Cameron Carpenter plays Erlkonig 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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[amatt4467]

Cameron is truly the "Bad Boy of the Organ"

[scizotts]

Why do people have to talk about sex in a musical setting? Sex talk is for sex, music/talent talk is for talented musicians. Be appropriate. When you wanna talk about how "hot" he is, do it with your friends privately. Show a little class, even if you don't really have it. My point? This dude hasn't palyed ANYTHING that I don't enjoy. The fingering is amazing enough, but the combined footwork is nothing short of astonishing. (continued) ^

[scizotts]

If he gives you anything but a figurative, musical, talent boner, I don't want to hear about it!

[TheStockwell]

@SthrnMusicFan Yep - he's the one. I'm be seeing him tonight. October 30 2011. Davies Symphony, San Francisco. The second half of the program will feature him providing a live accompaniment to Lon Chaney's 1925 film, "The Phantom of the Opera."

Yes - lucky lucky San Francisco . . .

[SthrnMusicFan]

I'm not gonna lie...he's hot as hell, and his talent only makes him more so. Is he the same one that plays sousa on the trinity pipe organ that rocked?

[Nza420]

Great sound from the organ!

[JustinHEMI05]

@Pricher1991 You're an idiot.

[LATOSCH]

a funny person. Plays well. It would be interesting

meet)

[JupiterIV]

At 1:26 a photo of the great Glenn Gould can be seen on the bookcase behind Cameron's right shoulder.

[wljmrbill]

Hardly circus music... A well known classic Pricher1991. Well done.