Piano

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JS Bach : Unaccompanied cello suite in G (transcribed for piano by me)

West Wing fen should recognize this. I was playing from memory; forgive any errors.


Gabriel Fauré : Pavane (transcribed for piano by me)

tangledaria wanted to hear this, so I've been arranging it. It's been arranged in many different ways, and I'm actually not sure what instrument(s) it was originally for. I'm working from a flute concerto version. This is just the first bit, to show I know the piece you meant.

I distinctly remember the first time I heard this piece. I'd stayed late after work to do some pricing and shelving I didn't want to leave over the weekend, and had the classical radio station on. A guitar arrangement of this piece came on, and I was instantly mesmerized; compelled to listen, I completely forgot where I was and what I was doing. Fauré is one of those composers who just gets me in that way. Few have achieved such depth with such simplicity.


Maurice Ravel : Belle's theme from Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

"Quand je pense à votre bon coeur, vous ne me paraissez pas si laid." -- "Oh! dame oui! j'ai le coeur bon, mais je suis un monstre." -- "Il y a bien des hommes qui sont plus monstres que vous." -- "Si j'avais de l'esprit je vous ferais un grand compliment pour vous remercier, mais je suis qu'une bête."

"When I think on your good heart, you don't seem so ugly to me." -- "Oh! lady, yes! I have a good heart, but I am a monster." -- "There are certainly men more monstrous than you." -- "If I had such a mind as yours, I'd make you a great compliment in gratitude, but I am nothing but a beast."
(my translation)

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

I haven't heard "Pavane" in a good long time. It is the kind of music that makes you stop in your tracks. It's even more touching on a solo piano. Many thanks for posting these...

[pauraque]

You're welcome, and thanks.