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#386662 - 09/26/08 09:10 AM
Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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Registered: 07/14/08
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Has anyone ever done a piano transcription for this piece? Even just the third movement? I'd be interest to know where I could get such a score if one exists.
-Matthew
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#386663 - 09/26/08 10:02 AM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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I've never seen a piano solo transcription of the Symphony No.2. Artur Cimirro has done a transcription of the 3rd Movement for the left hand alone: http://br.geocities.com/arturcimirro/transcriptions.htm There is a transcription for piano 4 hands by Wilschau on IMSLP that you could fairly easily adapt to piano solo. Also, there's a wonderful recording of Alexander Warenberg's arrangement for Piano and Orchestra by Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, piano, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, but I've never seen the score. Mel
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#386664 - 09/26/08 12:24 PM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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Originally posted by dannylux:
I've never seen a piano solo transcription of the Symphony No.2.
There is a transcription for piano 4 hands by Wilshau on IMSLP that you could fairly easily adapt to piano solo.
I am very interested in seeing this, but can't seem to locate it.  Mel, do you have a URL for that file?
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#386665 - 09/26/08 03:26 PM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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the adagio movement is painfully beautiful. I'd love to see a piano version of it.
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#386666 - 09/26/08 04:43 PM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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Registered: 12/28/07
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Embarrassing story. Many years ago, I was in Dallas on for a court hearing, and I went to hear the Dallas Symphony. They were playing the Rachmaninoff Second Symphony, which I had never heard. Well, the beautiful third movement started, and this little voice inside my head said, "Hey, that's Eric Carmen." Well. :rolleyes:
The clarinet solo in that movement must be one of the most beautiful long melodies ever written. It just keeps going . . . .
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#386667 - 09/27/08 12:13 AM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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Originally posted by whippen boy:  Originally posted by dannylux:
I've never seen a piano solo transcription of the Symphony No.2.
There is a transcription for piano 4 hands by Wilschau on IMSLP that you could fairly easily adapt to piano solo.
I am very interested in seeing this, but can't seem to locate it. Mel, do you have a URL for that file? [/b] Yes, here it is: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Rachmaninoff%2C_Sergei Click on Symphony No.2. The file is mistakenly labeled arr. 2 pianos 4 hands. Mel
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#386668 - 09/27/08 01:41 AM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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Originally posted by dannylux: Originally posted by whippen boy: Originally posted by dannylux:
I've never seen a piano solo transcription of the Symphony No.2.
There is a transcription for piano 4 hands by Wilschau on IMSLP that you could fairly easily adapt to piano solo.
I am very interested in seeing this, but can't seem to locate it. Mel, do you have a URL for that file? [/b] Yes, here it is: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Rachmaninoff%2C_Sergei Click on Symphony No.2. The file is mistakenly labeled arr. 2 pianos 4 hands. Mel [/b] WOW. Thank you, Mel! -Matthew
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#386669 - 09/27/08 03:23 AM
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#386670 - 09/27/08 06:53 AM
Re: Rachmaninoff Symphony 2
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You're very welcome. Very highly recommended:  Alexander Warenberg's arrangement for Piano and Orchestra, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, piano, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.5 $11.00 from Amazon Marketplace sellers. I listened to it every day for a month when I got mine. Gorgeous. Mel
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My Recordings "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving." Katharine Hepburn
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