Classical and popular piano music inspired by The Moon

The Moon On The Roll and Beyond

"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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https://youtu.be/k9AzJuTXYSY

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

It´s  not a  sin  but a  bit sinful -
it´s not heaven  but  heavenly - CHOCOLAT !
The movie by Lasse Hallstrom. Judy Dench, Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Alfred Molina are  th major cast.
Bastian Lee Jones loves to interpret Rachel Portman´s vivid and  whitty  piece "Passage of Time".

EARMErecords LC29347, ISRC DE-QB2-15-00007
PHOTO source: Google Search - the © owner is the production company of the movie/the photographer: CHOCOLAT

Passage Of Time (movie: "Chocolat")

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Rachel Portman - Passage Of Time (movie: "Chocolat")

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

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)

Piano String Studies No.1 - Snowfall

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

Myers Moonlight On The Ganges. Vicent Lopez on Ampico  208161.
Recorded in 2016 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll. Rec updated with a new rec Jan 21, 2019
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Moonlight Over The Ganges sheet music cover page (1926)
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
MOONLIGHT ON THE GANGES ("oriental" Fox-Trot Song)
Roll Number: 713282, 713282
Composer/Creator: Myers
Pianist: Rich
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1926
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25
Notes: With words
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Myers: Moonlight On The Ganges, Vicent Lopez 1926 on Ampico 208161

Vincent Scotto: Tango In The Night. Peith & Earl in 1923 on Duo-Art 19135.
Recorded 3 Oct 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Vincent Scotto 1874-1952, French composer in 1936, left (Getty Images)
Info* of the original piano roll:
A TANGO IN THE NIGHT (Un Tango dans la Nuit) (tango Dance)
Roll Number: 1913, 19135-D
Composer/Creator: Scotto
Pianist: Leith, Earl
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: September, 1923
Category: dance
Original Price: $1.25
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Vincent Scotto: Tango In The Night. Peith & Earl in 1923 on Duo-Art 19135

Frederic Knight Logan: 'PALE MOON',  Aand Indian Love Song. Robert Armbruster 1923 on Duo-Art 101475.
Recorded from the digitized copy of the original reproducing  piano roll Nov 8, 2018 by VViljanen.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Pale Moon sheet music cover page (1920). "Pale Moon" (An Indian Love Song) is a popular song composed by Frederic Knight Logan with lyrics by Jesse G. M. Glick. The song was written in 1920,
and later transcribed and reinvented for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PALE MOON (An Indian Love Song) (Song in A-flat)
Roll Number: 10147, 101475
Composer/Creator: Logan
Pianist: Armbruster
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: March, 1923
Category: ballad, song
Original Price: $1.25
Notes: With words
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Logan: 'PALE MOON' and Indian Love Song. Robert Armbruster 1923 on Duo-Art 101475

Gordon B. Iles: Moonlight Over The Lakes. Improvisation. Gordon B. Iles on Duo-Art S8002.
Recorded from digitized original reproducing piano roll 29 Dec 2018.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Moon Over The Lake (VV2016)
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
MOONLIGHT OVER THE LAKES (Improvisatlon)
Roll Number: 8002, 8002
Composer/Creator: Iles
Pianist: Iles
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: UK
Date: n/a
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: n/a
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Iles: Moonlight Over The Lakes. Improvisation. Gordon B. Iles on Duo-Art 8002

Lerner: Waitin' For The Moon. Adam Carroll 1925 on Ampico  206141.
c  Recorded from digitized copy of original reproducing piano roll by VViljanen Jan 20, 2019.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo:   Waiting for  Full Moon...and for the Moon Eclipse of  tomorrow... (photo by VV, Jan 20, 2019)
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
WAITIN' FOR THE MOON Fox-Trot E flat
Roll Number: 206141, 206141E
Composer/Creator: Lerner
Pianist: Carroll
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: July, 1925
Category: dance, popular, song
Original Price: $1.25
Notes: With words
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Lerner: Waitin' For The Moon. Adam Carroll 1925 on Ampico  206141

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.

Lerner: Waitin' For The Moon. Adam Carroll 1925 on Ampico 206141

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