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Study No. 40b. Two pianos playing the same piece (Study No. 40a) which in itself has two melodies in a tempo ratio of e/π.
Second piano (playing slightly faster than the first) starts after about 28 seconds and both pianos finish simultaneously.

When I first came upon this 25 years ago, I found it the most exciting and outrageous thing I had ever heard. It still cheers me up like no other music can.
There are better recordings available nowadays, but I love the sound of these 1927 Ampico player pianos.
 

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Study No. 40b. Two pianos playing the same piece (Study No. 40a) which in itself has two melodies in a tempo ratio of e/π.
Second piano (playing slightly faster than the first) starts after about 28 seconds and both pianos finish simultaneously.

When I first came upon this 25 years ago, I found it the most exciting and outrageous thing I had ever heard. It still cheers me up like no other music can.
There are better recordings available nowadays, but I love the sound of these 1927 Ampico player pianos.
I bought those Arch Records releases of the Nancarrow on separate vinyl releases, treasure hunting at NYC’s Downtown Music Gallery, around 40 years ago. Haven’t heard them in forever, but I think I would be biased toward these over any “better recordings” released since! Thanks so much for the reminder.
 
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If you truly wanna test out your systems capabilities, try listening to this as loud as you can handle it:

 

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Highly recommended:

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Francois Moutin's bass work on Overjoyed is remarkable.
 
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Amazing guitarist!

 

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unusual pairing

 

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