Same here. Oldfield's music has been the soundtrack of my life, and so has it been to all my family. You don't only listen or enjoy Mike's music, you acquire it, it becomes part of your mind and soul.
😮 absolutely amazing !!! Genius !!! I‘m a great fan of the Genesis arrangements for 2 grand pianos but Oldfield is also so fascinating. Can’t get enough of this sound . So beautiful … 😊
Anyone in 2021? Oddly enough I've started listening to Mike after a bit of a break. To my mind Crisis represents all in 80s prog. This take on it is gold. A big thankyou
I‘m really surprised how well Mike‘s music can be played on two pianos solo. I would never have thought it that this could be done. But it can and it sounds really great, very well arranged and played. I do think though that your version of for example The Lake is better as a piano piece than Crises although I generally prefer Crises (one of my all time favorite piece of music). But there is the brilliant work of drummer Simon Philips and there are these amazing colors of the electronic sounds that make Crises so extraordinary to me. Similar with Ommadawn, where I enjoy all those world music sounds of Uilleann-pipes, recorder and all that. Still, in your version it is proved that the music is still great when you strip it of all the multitude of sound colors and reduce it to the pure music and the sound of the piano.
I've read reviews that say Mike's decision to sing himself was a terrible one and that it more or less ruined the album, but I couldn't disagree more. While Jon Anderson is, as always, amazing and Roger Chapman's performance on Shadow on the Wall is stellar and passionate, it's Mike's own singing on Crises, less skilled to be sure, that I find the most charming and is my favorite male voice on the album. I love the way his voice cracks a little the second time he repeats 'crises, criiIses'; sounds very raw, very punk, and I think sells the whole aesthetic of the segment. My favorite Oldfield album beyond Tubular Bells, even topping Ommadawn, and one of the most eclectic albums I've ever heard; no two songs sounding anything alike, yet all being great.
i've already express my amazement and gratefulness for you Carsten, your work is awesome, and I also think the beauty of these versions shows once more how Mike's music is unique and solid and incredibly well "built", you take away his playing, all the different colours of the many instruments and it's still as beautiful...thank you so much!
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Extraordinaire adaptation et c'est joué avec grand talent. Je suis bluffée ! Génial !
Mike Oldfield is my alltime favourite musician and I have been a fan of Mike Oldfield since I was 5 in 1974.
I was 13 then and.....me too
Same here. Oldfield's music has been the soundtrack of my life, and so has it been to all my family. You don't only listen or enjoy Mike's music, you acquire it, it becomes part of your mind and soul.
😮 absolutely amazing !!! Genius !!! I‘m a great fan of the Genesis arrangements for 2 grand pianos but Oldfield is also so fascinating. Can’t get enough of this sound . So beautiful … 😊
Ich höre und lerne
Fine work! Well done . . . .
Anyone in 2021?
Oddly enough I've started listening to Mike after a bit of a break. To my mind Crisis represents all in 80s prog.
This take on it is gold. A big thankyou
Remember this falling asleep with cassette tape, still inspires.
No hay palabras para describir ésta maravillosa música. En su versión original es excepcional pero en ésta versión es....mágica.
I‘m really surprised how well Mike‘s music can be played on two pianos solo. I would never have thought it that this could be done. But it can and it sounds really great, very well arranged and played. I do think though that your version of for example The Lake is better as a piano piece than Crises although I generally prefer Crises (one of my all time favorite piece of music). But there is the brilliant work of drummer Simon Philips and there are these amazing colors of the electronic sounds that make Crises so extraordinary to me. Similar with Ommadawn, where I enjoy all those world music sounds of Uilleann-pipes, recorder and all that. Still, in your version it is proved that the music is still great when you strip it of all the multitude of sound colors and reduce it to the pure music and the sound of the piano.
I've read reviews that say Mike's decision to sing himself was a terrible one and that it more or less ruined the album, but I couldn't disagree more. While Jon Anderson is, as always, amazing and Roger Chapman's performance on Shadow on the Wall is stellar and passionate, it's Mike's own singing on Crises, less skilled to be sure, that I find the most charming and is my favorite male voice on the album. I love the way his voice cracks a little the second time he repeats 'crises, criiIses'; sounds very raw, very punk, and I think sells the whole aesthetic of the segment. My favorite Oldfield album beyond Tubular Bells, even topping Ommadawn, and one of the most eclectic albums I've ever heard; no two songs sounding anything alike, yet all being great.
Absolut geil arrangiert! Ich bin vollkommen geflasht von dieser Interpretation! ❤❤❤
per niente banale... tocco jazz da brividi... bravo!
Hurray for a new piece! I love all of your two piano versions!
My favorite Mike Oldfield piece. Wonderful. Perform Live !
oh my Goshhh!!!!
Nice work.
Just beautiful, excellent job!!!
Beautifull Carsten. Thank you for this amazing piece.
Marvelous, you did really well in covering this great piece of music. Well played indeed.
A masterpiece of a masterpiece. Pure talent. Thankyou. I am going to try your version of Taurus1 now.
i've already express my amazement and gratefulness for you Carsten, your work is awesome, and I also think the beauty of these versions shows once more how Mike's music is unique and solid and incredibly well "built", you take away his playing, all the different colours of the many instruments and it's still as beautiful...thank you so much!
Franchement, CA DECHIRE! Congrats, it's really amazing to listen to this cover
Beyond words...!
Genius. Pianos rock
Beautiful music, i've always loved this in original performance but this one is more subtel, nice.
Beautiful I love your versions. Mike Oldfield has to listen it
+Ian Bassi he did, he shared it in his facebook group
+Andrea Castellani eh but I was not aware of it! Too bad!!
+Marco Castellani +Andrea Castellani i have already see it. Congrats
+Vision Hows the group called?
Agustin Barrientos
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Thanks for this gift...fantastic!!!!!!
Fantastic playing and arrangement of a beautiful piece of music by one of my favourites
Magnifique
Muy bueno!!! Gracias, maravilla.
That's just beautiful, fantastic. Very talented indeed.
Congratulations! Wonderful! Are you planning of releasing it as a score sheet music? Great!
I love your work.
There's a way to find these covers on CD?
Sounding great so far.
Great work!
Wundervoll
Well done...Meseriasul compune , altfel....servus Ticut
Hi #greenlandmusic from a fan in Barcelona :-). Is there any way to obtain this audios in a better quality?
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Great!!!, Thank you Carsten.
..like a endless watch-tour' - -i'
I THOUGH it was better with 2 piano or more
You mean more than 2 pianos?
or more
bello , ma molte stecche