🇷🇺Aram Il'ich Khachaturian ： Romance from Masquerade

This transcription for solo piano presents the Romance from Khachaturian’s incidental music Masquerade. Its long-breathed melody and gentle accompaniment create an intimate atmosphere tinged with melancholy. Listen to the flow from the presentation and development of the melody through its climactic rise toward repose, allowing both the feeling of the original and the changing colors of the piano to emerge. Keep the right-hand melody continuous, while avoiding an overly mechanical pulse in the left-hand accompaniment. Shape the phrases naturally toward their peaks, balance the inner voices and chords, and bring out the quiet resonance beneath the music’s brilliance.