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Five concertos transcribed and produced for two pianos by VViljanen 2023 on ground of sequences made from original scores by H.Fesefeldt 2015, H.F. in memoriam (-2019).

J.s.Bach: Five Concertos. BWV 1043, 1052, 1055 & 1056 , and.... Transcr. For Two Pianos by VV 2023

J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I-II. Reproduced & recorded, non-commercially, by VViljanen, July-August 2023 on Sequences of German scientist (in physics) Harm Fesefeldt (1942-2019) 2015, from playback and recording of their slightly or more revised versions on modified modelled Blüthner Model 1 (or Petrof )  grands, revoiced, reconfigured, and the various rec. setups made by VViljanen.
Photo: JSB statue detail at Leipzig Thomaskirche.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Wohltemperierte Klavier I - II and Beyond

J.S.Bach on the Roll and Beyond Revisited

Etude On The Roll And Beyond* Revisited
*...with more recent techniques simulating the piano roll principles ( - like live midi)

Etude On The Roll And Beyond Revisited

2022

Winter Spell (Guitar solo)

Piano and Strings musical original composition : @syntaleta
Guitars and Mix : Neno J.

No More (Collab w Syntaleta-remastered)

J.S.Bach: Concerto in D Minor - part I.  BWV1052 - Reprod. and transcription for pianoduo made  by VV June 23, 2023 from the score midi sequence/rendition made by HarfeSoft (Harm Fesefeldt (1942-2019)) in 2015 as base material, using on its slight revision, and articulation (re-arr. & re-rendition) Sibelius notation software, and then recorded  from its playback on a modelled Grand Blüthner Model 1, revoiced, reconfigured and the rec. setup made by VV.
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Photo: J.S.Bach Statue at yhe Leipzig Dom Kirche

J.S.Bach Concerto In D Minor - I.  BWV1052 - Reprod..VV2023

J.S.Bach Concerto In D Minor - 1st pt.  BWV1052 - Reprod..VV2023

J.S.Bach: Concerto In D Minor - 2nd part. BWV1052.   Reproduced and recorded by VViljanen June 10, 2023 after revision, and slight re-renditio, from an original score midi rendition of Harm Hesefeldt (2015), using on its revised version playback a modelled Grand Blüthner Model 1, revoiced, reconfigured, and the rec, setup made by VV.
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Photo: Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig

BWV1052 J.S.Bach Concerto In D Minor - 2nd part

J.S.Bach: Concerto In D Minor - 2nd part. BWV1052. Rec.VV June 9, 2023

BWV1052 J.S.Bach Concerto In D Minor - III-  Reproduced for two pianos and Recorded byVViljanen 8.6.2023  from midisequence of Harm Hesefeldt 2015 (Harfesoft),  using on its revised version playback and recording  a modelled Blüthner grandpiano Model 1, revoiced, reconfigured and therec. setup made by VV.
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Photo: Detail of J.S.Staue at Thomaskirche Leipzig.

Concerto BWV1052 in D minor, 3rd part

J.S.Bach Concerto In D Minor - 3rd part. BWV1052.  Rec.VV June 8, 2023

J.S.Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins BWV1043: I-III. Transcribed for two pianos, reproduced and  recorded  by VV June 23, 2023 after sequence made by Harm Fesefeldt (1942-2019)in 2015, on playback of edited and revised version, on a pair of modeled Blüthner Model 1 Grand pianos, revoiced, reconfigured, as well as the rec. setup made by VV.
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Photo: JSB statue at Leipzig Domkirche.

J.S.Bach: Concerto in D Minor BwWV043 - Transcribed for two pianos by VViljanen, June 2023

J.S.Bach: Concerto in D Minor BWV 1043: I-III. Transcribed for two pianos by VViljanen, June 2023

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.

.S.Bach: Präludium & Fuge C-Dur. WTK I No.1. BWV846. - Reproduced and recorded by VViljanen June 29-July 28 (upd), 2023 on sequences made by H.Fesefeldt (1942-20219) 2015, from playback of  revised versions made  by VV, using on their rec a modeled Blüthner Model 1 grand, revoiced, reconfigured, and the rec. setups made by VV. 
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Photo: JSB monument detail at Leipzig Thomaskirche.

Prelude & Fugue in C Major, WTK I No.1

J.S.Bach: Präludium & Fuge C-Dur. WTK I Nr.1.  BWV846. Reprod. & rec. by VV on seq of H.Fesefeldt

J.S.Bach Präludium und Fuge Cis Dur. WTK No 3. BWV848. Reprod. by VV 30.6.2023 on a slight revision of a seq made by by HF 2015.
- Harm Fesefeldt(Jan 21, 1942 - June30, 2019) in Memoriam.
Photo: Johann Sebastian Bach, detail of monument at Leipzig Domkirche
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J.S.Bach: Präludium Und Fuge Cis Major. BWV848

J.S.Bach: Präludium & Fuge Cis Dur. WTK I -3.  BWV848. Reprod.VV2023 on Seq. of H.Fesefeldt (2015).

J.S.Bach Präludium und Fuge D-Dur. WV850. WTK I No. 5.
Reproduced and recorded by VViljanen July 3-5 (-tempo upd.), 2023 from a  revised (VV) seq of H.Fesefeldt(2015), using on its playback a modelled Blüthner Model 1 grand, revoiced, reconfigured, and the rec. setup made by VV.
Photo: J.S.Bach statue detail at Leipzig Domkirche.
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J.S.Bach Präludium und Fuge D-Dur. WV850. WTK I No. 5

J.S.Bach: Präludium und Fuge D-Dur. WTK I No. 5. BWV850.

Js.Bach Präludium und Fuge cis-moll. WTK 1 -4. BWV849 .-Rev.& Rec By VV 2023 on Seq. of  H.Fesefeldt, using on its playback a modelled Blüthner Model 1 grand, revoiced and reconfifured & rec.setup made by VV.
Photo: JSB statue detail at Leipzig Thomaskirche
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JS.Bach Präludium ubd Fuge cis-moll. WTK 1 -4. BWV849

JS.Bach Präludium & Fuge cis-moll. WTK 1 Nr.4. BWV849

Bach-Gounod:  AveMaria played by Hans Hanke 1921 on Ampico piano roll No 491. Scanned and emulated 2013  into digital form by Warren Trachtman, www.wstco.com.  Recorded/rendered by VViljanen in 2016 and the rec updated 19 May 2017, and  Dec 29, 2024 (by permission) from the digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll. - The instrument used here, was Petrof Mistral 284 modeled grand piano, revoiced & reconfigured by VV, as well as the rec setup was made by VV.
Photo: Hans Hanke

Bach - Gounod:  Ave Maria. Played by Hans Hanke in 1921, on Ampico 491.

(This is another piano roll rec of this etude by Irene Scharrer, the other one, from separate recording, has been  posted here previously)
Chopin: Etude Op.25 No.11 "Winterwind" played by Irene Scharrer  on DuoArt  073. Recorded 2016 (and rec updated 30 Sep 2017) from a digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll  by VV (by permission).
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The basic info of the original roll:
ETUDE (Winter Wind), Op. 25, No. 11 in A-minor (Lento)
Roll Number: 073, 073
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Scharrer
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: UK
Date: by September, 1923
Category: classical
Original Price: n/a
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Chopin: Etude "Winterwind" Op.25 No 11. Irene Scharrer in 1923 on Duo-Art  073

Michael von Zadora Plays in 1914 J.S.Bach Chromatische Fantasia BWV903 on Duo-Art No.5598-4. Recorded 2016  and july 27, 2023 (rec.upd.) by VV /by permission)from digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll with a modelled Grand Bluethner Model One (tone/sound modified/RE-designed by VV).
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Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHROMATISCHE FANTASIE from "Chromatic Fantasle and Fugue in D-minor"
Roll Number: 5598, 5598
Composer/Creator: Bach
Pianist: Zadora
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1914
Category: classical
Original Price: n/a
*iNFO SOURCE: tHE pLAYER pIANO gROUP WEB PAGE (BY PERMISSION)

J.S.Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Min.. Michael von Zadora Dec 1914  on Duo-Art5598

Percy Grainger plays in Nov.1927  Bach-Liszt: Great Fugue from Fantasia & Fugue Gm BWV542 on Duo-Art Piano Roll 7174.
Recorded in 2016 and July 27, 2023 (rec.update) by VViljanen (by permission)from a reconstructed and digitally simulated  original reproducing piano roll with a modelled Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV.
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The info* of the original reproducing  piano roll:
ORGAN FANTASIA AND FUGUE in G-minor, Part 2: The Fugue (transcribed by Liszt)
Roll Number: 7174, 71740
Composer/Creator: Bach
Pianist: Grainger
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: November, 1927
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.50
*surce: The Player Piano Group web page by permission

J.S.Bach-Liszt: Fugue Gm 'The Great', BWV542. Percy Grainger 1927 on Duo-Art 7174

Grainger: Children's March 'Over the Hills And Far Away'. Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough 1920 on Duo-Art 6368.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated Nov 24, 2017and Feb 22, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from playback of digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using a modelled Grand Blüthner modified by VVV
Photo: Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
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Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHILDREN'S MARCH: Over the Hills And Far Away (arrangement for Two Pianos)
Roll Number: 6368, 6368-5
Composer/Creator: Grainger
Pianist: Grainger, Hough
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.25 (Price after 1922)
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Grainger: Children's March, Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough in 1920, on Duo-Art 6368

Alexander Siloti plays in 1923 Bach-Szanto-Siloti: Prelude To Cantata 29, Wir Danken Dir, Gott, on Duo-Art 66000
Recorded 25 May 2017  by VViljanen (by permission)from reconstructed and digitally simulated original reproducing Duo-Art piano roll , and the rec updated July 21, 2022 by VV (rec,v.5, using in replay of the roll a modelled Grotrian Royal concert grand. 
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Photo: Alexander Siloti 1863-1945,  pupil of Franz Liszt
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE to Cantata, Wir Danken Dir, Gott (Unto Thee, 0 God) (arrangement by Siloti)
Roll Number: 6600, 66000
Composer/Creator: Bach
Pianist: Siloti
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1923
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.50
*source: from The Player Piano Group web page (by permission)

Bach-Szanto-Siloti: Prelude to Cantata 'Wir Danken Dir Gott' BWV29. Alexander Siloti 1923 on Duo-Art

Josef Lhévinne plays César Cui: Causerie (Conversation) Etude Op.40 No.6, in 1925 on Ampico 64273.
Re-recorded Feb 3, 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using on its playback a modelled grand, reconfigured, revoiced, redesigned and the mic/rec setup made by VV.
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Photo: César Cui 1835-1918
Josef Lhévinne 1874-1944
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CAUSERIE (CONVERSATION) Etude Op. 40, No. 6, F major
Roll Number: 64273, 64273H
Composer/Creator: Cui
Pianist: Lhevinne
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: April, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

César Cui: Causerie, Etude Op. 40 No 6. Josef Lhévinne 1925 on Ampico 64273

J.S.Bach: Prelude And Fugue C#, WTK No.3, Ethel Leginska In 1925, on Duo-Art 68859.
Recorded 26 Feb 2017 and July 27, 2023 by VViljanen - (by permission)from digitally simulated original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One (tone/sound modified/designed by VV). COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Ethel Leginska (1886-1970), was a British pianist, composer, conductor and music educator. She was a student of Theodor Leschetizky, later studying composition with Rubin Goldmark and Ernest Bloch, and conducting with Eugene Goossens, Robert Heger and Gennaro Papi.[1] Among her students were harpsichordist Gavin Williamson, James Henry Fields, Daniel Pollack and Bruce Sutherland.[2] She was a pioneer of women's opportunity in music performance and conducting,[3] being the first woman to conduct many of the world's leading orchestras. (source: Wikipedia)
Basic info of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE and FUGUE, 3 in C-sharp from "Well-tempered Clavichord"
Roll Number: 6885, 68859
Composer/Creator: Bach
Pianist: Leginska
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: June, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.25

J.S.Bach: Prelude And Fugue in C# Major. WTK I - 3. Ethel Leginska 1925, on Duo-Art 68859

GabrielMarie: Causerie (Conversation), Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840.
Recorded by VViljanen (by permission) from playback of the digitally simulated reconstructed  original reproducing piano roll. The rec updated Feb 6, 2023 by VV using a modelled Blüthner grand modified and revoiced by VV.
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Photo: Gabriel Marie (1852-1928). Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie (8 January 1852, Paris – 29 August 1928, Puigcerdà, Girona, Spain) was a French romantic composer and conductor.
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CONVERSATION (Salon Piece)
Roll Number: 6840, 68407
Composer/Creator: Marie
Pianist: Haggard
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1925
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $1.75
(Source of the roll info: The Piano Player Group web page)

Gabriel Marie: Causerie (Conversation).  Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840

Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No 5. Doris Madden Un 1910's On Artrio 8087.
Recorded 30 Mar 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from a digitally processed copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
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Photo: Frederic Chopin in 1849(the only known photograph of Chopin)
Doris Madden (1886-1976) was Australian-born concert pianist, and the accompanist of the legendary coloratura soprano Nellie Melba.

Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No 5. Doris Madden in 1910's on Artrio 8087

Chopin: Etude Op 25 No 7 C#m . George Proctor In 1910's On Ampico 57816.
Virtually audio-recorded from the digitized copy of the original piano roll 3 Apr 2017 by VViljanen.
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Photo: James Proctor in ca.1910 (on the right), the housle-headed pianist and future Professor of The New England Conservatory (source: 'Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860')
The basic info* of the original piano roll:
ETUDE Op. 25, No. 7, C sharp minor
Roll Number: 57816, 57816H
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Proctor
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
'source: The Piano Player Group web page

Chopin: Etude Op 25 No 7 C#m . George Proctor In 1910's On Ampico 57816

Chopin: Etude Gb Op 25 No 9 'Butterfly'. James Whittaker In 1910's On Ampico 51612. 
Audio-recorded 3 Apr 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from digitally simulated original piano roll.
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Photo: from Butterfly Watching Nepal
The Basic info* of the original piano roll:
ETUDE Op. 25, No. 9, G flat (Butterfly)
Roll Number: 51612, 51612D
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Whittaker
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $1.00
*source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Chopin: Etude Gb Op 25 No 9 'Butterfly'. James Whittaker In 1910's On Ampico 51612

Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.4 C#m. Tina Lerner in 1928 on Ampico 68543.
Recorded by VViljanen 6 Apr 2017 (by permission) from the digitized piano roll copy.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Tina Lerner,  Russian Pianist in 1913, on the Moscow Philharmonic US Tour.
The basic info* of the original piano roll:
(1. GAVOTTE Op. 14, A flat minor Sgambati;) 
2. ETUDE Op. 10, No. 4, C sharp minor
Roll Number: 68543, 68543H
Composer/Creator: Chopin
Pianist: Lerner
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: February, 1928
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*source: The Player Piano Group web page (by permission)

Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 4 C#m. Tina Lerner in 1928 on Ampico 68543

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 c-moll. WTK I - 2. BWV847.

Veikko Viljanen