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49 A and C for player piano

 

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Transcription of two movements of the Study No. 49, ( A and C ) to be performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A Betty Freeman commission for Conlon, The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Even if my transcription was rejected by 6 conductors. the piece was premiered in New York, in April 1995. Using my transcription, Joel Sachs conducted the New Juilliard Ensemble. The second movement (Study 49) was reproduced with a Yamaha Disklavier. Thomas Ades made a final version for two conductors. Here the recording of the Thomas Ades' version.

  Study for Orchestra, European premiere, two movemnts, two conductors, Thomas Ades and Tim Murray, BBC 2000. Copyrighted recording, BBC.  Recording used for diffusion purposes.

By ear I could say in general the Ade's version mirrors the original Nancarrow's—Sandoval's Orchestration, specially in the second movement. In the first movement some instruments were omitted.