Lisa Nakazono – Chopin de GHIBLI

Chopin de GHIBLI

Interpreted on Piano by Lisa Nakazono

1. 崖の上のポニョ / gake no ue no ponyo / "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea"
2. 人生のメリーゴーランド / jinsei no merry-go-round / "Howl’s Moving Castle" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ror9NpsnOTc)
3. 風の谷のナウシカ / kaze no tani no nausicaa / "Nausica� of the Valley of the Wind"
4. バロンのうた / baron no uta / "Whisper of the Heart"
5. いつも何度でも / itsumo nandodemo / "Spirited Away"
6. 君をのせて / kimi wo nosete / "Castle in the Sky"
7. あの日の川 / ano hi no kawa / "Spirited Away"
8. 風のとおり道 / kaze no toori michi / "My Neighbor Totoro"
9. 旅立ち / tabidachi / "Kiki’s Delivery Service"
10. もののけ姫 / mononoke hime / "Princess Mononoke"
11. テルーの唄 / therru no uta / "Tales from Earthsea"
12. 海の見える街 / umi no mieru machi / "Kiki’s Delivery Service"
13. さんぽ / sanpo / "My Neighbor Totoro"
14. 小犬のファンタジー ～ボーナス・トラック～ / koinu no fantasy ~bonus track~

Total Time: 52:43

All Tracks @ MP3 VBR -V 0 (Extreme)
Sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/dc7aox)

Not my links or rip. Thanks to the original uploader. Enjoy 🙂

Thanks for this sanico 🙂

This will not get many comments, because this album isn’t big and flashy, noisy, and full of electric guitars and power anthems. It is utterly sublime, though. I admit I went into this thinking "Oh no, drab piano arrangements" and let’s just say I didn’t have much faith that whoever arranged this would actually be trying to evoke Chopin… but they really really did. It’s easy to say "In the style of…" and conjure up a bland facsimile of another artist’s style. That’s not at all where this album is coming from; in the greatest spirit of the word, it’s a wonderfully unique interpretation of (mostly) Joe Hisaishi’s music. It doesn’t just show off the skill of the arranger – like any good arrangement, it allows the music to shine, views it from another perspective, and highlights (as if such highlighting were needed) just what great works they are in the first place.

Whoever the original uploader is, thank you most sincerely… And thank you, Sanico, for putting this up somewhere where I could see it. 🙂

———- Post added at 10:39 PM ———- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ———-

This will not get many comments, because this album isn’t big and flashy, noisy, and full of electric guitars and power anthems. It is utterly sublime, though. I admit I went into this thinking "Oh no, drab piano arrangements" and let’s just say I didn’t have much faith that whoever arranged this would actually be trying to evoke Chopin… but they really really did. It’s easy to say "In the style of…" and conjure up a bland facsimile of another artist’s style. That’s not at all where this album is coming from; in the greatest spirit of the word, it’s a wonderfully unique interpretation of (mostly) Joe Hisaishi’s music. It doesn’t just show off the skill of the arranger – like any good arrangement, it allows the music to shine, views it from another perspective, and highlights (as if such highlighting were needed) just what great works they are in the first place.

Whoever the original uploader is, thank you most sincerely… And thank you, Sanico, for putting this up somewhere where I could see it. 🙂

This is a gorgeous album! I love Chopin myself, and I can definitely hear the influence in the arrangements, particularly track 2 (my favorite). Thanks to the uploader! I also found an album by the same performer, which is similar except it is (Chopin-inspired) arrangements of various Disney songs. If people are interested, I can upload it in a separate thread.

Wonderful thanks so much Sanico!!

By request i added new links to the original post.

Thank you for sharing this, I can’t wait to hear this, once I have downloaded it. 🙂

NineEyes9Nines

This is truly one of the most amazing OSTs ever there for Ghibli songs ! Gave my ears the calm and the sophistication of chopin fantasie impromptu op. 66. I am so hoping that I can listen to these piece on live performance one day

Since Sanico’s link is down, here’s a new one:

http://www.adrive.com/public/7A2d6u

Thanks to sunleth, the original uploader :’D

Thank you so much!

Any chance somebody could re-up this? Would be much appreciated ^_^