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Piano Concertos Nos, 2, 3, -arranged for two pianos : Nanasakov

Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)

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SERGEI RACHMANINOV:
PIANO CONCERTO No. 2 & No. 3 (arranged for two pianos)

A recording by Michael Nanasakov took place in Hyogo Prefecture on January 29th and 30th, 2009. Nanasakov was supposedly born in Lietuvos Respublika in 1955 but I am sure that there is no one who still believes this. This was actually a joke by the producer (Junichi Nanasawa) who introduced Nanasakov as a Virtual Pianist in 1991. It is, in actual fact, a hall recording using a computer and a mechanical piano that finally took place after staggeringly lengthy repetitions of trial and error. But let's leave it that Nanasakov is a real person. It's more fun that way.

This recording was Nanasakov's first multiple recording with Piano 1 and Piano 2 being recorded separately before being mixed but, as it is basically a "Computer Performance of Piano Music", the range of alignment in the timing of the 2 pianos is extremely small and they really sound like they are playing in concert. Normally the notes of 2 pianos can be heard to intertwine to form a complete sound but, in contrast to mixing, multiple recordings can, for example, easily create a compiled version of each single piano sound on a separate track. I'm not sure if this is useful for documentation purposes or not… ( Nanasawa Articulates )

RACHMANINOV:
PIANO CONCERTO No.2 in C minor Op.18 - arranged for two pianos
PIANO CONCERTO No.3 in D minor Op.30 - arranged for two pianos

Michael Nanasakov, computer and a mechanical piano

Track List   

  • 01. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18: I. Moderato [10:18]
  • 02. II. Adagio sostenuto [09:58]
  • 03. III. Allegro scherzando [10:42]
  • 04. Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto [16:59]
  • 05. II. Intermezzo [10:07]
  • 06. III. Finale-alla breve [14:17]

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演奏者はナナサコフという架空のピアニスト...

投稿日:2011/01/19 (水)

演奏者はナナサコフという架空のピアニスト(コンピュータと自動演奏ピアノを使ったプロデューサー七澤氏の名前にもとづいて命名?)。驚くべきCDです。ピアノとオーケストラによる協奏曲の名曲を「2台ピアノ版」による演奏としたもので、原曲に伍する名曲といえます。ラフマニノフ自身が多忙な演奏活動の合間を縫って、命を削るような努力と研ぎ澄まされた霊感そして才能・技術などが見事に結合したこの曲を世に送り出したことに敬意を表しつつ、やはり「2台ピアノ版こそラフマニノフにふさわしい」と実感したCDです。

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