2. Keyboard & Piano/Vocal/Guitar
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Piano Concerto No. 3: Solo Version Printed Edition

I have finally decided to re-create the already-daunting “Rach 3” into an even more horrifying but also emotionally satisfying project, which was to make such a large-scale arrangement for solo piano requesting the pianist to combine both the piano and the orchestral accompaniment of Rachmaninoff's original crowning achievement, thus merging an 80-people orchestral sonority onto one person. The process of this project was one of the most artistically educational experiences for me, as I couldn't just take the original score and copy and paste it onto the same instrument, which would've been meaningless and would simply sound like a mess. One has to really work as a sensitive composer to know the differences between the timbres and colors of the piano and that of the orchestra, which requires me to re-arrange registers, minor shifts of structural obstacles, avoidance of over-toned harmonies, and attempt to make it sound like as if it was conceived originally as a grand solo piano sonata instead of just some crazy transcription for showing off. I hope this new version of the “Rach 3” can achieve a different kind of in-depth virtuosity and emotional scope and that it may attract interest from my contemporary and future pianists or musicians.

Details

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
Publisher Code: X410103
Publication Date: 05/2014
Pages: 64
Length: 12.00 in.
Width: 9.00 in.
Series: LKM Music
ISBN: 1581061242