Your Lie in April OP "Hikaru Nara" (with 8 classical music pieces) Piano Cover

My cover of "Hikaru Nara", the opening from Your Lie in April, but I added eight classical music pieces to this cover.

As a classically trained pianist, I've known almost all of the classical pieces before watching the show. I really admire the effort that A-1 Pictures has put into the animation, staying true to how a pianist's fingers move in a real performance. The cherry on top is Chopin's Ballade No. 1. It's been my favourite classical piece even before I started watching anime. Hearing it in the final episode put me on the verge of tears.

In this cover I've made reference to eight classical pieces featured in the show:

1:21 Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor: subtle hints of the 1st theme and interlude.
1:34 Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata, 1st theme (arpeggios) and parts of the 2nd theme (major scales).
1:46 Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Violin Sonata, the piece that Kaori plays in episode 2. The left hand is a variation of the piano accompaniment in the sonata. At 1:56 the right hand adds a short phrase that was played by the violin.
2:25 Chopin's "Winter Wind" Etude (25-11). The right hand plays the theme while the left hand reproduces the chromatic descent.
2:32 Chopin's "Torrent" Etude (10-4): the theme repeated several times in different pitches.
2:41 Saint-Saen's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, excerpt from the end of the exposition.
2:46 Kreisler-Rachmaninoff "Liebeslied", the piece that's tied to Arima's mother in the show, though here I've played it in an entirely different style.
2:58 Echoing Chopin's Ballade No. 1 once again by using 6/4 time and referencing the A major climax in the middle of the piece.
3:23 While the right hand plays Chopin's "Wrong Note" Etude (25-5), the left hand plays the chorus in triple meter.
4:04 Left hand transposes Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude (10-12).

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Q: Where can I buy the piano?
A: The piano model is Roland JUNO-DS88. The MIDI display was made using Synthesia and After Effects, not a real screen.
このピアノはRoland JUNO-DS88 です。ピアノの前にある映像は加工です。

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Piano synthesizer: Roland JUNO-DS88
VFX software: Synthesia, Adobe AfterEffects

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TVアニメ『四月は君の嘘』OP
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「光るなら」

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