Nessun Dorma, a piano solo | Puccini | Turandot
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Nessun Dorma, transcribed for solo piano. "Nessun Dorma" has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Puccini outdid himself! I've always wanted a piano arrangement of this aria that didn't stray too far from the original, but also really allows the pianist to have their own exclamation of "vincerò" at the end of the piece, with the grandest writing possible but that doesn't obscure the actual melodic and harmonic movement. I hope you enjoy this dive, my first, into transcribing arias from opera for solo piano! If you enjoy these classical arrangements, be sure and check out my others, linked below.
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Hands down, this is the best solo piano version. Played with purpose, intensity and passion
Thank you so much for this! I appreciate it!
I am a concert pianist and I have always loved your elegant piano arrangements. and love playing through them. Nessun Dorma is favorite.
Thanks so much! I would love to hear your performance(s) of any of my work. Please, please share them if you have any recordings or videos from concerts. And I'd love to know which others you enjoy as well :-)
You are a great pianist technician who injects emotions in your play. Your virtuosity has a musical purpose.
Thank you for saying this! I always try to give virtuosic passages a relevant emotional meaning, both compositionally as well as in performance, and I really appreciate that you hear that :-)
Another beautiful arrangement. Truly captures the gravitas of the piece.
Thank you, Dylan! I'm glad you think so!!
Want to grab the sheet music? You can find it here: bit.ly/NessunSM. Then YOU can enjoy playing this too!
Goose bumps. Thank you!
Thanks so much for listening!
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, oh Principessa
Nella tua fredda stanza
Guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore
E di speranza
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me
Il nome mio nessun saprà
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
Quando la luce splenderà
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
Che ti fa mia
Dilegua, oh notte
Tramontate, stelle
Tramontate, stelle
All'alba vincerò
Vincerò
Vincerò
This and the John bayless version are masterpieces of arrangement. Well done sir
Thanks so much, Kevin! I agree that the Bayless transcription is also lovely!
This certainly qualifies as a classical piano arrangement of a classic operatic piece.💚
Bravo! The notes are sparkling like milky way! So beautiful and breathtaking!
Thanks! I love that analogy!
You play with the same power, feelings, and passion as the grande maestro Pavarotti's singing. Beautiful, Charles!
Thanks so much, Mirto! Huge compliment!
Stunningly beautiful Charles! Love the passion you play with❤! Even though i have been playing the piano for years, there is no way on earth I could ever play that, lol. Would you ever consider maybe someday doing an arrangement of the same song but for a more intermediate player? I would be all over that😅
Thank you, Meaghan! You know, I've had thoughts for about a year about doing more intermediate level stuff... sometimes I just get carried away when I write haha.
What do you think of the level of the Christmas arrangements I released this last season? Those I definitely intended to be near the mid-intermediate level to play.
@@CharlesSzczepanek you are just such a talented musician! And you getting "carried away" produces such gorgeous music!❤ Just went and checked the Christmas pieces, those are definitely something a player like me could tackle:)
Divine...!
Thanks so much, Nancy!
I wish you scored my frequent bouts of melancholy. Brilliant as usual.
Thank you! What music do you tend to listen to when you're down?
Wow. Words fail to describe how beautiful and inspired this is.
Thanks so much!
I adore ! This is a piece that highlights your qualities as a pianist. I always enjoy listening to you and watching you play. Thank you for enchanting us!
Thank you so much, tor!
So beautiful, heart-stopping. Thank you for creating and sharing such a powerful moment.
Thank you so much, Jimmy!!
Brilliant and beautiful! And what a great idea! Looking forward to more.
Thanks, Daniel! I haven't yet decided what the next one in this series will be ... any thoughts?
Wonderful..With the first lights of the day...
Thank you for just being you
Grandiose !
LOVE this arrangement. You captured the operatic/orchestra and emotional quality of this aria so perfectly. Would love to hear more Opera transcriptions. I would love to hear your version of the incredible beautiful and famous “Melody” from “Orpheus and Eurydice” by Gluck. 👏🏻
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this thoroughly. And what a wonderful suggestion! Although I'm not sure I can top Yuja's ;-)
@Charles Szczepanek Now I know why you chose to play this on a digital piano. Whenever you have to accompany those big opera singers, they lean up against the grand pianos and bend them. Especially those heavy arias.
-Joke stolen from Victor Borge
@@derinderruheliegt 🤣 so good!
Bravo!
Thank you!
Thank you, Charles
Thanks for listening!
Goosebumps and a little tear.
Aw, I'm happy the music moved you, Rita!
Such a true piano player. Charles and Philip Sharp are my 2 favorite ND renditions on TH-cam.
Thank you, Elias! Philip's version is lovely as well!
Brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you so much, Bill!
Thank You - So beautiful.
Thanks so much!
This is beautiful!! I love the rise and fall of the shimmering sparkling textures. I'm actually quite surprised at how this arrangement is paradoxically very different from the original, yet so close to the original. It sounds like John Bayless's arrangement could've inspired this to some degree. Looking at the score and listening to this, its impressive how you've managed to weave the multiple concurrent melodies, harmonies and sparkling textures all together within the limits of two hands. BRAVOOOOO!!!!!!
Thanks so much, Barnie! I actually wasn't aware of the John Bayless arrangement of this... listening now!
👏👏👏🤩👍
OMG... Simply takes my breath away. Stunning.
Thanks so much!
Absolute flawless technic, wonderful softness, still dynamic. You are definitely one of my favorite pianoplayers in the world. Love from Sweden🥰
Thanks so much, Janne! I'm glad you enjoyed this.
This is awesome, Charles!
Thank you, Brooke! Hope you are doing well!
Another winner. Fabulous arrangement.
Thank you!!!
I stopped what was doing when I heard this. Powerful ♡
Thanks so much!
You got quite the gift! I keep thinking about you playing Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Pure Imagination and seeing an elderly woman tearing up in the audience. Rock on!!
Thank you! That was a powerful moment caught on camera haha
I will buy. For sure. Wonderful.
Thanks, Cecil! I hope you enjoy playing it!
Sublime✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
Thank you!!
spectacular
Thanks so much, Susie!
So rich and beautiful texture…. Truly gorgeous! Awesome camera work too. 💜💜💜
Thank you so much!!
Wonderfull....Genius.
Thank you, Martina!
Wow. . Very Moving. Best Arrangement Ever . .
Thank you, John!
No words:)
Thanks so much, Martina!
Wow! Such a rich rendition... and again a perfect match with the Kawai!
Thank you!
What a beautiful interpretation.. the only thing missing was Pavarotti
G E N I U S❤
Thank you!!!
This is such a beautiful piece of music!!!!! I look at you hands and think “with work … maybe”. I see the sheet music and my eyes scream. I absolutely love this arrangement. You outdid yourself too!!!!
Thank you! I don't think it would be as difficult for you as you might imagine. I just filmed the tips for the Chopin you are working on... that's not an easy Nocturne! I think the video with them will come out next Friday 🙂
@@CharlesSzczepanek thank you and can't wait!!! Really appreciate all that you do! ... becky
Как всегда, потрясающая интерпритация от Чарльза !!!
Thank you, Audisto!
This is absolutely fabulous from the sparkling piano technique, musical interpretation and the incredible audio! Beautiful arrangement, Charles! Will put this on my goal list to play!
And then go practice my technique! Teehee!
Thanks so much, Amie!
Listening again! I've fallen upon so many inspiring favourites on your channel! @@CharlesSzczepanek
this peice and your arrangement and playing deserve a 9 foot steinway,and some open air.....:-)) superb, SIr Charles...
Wouldn't that be so lovely haha! I wrote to Cyrus below... my acoustic has been acting up, hence why the arrangements here are all being recorded on my keyboard so far this year.
Masterful playing maestro Szczepanek~ i sm very glad to have found your channel! Thank you very much!
Thanks so much for checking out multiple videos here!!
@@CharlesSzczepanek I find it impossible to resist geniuses in full flight! 🤷🏻♂
@@rgarlinyc You are too kind!
nICE.........
Thanks for listening!
Excellent arrangement, Charles! Puccini would have been proud. Just bought the sheet music, looking forward to start it off during the Easter holiday. My hands immediately went into Rhapsody on Bond mode on those first octaves 😂
Thanks, Nicholas! I hope you enjoyed playing this one!
I almost thought about changing those octaves at the beginning here because of that reference... but I liked them too much 😂
@@CharlesSzczepanek I love those octave passages, don’t ever change them!
Love the arrangement! 🥰
I'd commented when you performed this on livestream but a second too late, I think. I preferred it on the piano. 😉
I did just see you comment right before I clicked to end the stream haha. Meant to reach out and say hey!
Yes, I would've loved to record it on the acoustic, but I had 2 broken strings a week or so ago when I needed to film this :-(
@@CharlesSzczepanek Well hope your upcoming service goes well! When are you doing it again?
P.S. I secretly wish this piece was longer, lol
@@WSJade It looks like we will start the work on April 13! 8 of my hammers need to be removed and sent in for the company we are using to do the "prehang" of the new ones along the correct geometry for the instrument. So I'll be without a playable piano until the new hammers are all done and shipped back. They are also waiting on ordering my Renner parts until they get my samples so they order the right "size" blue point hammers for my instrument.
So my hammers will be pulled on the 13th... the top 3 octaves' strings will also be removed that day. We will see how much more can happen right away. The capo bar will get sanded as possible as possible, and then we will also restring with fresh wire as soon as possible to help stabilize the whole register before the new hammers get shipped in.
@@CharlesSzczepanek Good luck!
That was wonderful! Can you play it on a grand piano too!
I'd love to! My acoustic at home has been struggling with 3 broken strings since the beginning of the year, and an upper register that isn't staying in tune for much more than a day or two. I've already had my tech out to work on the piano 4 times in just 3 months! That's why this and the other new arrangements this year are all recorded on my keyboard instead.
@@CharlesSzczepanek Mhm, rather unusual for a Kawai. Maybe too much pressure on the strings? Or lack of moisture in the air? Could be an idea to tune the piano a bit below 440 Hrz. Anyway, the keyboard sounds stunning, too.
@@HS-wp5vb It was a combination of a few things that have since been addressed! First off, the strings were mostly original and 23 years old, so they'd lost a lot of elasticity. That loss was one contributing factor to both the tuning stability and the breakage. The uppermost 3 octaves got all new string put on.
Because of somewhere around 20 string breaks over the course of the last 10 years or so, the capo bar that holds the tension in front of the tuning pins was a bit dinged up on the bottom. It was no longer smooth, which meant on a particularly strong strike, a string could shift into or out of a small groove, which could cause such a large change in tension so quickly that it would snap the string... especially old strings. Once the uppermost 3 octaves were removed, the capo bar was sanded smooth and then the new string put on.
Lastly, the hammers were also original and 23 years old... the upper ones had next to no felt left on them and I couldn't continue having them voiced down. SOOO, all new hammers, and shanks and flanges, have also been put on!
I've found out that all of that work is very typical for a 23 year old piano and it's a bit astounding that it didn't have to be done sooner. I should probably plan for all fresh string in the upper register every 5 years to keep it the most supple (concert pianos get new string up there every year, and fully restrung every 5 years or so). Next time I get new string, if I still own the piano, it should probably get new string for the entire instrument, not just the top. And hammers have 20-ish years of life in them on average... less if you play a lot, more if you hardly play. Concert pianos get new hammers every 10 years-ish, and they don't get played for hours every day, but they get tip top maintenance!
It's also not a good idea to change the A 440 center, at least not by more than about 1 Hz in either direction. The whole instrument is designed around the tension put on it when everything is tuned around 440. If that changes, even just to 435, the piano will get all sorts of false beats and other problems because the tension isn't holding the soundboard and therefore the bridge in the optimized shape. My tech recently had to work on an instrument who's owner tuned it down to around 435 or 432... he not only had to bring it back to pitch, but because it had "settled" low, there was about a week of work fixing other issues too! Pianos are interesting!
@@CharlesSzczepanek Oh dear, the way you describe it makes it sound technical, but I sort of read all the pain and exasperation that process brough about in between the lines. I can imagine that after 23 years of intensive playing, there are extensive repairs and replacements necessary. It does sound like a rather hefty investment, too. Did you stick with the original Kawai hammers or did you opt for something else, like Abel?
My neighbours are lucky I generally come home from work so late most of the time I can only play at the weekend, which is sort of sad. But then again I'm not a professional pianist and just play for my personal entertainment.
@@HS-wp5vb I had three hammer choices I was considering: Abel Naturals, Ronsen Weickart, and Renner Blue Points. I ended up choosing the Blue Points based on recommendation from a tech I really trust. They are great! They only have needed a little voicing out of the box, when the Abels and the Ronsens probably would have needed a lot of juice to bring them up.
Good job charles, you often see arrangements on youtube that you might forget the actual work and study that goes behind doing them, bravo!
I'm curios on why you chose to record on the digital, do you have better control on the sound and generally it's easier to record?
Thanks so much for checking this one out, Ser Woolsley! And you have a great question...
I'd usually prefer to record on my acoustic if possible. The week I needed to get this one filmed, I had 2 broken strings on my acoustic grand and the top register tuning was all sorts of bad... even though it was just 2 weeks after my tech's last visit, when I filmed Clair de lune. Btw, I broke both of those strings in one day doing a little practice of Chopin's Op. 10 No. 1 lol.
I'm starting the whole process of getting new hammers, shanks, flanges, and knuckles, as well as sanding down the upper register capo bar and restringing the top 3 octaves, on April 13. I'm having Renner Blue Point hammers installed, which are the same series of hammer used by Hamburg Steinway, Bosendorfer, Fazioli and other great brands. The combination of all of that work should lead to a warmer and rounder tone overall, and much more stable tuning in the future. Hopefully that will also mean most all of my recording will be done on the acoustic at that point!
Sometime in the next few years I really hope to upgrade to a completely new instrument, something like a Steinway B, a Yamaha S7, a Mason & Hamlin BB... but until that point, I'm going to try to make my Kawai the best I possibly can!
Wondrfull
Greetings from Slovakia. Happy Eastern
Thank you, Martina! Happy Easter!
coffee's on me.
Very kind, thank you Kaan!
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Sorry to have made you cry, Katarina!
Bravo! What sample library? Garritan CFX?
Thank you! Yup, you know it, the Garritan CFX! It's one of my favorite libraries :-)
Can you do O Mio Babbino Caro?
Ah, such a lovely piece... Yes I'll put it on my list!
Hello Charles, I am going to purchase your sheet music arrangement for this lovel song, I am wondering if you have a midi file for purchase also MP's can't be played back in my keyboard only midi files, await your reply kind regards Noeline
Hi Noeline! I can create a MIDI file of this performance for you, sure :-). Send me an email plz at cs@charlesszczepanek.com and I'll send the MIDI as soon as I can.
Quelques fois des partitions ne sont absolument pas faites pour être jouées par un autre instrument en voici la preuve