great, so much more details are to hear than  in the old shellac roll transkriptions and even the biograph Records on modern pianos. Thank you so much! 

A beautiful remake; among many synthesized sounds and artists (certainly very exceptional) working at the computer, some old, dynamic and amazing piano technique!

Handful of Keys

Antonio Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins ( (La Ronde des Lutins), Scherzo fantastique, Op. 25. Transcribed for  2 Pianos, rand eproduced & recorded by VV Oct.29, 2023 on a slightly modified seq., sequenced by Anonymous,
on a modeled Blüthner Model 1 grand, revoiced, reconfigured, and the rec. setup made by VV.

Photo: Antonio Bazzini  (11 March 1818 – 10 February 1897) was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher. As a composer, his most enduring work is his chamber music, which earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century. However, his success as a composer was overshadowed by his reputation as one of the finest concert violinists of the nineteenth century. He also contributed to a portion of Messa per Rossini, specifically the first section of II. Sequentia, Dies Irae. (Wikipedia)

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Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins

Antonio Bazzini: Dance Of The Goblins  Transcription for two pianos

Beethoven: I. Allegro Con Spirito. Of Sonata No.3 In Eb for piano & violin.
Arranged /transcribed or Two Pianos by VViljanen Aug 18-20, 2024.
Produced on / after a sequence of H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019) ca 2010's. H.F. was a German nuclear physics researcher, and music software developer. This rec. was worked out of playback of the rewritten sequence, after a considerable amount of re-reading, and re-editing made to that of Hesefeldt, e.g. to its articulations, dynamics etc.
A pair of modeled Petrof Mistral 284 grand pianos, in a cathedral surruondings, were used, the instruments were revoiced, and reconfigured, and the rec.setup was made by VV.

Beethoven: I. Allegro Con Spirito. Sonata No.3 In Eb.TArr. for Two Pianos

Beethoven: Allegro Con Spirito. M.1 of Sonata Op.12 n3 Eb major for p & v. Transcr. for Two Pianos

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

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Swarmed By Force

Dragon Fly-By

basement

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TITLE: Moonlit Guardian
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LYRICS:
(Verse 1)
She moves through dunes with stars in her eyes
Whispering secrets to the endless skies
A silver crescent rests in her hand
The moon obeys her soft command

(Chorus)
Moonlit guardian protector of the night
Her glow consumes the shadows in flight
She weaves the tides with her ancient might
An Egyptian goddess draped in lunar light

(Verse 2)
Desert winds sing her timeless song
Echoing through pyramids strong
She watches over with an ageless grace
Her presence fills the celestial space

(Bridge)
Ankh and scarab bound to her throne
Shimmering sands like diamonds are sown
Her voice a hymn the stars have known
Guiding the moon she's never alone

(Chorus)
Moonlit guardian protector of the night
Her glow consumes the shadows in flight
She weaves the tides with her ancient might
An Egyptian goddess draped in lunar light

(Verse 3)
She dances softly on the Nile’s skin
A guardian queen of the world within
Each phase a story written in glow
From crescent’s start to full moon’s show

Goddess Eye of The Night Sky

Moonlit Guardian

The sun dips low it says goodbye
The stars ignite they light the sky
The hush of night it whispers near
A brand new day will soon appear

Shadows stretch and moonlight sings
The night is full of quiet things
The world resets it breathes it bends
Another chance as darkness ends

A new day dawns .mp3

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

Antiguas Verdades I

Antiguas Verdades II

Johnson: Harlem Strut. James P. Johnson in 1922 on  QRS  101014. 
Recorded 2016 by VV from the digitally simulated original reproducing piano  roll (by permission), digital simulation having made in 2014  by Warren Tractman, wstco.com.
Photo: James P. Johnson (1894-1955), the creator and father of the 'stride piano style'.

Johnson: Harlem Strut. James P. Johnson in  1922 on QRS 101014

Handful Of Keys,  composed 1929 by  Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Sequenced and rendered  by  Irwin Schwartz. Recorded Jun2016 by VV from the sequence by permission. 
Commercial use prohibited.

Thomas 'Fats' Waller: Handful Of Keys (1929), rendition by Irwin Schwartz.

'Blue Grass' was issued in October 1928 as DuoArt roll number 0561 in the USA or 0906 in the UK. (It would have been recorded in New York). 
Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen and the rec updated Feb 21, 2023 by VV (by permission)from the digitallysimulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll , using on its playback and rec a modelled Grand Bluethner, modified by VV.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Pauline Alpert
Info of the original piano roll:
BLUE GRASS ("Southern" Fox-Trot Song)
Roll Number: 0561, 0561
Composer/Creator: Henderson
Pianist: Alpert
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: October, 1928
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25 (Avg price (between $0.65 and $2.00))
Notes: With words

Henderson: Blue Grass.  Pauline Alpert 1928 on Duo-Art 0561

Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882–1949): La Dance d'Olaf Op.33 no 2. Wilhelm Backhaus plays in 1923 on Duo-Art 6667.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec updated** 11 July 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
La DANSE D'OLAF (Olaf's Dance), Op. 33, No. 2
Roll Number: 6667, 6667-3
Composer/Creator: Pick-Mangiagalli
Pianist: Bachaus
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: October, 1923
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.75
*Roll info source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)
**Updated tempo = 0.7 x that of the digitized roll copy

Pick-Mangiagalli: La Dance d'Olaf Op. 33 no 2. Wilhelm Backhaus in 1923 on Duo-Art 6667

Schumann-Tausig: El Contrabandista,  Romance Espagnole Op. 85 No 6. Josef Hofmann In 1926 On Duo - Art 7072.
Recorded (updated) 23 Aug 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from a digitally processed copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Josef Hofmann 1876-1957
The Basic info* of the original piano roll:
El CONTRABANDISTA (The Smuggler), Romance Espagnole (transcribed by Tausig)
Roll Number: 7072, 7072-4
Composer/Creator: Schumann
Pianist: Hofmann
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1926
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Schumann-Tausig: El Contrabandista Op. 85 No 6. Josef Hofmann 1926 on Duo-Art 7072

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.

Johnson: Harlem Strut. James P. Johnson in 1922 on QRS 101014

Veikko Viljanen

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