Piano & Violin Symphonic Duet
God, who knew violin could sound so epic. I actually feel like it’s the end of a battle scene and someone is triumphing victory. The instruments, the way he uses them so cautiously is what creates these masterpieces. Piano and violin are by fart my favorite instruments, and damn, this song goes off on both of these instruments. MiddleIsland never misses, always continuous masterpieces.
MiddleIsland, also known as Misaki Nakajima, is a Japanese music composer and he specializes in classical, symphonic, and some instrumental with a hint of rock added into it. In this blog post, I’ll be featuring one of his tracks called, Aldo, from his album, String Performance Transcendence, which was released all the way back in 2010. Little is known about MiddleIsland, however, I do know that he made some albums between 2007-2011, and not much after the year 2011,
Where to start, hmm, well, maybe right when the music begins. Instantly, you hear some crazy violin being played along with some very emotional piano in the background. The song then starts to slow down, and it slowly builds back up using the violin. The violin is the star of this track. During some parts of the track, I couldn’t believe how fast he was playing. For example, 0:52 seconds in, the violin goes hard. at The same goes for the piano. At 1;23, my mind was blown. The piano gets played so fast and yet it flows so naturally with this track. The beauty of these instruments really shines through and lets you appreciate them.
Just like the YouTube thumbnail shows, I picture myself in the skies or above the world listening to this. It’s almost like the heavens are calling through the violin. And when the piano sections play in, it feels like I’m being lifted. Weird to describe, but that’s how it feels like.
In some parts, it feels like the piano is fighting for the spotlight against the violin and it creates this dramatic melody, until the violin takes over the show during the chorus. Like I mentioned earlier, this sounds like it could be played in a battle theme or in a live action movie where there’s fighting going on. These symphonic songs are the perfect fit for these films, they create such a dramatic environment that really immerses the listener or viewer.
Towards the end in parts like, 2:43, the violin gets really high pitched signifying the climax of the song. When I heard that part for the first time, my mind was blown. Solo artists can do crazy things with a violin and can get so dramatic with their track. The song ends with a few more pieces of violin and when the violin stops playing, the piano fills in the gap, until the last few seconds where both are played at the same time, and the violin concludes the song.
Classical, and symphonic music are some of my favorite genres ever, one because the song can’t be ruined by a singer since only instruments are being played. Two, because the melody feels so nice and natural flowing, there aren’t any studio produced sounds for the most part, just nice sounding instruments; in this case, violin and piano.
Anyways, thanks for reading and listening to this very unknown artist, I love featuring these types of creators on my blog!
