Showing posts with label orchestra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchestra. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Überwin

Today, my friend sent me guitar version of Pictures at an Exhibition, a piece with whom I have a very specific relationship : I have known it since childhood in the orchestral version made by Ravel, my dad used to play the cd and tell us (me + my brother) stories about the Gnom, the Baba Yaga, the Dancing Chickens, the Old Castle etc. , I have heard it over 100 times .
Then, I found out the original was piano. We decided to play it with friends, we worked really hard and we had a very successful concert (it was actually the most difficult piece I have ever played).
And here it is today, the guitar version. All the music played either by a symphonic orchestra or a hard-working pianist on 6 strings. (Well, it is not exactly the same, but it sounds almost identical and trust me, I know :D)



for comparison, here is the orchestral version made by Ravel:



and here is a piano version (I wanted a live one so you can watch the hands, so it is not in such a great quality ..):