Rousseau

Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow) - Kreisler (arr. Rachmaninoff)

Rachmaninoff's transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid. In English, "Love's Sorrow" (and often incorrectly written as 'Liebeslied', "Love song" which gives it a completely different meaning), this has been one of the most requested pieces since the beginning of the channel, and is one of Rachmaninoff's most charming piano transcriptions. A perfect example of Rachmaninoff's beautifully dizzy cont...

[Audio] Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano Cover)

[MIDI] Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano Cover)

[Sheet Music] Ravel - Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)

[Audio] Ravel - Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)

[MIDI] Ravel - Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)

Ravel - Scarbo (Gaspard de la nuit)

Scarbo. Gaspard de la nuit. Ravel. One of the most important works of the 20th century, and no other I'd have as the debut Ravel piece on the channel. Some of you may remember the commentary I wrote on the 'Top 10' video, this piece was named in the "actual Top 10" and is truly (with the rest of the suite) one of the most demanding piano works of all time, both musically and technically. Althou...

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Piano Cover)

Did you know Bohemian Rhapsody was released on Halloween way back in 1975? I didn't! The original plan was to create this video right after Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 to spoil you all with Rhapsodies, but celebrating it's release seemed much more fitting! I'm not sure how much I can tell you about this song that you don't know already - it is such a unique composition and is still amazing to thin...

[Audio] Mozart - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman)

[Sheet Music] Mozart - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman)

[MIDI] Mozart - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman)

Mozart - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (12 Variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman)

Mozart. 12 variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" - the melody we most associate today with 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. It's amazing to think that the original melody was written only 40 years before these variations were composed (a childrens folk song from France), and today is one of the first and most important melodies we all grow up with - I still remember the feeling of realization t...

[MIDI] League of Legends - Phoenix (Piano Cover)

[Audio] League of Legends - Phoenix (Piano Cover)

League of Legends - Phoenix (Piano Cover)

Phoenix. League of Legends Worlds 2019. This was not the video I was planning to release this week, but I heard this one a few days ago and thought it would go perfectly together with the cinematic production and lightning effects! I was first introduced to the Worlds anthems through Zedd and his track Ignite, at that time dedicated 'anthems' written by large producers were quite rare, and I lo...

[Sheet Music] Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

[MIDI] Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

[Audio] Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

(30 minutes left until the premiere!!)

It was only 1.5 years ago that I started Rousseau, and now there are over 2 MILLION of us - I can't even begin to comprehend this, thank you all. Now that we’ve hit this incredible milestone and ticked HR2 off the bucket list, it is time to take Rousseau to the next level. An original album is already in the works, we're thinking of ways to reima...

Here is a clip from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Hello everyone, it's almost time! After a ton of delays and editing complications, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 will be here in less than 48 hours.

There has been a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into this video - literally. My hand is still recovering from some black key glissandos which skinned the back of the fingers, and by the end of rendering, the computer was taking almost 2 minutes...

Debussy - Rêverie

Debussy. Rêverie. Such a beautiful piece that captures the title, "a daydream", so well. There is something so soothing about the flowing melodic line, the way it repeats in almost a trance-like manner, that can't help but make you feel like you're in a dream. Did you know that Debussy later disliked this piece? It's fascinating how often this happens to works that become popular, can you thin...

[Audio] Debussy - Rêverie

[Sheet Music] Debussy - Rêverie

[MIDI] Debussy - Rêverie

[Audio] Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor

[MIDI] Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor

[Sheet Music] Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor

Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor

Bach. Prelude & Fugue No. 2. The first minor Prelude & Fugue from his Well-Tempered Clavier - written to show the possibilities of equal temperament (where you can play in tune no matter what key you play). Before this, music was often centered around each key, where if you were in tune in C major, you were out of tune in F# major (or vice versa) - this was a problem if you wanted to ch...

[Audio] Billie Eilish & Khalid - lovely (Piano Cover)

[MIDI] Billie Eilish & Khalid - lovely (Piano Cover)