I have had a wonderful time tonight listening to your latest posts of Bach, thank you Veikko😊

A Magical Wonderland

Lost And Found

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata mov. 1: Adagio sostenuto

Another version of Improvision 160. Hope You Enjoy!

Johannes Heinen Improvision 160 C

Arram Koth is a fabled ancient city somewhere in deep space. Many have searched. Few have found it, and even fewer return.

The caves are unique. There are hot springs inside, filling a range of pools that maintain a constant temperature, and with just enough air flow to form perfect hot tubs and saunas. The cave walls are covered with lichen that emit a warm restful light with fluctuating patterns of colour. There is sound too, from the air currents moving through hollow stalactites.

A universe of naked peoples and creatures float, swim, or just bask on natural rock benches - all in total silence.

The Caves of Arram Koth

J.S.Bach: Präludium & Fuge c-moll. BWV847 / WTK I Nr.2 - Slightly revised, reproduced and recorded by VViljanen  June 28- July 4 (tempo upd.), 2023 On a Seq by H.Fesefeldt (2015).
rec. from playback of VV revised version on a modelled Blüthner Model 1 grand piano, revoiced and reconfigured , and the rec. setup made by VViljanen.
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Photo: Detail of JSB monument at Leipzig Dom

Prelude & Fugue in C Minor. BWV847

J.S.Bach: Präludium & Fuge c-moll. WTK I - 2. BWV847.

'The Choice' composed and produced by Koen Janssen.

The path of life... every corner there's a choice. Be wise, choose right and it will lead you.

The Choice

J.S. Bach:Präludium & Fuge B-Dur BWV890. WTK II Nr. 21. Repr. & rec. by VV 2023 on  a seq of H. Fesefeldt 2015, using on its slightly modified version a modeled Petrof Mistral grand, revoiced, reconfigured and the rec.setup made by VV.
Photo: sugust Hues, VV2015
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J.S. Bach:Präludium & Fuge B-Dur BWV890. WTK II Nr. 21.

J.S. Bach: Präludium & Fuge B-Dur. WTK II Nr. 21. BWV890

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halsey | closer (the chainsmokers lovely piano)

The Fall

Alliterations

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.

J.S. Bach: Präludium & Fuge B-Dur. WTK II Nr. 21. BWV890

Veikko Viljanen

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