie
5. Jagdstück
6. Melodie
7. Moment musical Nr.1
8. Moment musical Nr.2
9. Gigue
10. Romanze Nr.1
11. Romanze Nr.2
12. Scherzino
Photo: Max Reger (1873-1916)

Max Reger: Bitter und Biten, Nr12-Scherzino-ed.VV

Max Reger:  III. Vivace, of Sonate for  Violin Solo Op.91 No. 3. Transcribed & reproduced for piano solo by VV Apr.7-8, 2025 (...'take' no 5). An original violin score (fr.y.1906) reading into a sequence generated ca 2000's by HFesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher & music software developer), was used here as source material for this solo piano transcription by VV. 
- A Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand, revoiced & reconfifured by VV was now used for its recording, as well as also  was made the rec.setup.
Photo: MaxReger (1873-1926) -ed.VV

Max Reger: Vivace. Mvt3 of Sonate for solo violin Op.91nr3. Transcribed for solo piano

Max Reger:  III. Vivace, of Sonate for Violin Solo Op.91 Nr3. Transcribed for piano solo

Max Reger: Prestissimo. Mvt2 of Sonate for solo violin Op.91 nr 3. Transcribed & reproduced for solo piano by VV Apr.8, 2025. An original violin score reading into a sequence generated ca 2000's by HFesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher & music software developer), was used here as source material for solo piano transcription by VV. A Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand, revoiced & reconfifured by VV was here used for recording, as well as also was made the rec.setup
Photo: A local lake view by VV 2025

Max Reger: 2.Prestissimo, of sonate for violin solo.  Op. 91nr3.. - Transcr.for solo piano by VV

Max Reger: II.Prestissimo, of sonate for solo violin.  Op. 91nr3.. - Transcr.for solo piano by VV

Max Reger: 1.Allegro moderato of Op91-no3 Sonata for violin solo. Arr VV Apr8-2025
Photo: Max Reger (1873-1916)

Max Reger: 1. Allegro moderato of Op91-no3 Sonata for violin solo. Transcr. for piano solo

Max Reger: III. Presto assai.Sonate Op.42Nr1 Dm for Violin Solo -  Transcr.for piano  solo by VV
Photo: Max Reger (1873-1916)

Max Reger: III. Presto assai. Of Sonate Op.42Nr1 Dm for Violin Solo -  Transcr.for piano by VV

Max Reger: Sonate E minor for Violin Solo  Op.91nr5. Read & Transcribed  et reproduced  for Piano by VV Apr13-2024
The work is in four movements:
1.Allegro moderato
2.Con moto
3.Larghetto
4.Allegro enrgico
Transcribed & reproduced for piano solo by VViljanen Apr 13, 2025 of/after modifying a score sequence generated for violin solo of the original Reger score. Now, a petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand was used on recording, the instrument revoiced &  reconfigurated by VV, as well as also was made the setup .
Photo by VV - except just now  its full moon...👀😎✨
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Max Reger: Sonate E minor for Violin Solo  Op.91nr5. Transcr. for Piano Solo by VV

Pietro Nardini: Sonata for Violin & Piano  no2 in D Major.  Mvt I. Adagio.Transcribed for two pianos by VV Apr 21,  2025.
The work is in four movements:
1. Adagio
2. Allegro con fuoco
3. Larghetto
4. Allegretto grazioso
A scoresequence generated by H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019, a German nuclear physics researcher & music software developer) was used here as source material for this recording by VV on a pair od Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grandpianos, revoiced & reconfigured by VV.
Photo: "Easter  Cheese Cake" by SV/VV

Pietro Nardini: I. Adagio of Violin Sonata  n.2 in D Major. Transcr. for two pianos by VV

PPietro Nardini: II. Allegro con fuoco of Violin sonate  n.2 in D Major. 
Transcribed & reproduced  for two pianos by VVijanen Apr.21-29, 2025 (...take mr 14..👀🤔). 
A pair of Petrof Mistral 284 grands (modeled) were used on recording, the instruments revoiced & reconfigured , as well as  the rec. setup made by VV.
Photo: "Easter view of the local lake" by V.Viljanen 2025

Pietro Nardini: II. Allegro con fuoco of Violin sonate  n.2 D Major. Transcr. for two pianos by VV

Pietro Nardini: II. Allegro con fuoco of Violin sonata  no2 D Major. Transcr. for two pianos by VV

Pietro Nardini: III.Larghetto of Sonata n.2 D major. Transcribed for two pianos by VV
Photo: A local lakeview by VV Apr 15, 2025

Pietro Nardini: III.Larghetto of Sonata n.2 D major. Transcribed for two pianos by VV

Pietro Nardini: IV. Allegretto grazioso of Sonata n.2  D major. Transcr. for two pianos by VV, Apr.22-25, 2025
Photo: A local lake view by VV Apr 15, 2015

Pietro Nardini: IV. Allegretto grazioso of Sonata n.2  D major. Transcr. for two pianos by VV

Reger: IV. Allegro energico of Sonata op91 nr 5. Transcr.for piano solo by VV
Photo by VV, a local view of Spring 2024

Apr.23, 2025

Max Reger: IV. Allegro energico of Sonata E minor Op.91 nr 5. Transcr.for piano solo by VV

Irving Berlin: How Deep is the Ocean .Doug McKenzie, piano - reproduced by VV of his live-sequene found  freely available.
The instrument & rec. presets set by VV.
Photo: Ocean sunset

Irving Berlin: How Deep is the Ocean. By VV  feat. Doug McKenzie, piano

I’m Old Fashioned (trio). ITrancribed & reproduced  for a grand piano trio by VV of /after DougMcKenzie's trio-arrangement, May 7, 2025: Recorded on Bosendorfer 280 & K2 & Petrof Mistral 284 jazz grand trio, the instruments revoiced & reconfigured by VV as well as was prepared the rec. setup.
Photo by VV

I’m Old Fashioned. Trancr for a grand trio by VV of Doug McKenzie's arr. for trio

Duke Ellington: Caravan. Reprod for a trio of two pianos & Bass on a live seq. of Doug McKenzie-by VB ver2. The instrument combo revoiced by VV, as well as made  the rec setup .
Photo:  A Wagon Caravan in Utah 1912 / Vankkurikaravaani Utahissa 1912

Caravan. Reprod for trio of two pianos & Bass on a live seq. of Doug McKenzie-vby VV  ver2

Duke Ellington: Caravan. Reprod for two pianos & Bass on a live seq. of Doug McKenzie-vby VVer2

Thelonius Monk (1951): Ask Me Now. Doug McKenzie, piano,  featured by Veikko Viljanen May 14, 2025 on a Trio of Three grand pianos (Steinway NewYork, K2, & Steinway Blues modeled grands), revoiced & recondigured by VV, as well as was made the rec. setup.
Photo: Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)

Thelonius Monk: Ask Me Now. VV  feat. Doug McKenzie

Sostakowich: Piano Concerto Nr 2-mvt3. Read  into s sequence & reproduced for  two ianos by VV May 18 & 26, 2025. The instruments  (a pair of Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grands) used on recording, were revoiced & reconfiguret by VV, as well as was done the rec. setup.

Shostakovisch: Piano Concerto Nr 2-mvt3

Sostakovich: Piano Concerto Nr 2-mvt3 transcribed for two pianos by VV

Beethoven: Rondo - Allegro scherzando. Mvt III of of Piano Concerto Nr.1 in C major Op.15 (1795). Read & transcribed & arranged  by VV May 21, 2025 for two pianos. An earlier sequence for piano & orchestra,  sequenced by Bill H.Nemitz, was used and slightly or more ... modified here by VV as source material for this transcription & reproduction.
A combo of two modeled grands, (Bluethner Grand & Petrof Mistral 284) & Timpani revoiced & reconfigured by VV, was used here for recording, the setup of which also was made by VV.

Beethoven: Rondo - Allegro scherzando. Mvt III of of PC Nr.1. Read & transcribed for three pianos

Beethoven: Rondo - Allegro scherzando. III of PC nr.1. Read & transcr. for two pianos

Beethoven: III.Rondo. Allegro - Presto of  piano_concerto Nr.3 Op.37 (1800). Tanscribed for two pianos by VViljanen May 22-2025 of a sequene of Bill H. Memitz (at Kunst der Fuge site), after its slight review on its articulations, dynamics etc. A pair of modeled grands, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, were used on its recording, the setup of which also was done by VV.
Photo/painting: Beethoven_Hornemann - Beethoven in 1803, six years after he completed the piano concerto, his third attempt in the genre

Beethoven: III.Rondo. Allegro - Presto of  piano_concerto Nr.3 Op.37. Transcr.for 2 pianos

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 0 (Zero, composed 1784 at the age of 14 yrs), Woo 4. Transcribed & reproduced for two pianos June 4, and again 16, 2025 by VViljanen. - On recording a pair of Bluethner modeled grand pianos, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, were used , as well as also was made the rec. setup.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 0 (Zero), Woo 4. Ttranscr. for two pianos

L.v.Beethoven: Rondo alla polacca. Mvt 3 of Triple-concerto Op.56 for Violin, Cello, Piano &Orchestra. Transcribed for 2 pianos by VV June 12-18, 2025 (take nr18....👀🤔) reproduced on/after a now-modified score sequence generated earlier by Wittenburg . Photo/Picture: Beethoven, sepia photo by VV of portrait/painting by Hornemann 1803.

Beethoven: Rondo alla Polacca. Mvt3 of Triple Concerto Op.56. Transcr. for two pianos by VV

Beethoven: III.Rondo alla polacca of Triple-concerto Op.56. Transcr. for 2 pianos by VV

Beethoven: III.Rondo (vivace) of Piano Concerto no4 G major Op.58 (1805-1806).Transcribed & reproduced for two pianos by VV June17, 2025, on/after of a slightly modified score sequence generated by Nemitz. Picture: Sepia version of Hornemann painting §803 
-A par of Blüthner modeled grands, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, were used on its recording, the setup of which was made by VV.

Beethoven: III.Rondo (vivace) of Piano Concerto no4. Transcr. for 2 pianos

Beethoven: Piano Concerto ('Emperor Concerto') Op.73-1. Allegro (1809)  on Bechstein 1896's. Transcr.for two pianos by VV June25, 2025. The rec was now made on/after a score-sequence generated earlier by Galimberti.
A pair of Vechstein 1896 modeled grand pianos, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, vere used on recording, the setup of which was made by VV.
Art work: Beethoven by Mähler 1815

Beethoven: Piano Concerto Op.73-1 on Bechstein 1896's. Transcr.for two pianos

Sergei Rachmaninoff plays in 1925 Gluck-Sgambati: Melodie (Orfeo ed Euridice), Ampico 64921.
Recorded in 2016 (and the rec updated 25 Sep 2017) by VViljanen (by permission)from the optically digitized  copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
MELODIE D minor
Roll Number: 64921, 64921H
Composer/Creator: Gluck, Sgambati - (Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (1714-1787))
Pianist: Rachmaninoff
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: September, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission).

Gluck-Sgambati: Melodie from 'Orfeo ed Euridice'. Sergei Rachmaninoff  1925 on Ampico 64921

Rudolph Reuter plays in 1919 Cyril Scott Lotus Land Op.47  No.1  Eb, Duo-Art Piano Roll 6096.
Re-recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission from Terry Smythe, Winnipeg)from digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll with a modelled Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/reconfigured by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Cyril Scott 1879-1970.
LOTUS LAND, Op. 47, no l
Roll Number: 6096, 60968
Composer/Creator: Scott
Pianist: Reuter
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: January, 1919
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00 (Price after 1922)

Cyril Scott: Lotus Land Op.47  No.1  Eb. Rudolph Reuter plays1919  on Duo-Art 6096

Johannes Brahms: Capriccio in B Minor Op. 76 No 2. Arthur Rubinstein on Duo-Art 6596.
Recorded 6 Mar, 2018 by VViljanen (by permission)from reconstructed and digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll.
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Photo: Arthur Rubinstein  (1887-1982) with his wife
The basic info* of the original piano roll:
CAPRICCIO, Op. 76, No. 2 in B-minor from "Eight Clavierstucke"
Roll Number: 6596, 65969
Composer/Creator: Brahms
Pianist: Rubinstein 
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1923
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.25
*source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)


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Johannes Brahms: Capriccio in B Minor Op. 76 No 2. Arthur Rubinstein 1923 on Duo-Art 6596

My warmest thanks to everyone stopping by for listening to my  'REVIEW   OF THE PAST TIME PIANISTS' INTERPRETATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL PIANO ROLLS, and also to a minor LIST of MY MY OWN RENDITIONS, all of the latter representing a variety of piano music & some pipe-organ classics, - and  TO THE Growing LISTS OF (just lately done and reproduced)  TRANSCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS CHAMBER MUSIC CLASSICAL PEARLS FOR TWO PIANOS.
A HEADSET IS RECOMMENDED for optimal sound experience!
This kind of 'touching' on these old pre-sound-rec. era works by the great performers of the past, and giving my sound to these old 'punch rolls',  makes me feel  deep humbleness, .and I wish that this modest attempt to bring these  performances alive will satisfy you listening to them!
To introduce myself...
I am a Finnish M.D., PhD. and Hand Surgeon (now retired), previously when young with 10 years of professionally orientated piano studies at Turku Conservatory in 1965-1975, partly  along with medical University studies. 
The digital sound techniques have become very familiar to me already from 1980's along with my university research work  
and my musical activities.
As continuation to my musical and professional experience, I have, during the last few years of my retirement, adopted a music historical challenge
to bring the past time major and minor pianists, prior to sound-recording era, onto the same 'start line' with the present pianists, by making their presentations, played onto 'punch rolls' i.e. piano rolls, audible with modern digital techniques. This wouldn't be possible without the pioneering  efforts of Richard Stibbons, Wayne Stahnke, Terry Smythe, Warren Trachtman, Spencer Chase, and others, who developed the optical digitizing techniques of the piano rolls, and digitized them.

The main part of my recordings here in SC consists of selection recorded by me from optically digitized piano-rolls** (from 1910's on or earlier, classical and 'vintage era'). These recordings of mine are not and will not be commercially unavailable. - The rolls were first optically scanned and converted into a digital form by diverse operators** (see also to the info of each piece). The pieces here were partly (minor part) picked from various open net sources, publicly available, but mainly from the huge archive (n=ca.5000) of digitized copies copies of the original reproducing piano rolls, made available to me by one of the pioneers of roll digitizing tehchniques (willing to keep anonymous), and then recorded from this archive mainly with virtual grand piano (called by me 'Bluethner Model One') modified/re-designed by me, as well as the rec settings. 
Also a minor selection of my own renditions among my records can be found here, included on my playlist 'Bach Goes Virtual', the name of the list telling something about the techniques used for getting the end result... The list includes various organ works by J.S.Bach and others, and also a few piano renditions of mine. Then there are included also various pieces which have been in my repertoire, but here played mainly by the  'guest' great players of the past (before the sound recording era).
MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO THE NOBLE DONOR  OF THIS INVALUABLE PIANO ROLL MATERIAL FOR MY USE!!!
My Sincere Thanks also to The Player Piano Group, UK, for providing me their permission to use the information about the piano rolls collected and provided on their web page ( https://rolls.playerpianogroup.org.uk ),  and for simplifying my short historical presentations of these renditions on their re-publication here!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY MOST HUMBLE THANKS TO EVERYONE  OF YOU FOR LISTENING, AND FOR YOUR 'LIKES' & COMMENTS !
YOUR LISTENING & FEEDBACK IS TRULY APPRECIATED..!!.
Use of good headphones or speakers will make your music experience more enjoyable!
Best wishes, all the best
Veikko
These recordings are not commercially available, and ANY KIND OF THEIR COMMERCIAL USE IS PROHIBITED.

Veikko Viljanen

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