I have notated all the following pieces of music in the Sibelius software program. To be able to hear them, please Download the Scorch player first. Then click on each of the following pieces to have your computer play it in Scorch.
Click the above flag to hear the U.S. National Anthem
Classical Music
Adagio, second movement of the Oboe Concerto by Alessandro Marcello, arranged by J.S. Bach (notated in Sibelius with slight modifications by Sasan Rahmatian)
Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber, transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Vocalise, for voice and orchestra, by Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
"Kismet", adapted from the second movement of the string quartet by Alexander Borodin. Also the theme of the Broadway musical "Kismet".
Now Comes the Gentile's Savior, Choral Prelude by J.S. Bach, arranged for the piano by F. Busoni (notated in Sibelius with slight modifications by Sasan Rahmatian)
Moment Musical, D. 780, number 3 in F Minor, by Franz Schubert
Opera
Melody, also known as the "Dance of the Blessed Spirits", from the opera Orfeo and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Nessun Dorma, "No One Sleeps" from the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, from the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Armenian Music
Armenian Rhapsody, for two pianos, by Alexander Aratoonian and Arno Babajanian, transcribed for solo piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Gayane, ballet by Aram Khachaturian. The following movements were transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Azerbaijan Music
Two folk dances from Azerbaijan, arranged for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Akhsham , folk song from Azerbaijan, transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
Man Sanin, San Manim, folk song from Azerbaijan, notated in Sibelius by Sasan Rahmatian, inspired by Changiz Sadikhov
Persian Music
Jazz
Ain't Misbehavin (Fats Waller version)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Fats Waller version)
The following are exact reproductions of Oscar Peterson's renditions, notated in Sibelius by Sasan Rahmatian
Ragtime
Blues
The following pieces were all composed by William Gillock, and notated into Sibelius, with some changes, by Sasan Rahmatian
Movie/TV Music
Hold Me, I'm Falling, from The Monsoon Wedding
As Time Goes By, from Casablanca
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Shadow of Your Smile, from the Sandpiper
IL POSTINO
Sex and the City (arranged by Sasan Rahmatian)
Sex and the City (official version)
Sex and the City - the alter ego
Popular Music
Amazing Grace , transcribed for the piano by Sasan Rahmatian
I Left My Heart in San Francisco, after a popular arrangement
Heart and Soul (original version)
Heart and Soul (special arrangement for four hands, with the "left' hand never changing)
Czardas, V. Monti
Tango Music
Danza de la Moza Donosa (not quite a tango!)
Christmas Music
Jingle Bells, Jazz version
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Ukranian Bell Carol, with tambourine
Ukranian Bell Carol, with bells
Ave Maria, by Franz Schubert
O Holy Night, Clarinet with piano accompaniment
Silent Night, Clarinet with piano accompaniment
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from the Nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky
My Original Compositions
Caucasian Fantasy, composed by Sasan Rahmatian (1995-1999)
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Movement 4
Movement 5
(Systematic) Variations on "Happy Birthday"
Deja Vu (Does this version of Happy Birthday sound familiar in terms of its chord progression?)
J.S. Bach - Invention #1 in C Major, re-invented by Sasan Rahmatian
Commissioned Works: I was commissioned to compose the following works by the following individuals
This piece was composed during Fall 2003 by Tom Wielicki, Professor of Information Systems at CSUF (notated in Sibelius by Sasan Rahmatian)
Jessica Campbell (notated in Sibelius by Sasan Rahmatian)
Tim Swanson