Scriabin Prometheus 7-Piano Transcription, Chitose Okashiro, piano, 49-Track Overdub Recording 192kHz/24bit
Chitose Okashiro, piano  Alexander Scriabin, composer  ① Symphony No.5 Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Op.60  Piano Transcription for 7 Pianos by Chitose Okashiro  49-Track Overdub Recording, World-Premiere  Two Poems, Op.63  ② No.1 Masque  ③ No.2 Etrangete  Two Poems, Op.69 ④ No.1 Allegretto  ⑤ No.2 Allegretto  ⑥ Poem-Nocturne, Op.61  192kHz/24bit  C20003 It took 10 years for Okashiro (pianist, arranger & producer) to transcribe and 4 years to complete the production. 7 microphones were used per piano. 7 pianos x 7 microphones = 49-track overdub. The sensational work. 27-page booklet of liner notes included. (about Scriabin, the color organ, mystic chord and detailed harmonic analysis with sample score)  From liner notes;  "What Chitose Okashiro has done here - is miracle! This 'Prometheus' lifts you out of your seat and propels you into the cosmos of Scriabin's great vision" - David N. Lewis  "In my opinion, what Scriabin wanted to express most in this piece was the agony of Prometheus, his personally conflicted psychological process that led to his rise to action.....At first, there is piano I, which contains the original solo piano part and part of orchestra which I transcribed in transcendental style. Musically, Piano I plays the main role, as the piece progresses in a two piano texture, Piano II has a conversation with Piano I, and at points the overall texture becomes sometimes 3 to 5 pianos; at most it is 6 to 7 pianos. In other words, the principal purpose of overdubbing recording is to create timbre of tone, not to play a considerable quantity of notes physically divided to 7 pianos, which does not make sense musically.....I wanted to achieve a new tone color by overdubbing this vibrating string sound of resonance." - Chitose Okashiro
Chitose Okashiro (piano), Alexander Scriabin (composer)  (Contributor)    Format: Audio CD
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