Transcriptions of Igor Stravinsky's ballets have been available to pianists since the composer arranged Le Sacre du printemps for piano 4-hands, and adapted three movements from Petrouchka for solo piano. These first versions obviously influenced Jon Kimura Parker's transcriptions, though it's fair to say that his purposes in reworking the material are quite different than Stravinsky's. In the interests of making Le Sacre du printemps practical for rehearsals, Stravinsky left out some inner parts to make the music easier to ...
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Transcriptions of Igor Stravinsky's ballets have been available to pianists since the composer arranged Le Sacre du printemps for piano 4-hands, and adapted three movements from Petrouchka for solo piano. These first versions obviously influenced Jon Kimura Parker's transcriptions, though it's fair to say that his purposes in reworking the material are quite different than Stravinsky's. In the interests of making Le Sacre du printemps practical for rehearsals, Stravinsky left out some inner parts to make the music easier to play; in preparing Petrouchka as a recital piece, he left out large portions of the work, reducing it down to three scenes. Parker approaches both works from the other direction, as orchestral masterpieces to be respected and translated as closely and as completely as possible into keyboard music, and he strives to re-create all the colors, textures, and moods in these transcriptions for a single performer. Parker's performances on this self-produced album are extraordinary...
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