Nocturne On The Roll and Beyond Revisited

"A Romance Undergrounf"
piano: Takeshi Ohmura
trumpet: Motohiro Sawano
composition: Hirotaka Kato

(※)This song was created in the image of the beginning of love that was born during the daily commute by subway.

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A ROMANCE UNDERGROUND

Missing You | by Debra Buesking | a variation for Piano & Cello

A heartfelt thank you to Debra for her beautiful composition. I am so grateful she allowed me to re-imagine it for this piano and cello arrangement.

Piano: Debra Buesking
Cello: Till Indy

Original: https://soundcloud.com/debra_buesking

Missing You | by Debra Buesking | a Piano & Cello Variation

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

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

W-Random Nod

In collaboration with Francess Harris. She played the piano composition and I did the composition of the orchestral arrangement. Thank you for listening and enjoy. Any comment is appreciated always.

Autumn Whispers (feat. Fr. Harris)

A companion piece to "Winter Waltz."

Lately, I've been in a "waltz-writing" mode. There's something about a waltz that is both sentimental and energizing at the same time, which makes it very appealing. This particular waltz is an improvisation that I recorded a month or so ago on my old Yamaha Clavinova, and then promptly forgot about it.  I managed to uncover it just in time, before Autumn "waltzes" away. It contains some of the charming "flaws" that come with recording on a 25-year-old instrument, then attempting to master it. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it, as well as the rest of the Autumn season!

A Late Autumn Waltz

"John the Revelator" is a gospel blues call and response song first recorded by gospel-blues legend Blind Willie Johnson in 1930. We adapted Son House's lyrics from his 1965 rendition.

Guitar by my son Gideon

As Thanksgiving is coming up, please consider giving a little support to your local radio or television station.
Thank you!

John the Revelator (Johnson /  House - Giddy & Rob Jam)

On special order for some dear friends over in the US - Josh Groban's 2018 song "Granted".

Happy Thanksgiving my dears, and I hope you'll enjoy both the song and the celebrations.

Granted (Josh Groban)

A Midnight Clear

Ignace Paderewski plays in 1922 his Nocturne Op.16 No.4, on Duo-Art roll 6562.
Recorded in 2016 and the rec updated 13 May 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Ignace Paderewski 1860-1941
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
NOCTURNE, Op. 16, No. 4 in B-flat
Roll Number: 6562, 6562-6
Composer/Creator: Paderewski
Pianist: Paderewski
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1922
Category: classical
Original Price: $3.50 (Price after 1922)
*source: The Pano Player Group web page (by permission)

Paderewski: Nocturne Op. 16 No 4. Ignace Paderewski 1922 on Duo-Art 6562

Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15 No 1 F. Margaret Wit In 1923,on DuoArt064.
 Recorded 1 May 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
Photo: Frédéric Chopin 
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
NOCTURNE, Op. 15, No. 1 in F
Roll Number: 064, 064
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Wit
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: UK
Date: by September, 1923
Category: classical
Original Price: n/a
*source: The Pianp Player Group web page

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15 No 1 F. Margaret Wit In 1923, on Duo-Art 064

Tchaikovsky: Nocturne F Major Op.10 No 1. Teresa Carreño on Ampico 54754.
Recorded 9 May 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll. Rec updated (with a new rec of the same roll) Jan 25, 2019 by VV ONLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE,
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Teresa Carreño in 1916. María Teresa Carreño García de Sena (December 22, 1853 – June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
NOCTURNO Op. 10, No. 1, F major
Roll Number: 54754, 54754H
Composer/Creator: Tchaikovsky
Pianist: Carreno
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*source: The Pano Player Group web page (by permission)

Tchaikovsky: Nocturne F Major Op.10 No 1. Teresa Carreño in 1910's on Ampico 54754

Frédéric Chopin Nocturne Op. 72 No 1, Benno Moiseiwitsch in 1927 on Ampico 67143.
Recorded 10 May 2017, and 22 Mar 2018, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963)  began his studies at age seven with Dmitry Klimov at the Odessa Music Academy. He won the Anton Rubinstein Prize when he was just nine years old. He studied with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna from 1904 to 1908, then joined his own family in England, making his English debut at Reading in 1908, his London debut the following year. He toured the United States (first in 1919), Australia, India, Japan, and South America. Moiseiwitsch was invited by Director Josef Hofmann to teach at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1927. He settled in England and took British citizenship in 1937. (cont'd in Wikipedia)
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
NOCTURNE Op. 72, No. 1, E minor
Roll Number: 67143, 67143H
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Moiseiwitsch
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: February, 1927
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*cited from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne E Minor  Op. 72 No 1. Benno Moiseiwitsch 1927 on Ampico 67143

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne F# Major Op. 15 No 2. Harold Bauer 1920 0n Duo-Art 6308 - Remix by VV.
c Recorded 16 Mar 2018 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll. 
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Harold Bauer (1873-1951)in 1904
Basic Info* of the original piano roll:
NOCTURNE, Op. 15, No. 2 in F-sharp
Roll Number: 6308, 6308-6
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Bauer
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: July, 1920
Category: classical
Original Price: $3.50 (Price after 1922)
*Roll info source: fro The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne F Sharp Major Op. 15 No 2. Harold Bauer 1920 on Duo-Art 6308. Remix

My warmest thanks to everyone stopping by for listening to my tracks, the most of the representing a  'REVIEW   OF THE PAST TIME PIANISTS' INTERPRETATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL PIANO ROLLS, and in addition to them, also to a minor but growing  LISTS 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.

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne E Minor Op. 72 No 1. Benno Moiseiwitsch 1927 on Ampico 67143

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