Debussy - Prelude à L'apres-midi D'un Faune

Ettore wrote:

it seems that the benefactor who shared this video transcribed it on his own in order to perform it

It is clearly written on the score, under the title.

Anyway, it concerns such Vyacheslav Gryaznov, that channel is his

http://gryaznoff.com/en/

There is a version for two pianos that was recorded by the Kontarsky duo; if I'm not mistaken, it was transferred to CD (it was an LP) but seems to be unfindable.

This is the Debussy one

http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8c/IMSLP03073-Debussy-L086-2pf.pdf

but if I'm not mistaken, there is also a transcription by Ravel for piano four hands

I was rereading, and I didn't find that opera and the piano are two antithetical worlds.

The existence of the piano would seem to deny the very possibility that someone wrote that piece.

And yet 2 grains felt the need to make a reduction (including the author)... what do you think?

Tiger wrote:

I was re-reading, and I didn't find that opera and the piano are two antithetical worlds.

The existence of the piano would seem to deny the very possibility that someone wrote that piece.

And yet 2 grains felt the need to make a reduction (the author included)... what do you think?

One could meditate on the absence of CDs; the pf was the preferred medium for circulating music and, without bothering the orchestra, one could make their own work known "quickly"... there was no internet

Frank wrote:

but if I'm not mistaken there is also a transcription by Ravel for piano four hands

I confirm that it exists... but it doesn't blow me away

Beautiful! Incredible work... This transcription is driving me crazy. It would also be interesting to hear Ravel's version.

Frank wrote:

One could reflect on the absence of CDs; the pf was the preferred medium for circulating music and, without bothering the orchestra, one could make their own work known "quickly"... there was no internet

Let us not forget, in addition to this very justified observation of yours, that this was ballet music and that transcriptions for one or two pianos were prepared by the composer for rehearsals. There is also a four-hand piano version of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," but it is not a "concert" version (unlike the "Three Movements from Petrouchka," to be clear), but rather a version for practical use.