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

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