Cameron Carpenter plays "Sparks" on Cameron Live

Not content to co-produce the DVD, and perform both the DVD and the CD, the multi-talented Carpenter also designed the album package, reflecting a balanced duality of two completely different discs in a single musical offering. It's a fitting artistic expression from a young virtuoso who lives and performs in the 21st Century, but whose genre-bending compositions, arrangements, and virtuoso performances have placed him in the ranks of 19th and 20th Century greats like Horowitz, Paganini, and Liszt.

For CAMERON LIVE! The DVD -- quite possibly the most exciting "serious" music DVD ever made -- Carpenter performed on a four-manual Wurlitzer organ (from silent film's heyday) in the Hardman Studio in front of three HD cameras. The DVD includes two world premiere recordings of his own works (Three Intermezzi for Cinema Organ and Will o' the Wisp from Fifteen Inventions on Chopin's Etudes), his now-famous arrangement of Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever (the first to faithfully retain each line of counterpoint to the end), and other works by Shostakovich, Schubert, Liszt and others. As a complement to the companion all-Bach audio disc, Carpenter even performs one work by Bach ---- the Prelude and Fugue No. 5 from Book One of The Well-Tempered Clavier -- on his own practice organ, which was transported to the Hardman Studio in Virginia for the recording. Performing repertoire that would be unusual for any organ, Carpenter also provides a welcome introduction to each work on the DVD.

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[new1cyclone]

INCREDIBLEEEEEEE.....

[ASAngelo]

Magic.

[GooglFascists]

Who the HELL are the 2 TOADS who voted this down?

What did they expect, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game?"

[3dwurli]

@aortablue He could have just used the 2nd touch.....

[aortablue]

the bits where he plays two manuals with one hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ram1757]

super..



[standtall468]

Its like his hands are gliding across the keys effortlessly at 0:55 and at 1:04 !

[Roblex11]

Yes, exactly! Like the control panel of a space ship.

[frackktozz]

frociooooooooooooooo

[BranSheanew]

Wow! What a instrument! Like the control panel of a space ship. NIce!