The wonderful Anna Phoebe remixed my track Look Up.  @pianodayofficial

Look Up Re Imagined

A Memory Fades

A memory Fades

Jim Perkins - A Memory Fades

Flare (2021), Yale Philharmonia under conductor Ryan Tarni Dec 9th 2021 Woolsey Hall, Yale University.

The first non-essential item I bought after arriving in New Haven for my composition studies was an anthology of poems by Mary Oliver. I had never heard of this outstanding poet before I came across her work in a bookstore in New Haven, and so I discovered her poetry in an unprejudiced and casual way. Her positive, curious, and thoughtful look at the world and life itself was like a cool mountain stream that refreshed me after this exhausting pandemic-year and the first stressful weeks in my temporary country of residence. I felt very touched by her work, and so it naturally found its way into my music, which is why I named this orchestra piece on which I was working at the time after her poem “Flare".

Flare (excerpt)
Did you know that the ant has a tongue with which to gather in all that it can
of sweetness
Did you know that?

Flare

To celebrate the third anniversary of Justina Jaruševičiūtė’s critically acclaimed debut album, Silhouettes, we are releasing a remastered edition, which includes two exclusive new tracks: Ben Chatwin’s Haunted Mix of Prayer and an orchestral version of Distant Star, performed by Lithuania’s Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra. A new limited CD edition is also available, with revisited artwork and more elegant packaging, thoughtfully designed by Celia Bayo.

"[...] She began a conversation of her own, resulting in these exquisite works for string quartet. We are already skipping over composer to watch and going right to composer to hear right now." - A Closer Listen

"A stirring set of chamber music from this composer from Berlin, which seem to capture hope and sadness at once." - Bandcamp (Featured on their New and Notable section)

"This masterpiece [...] is capable of making us dream, of making us tremble, but above all of keeping us going for almost an absolutely thrilling hour. It is of incredible strength and beauty and imbued with great sensitivity." - Mes Enceintes Font Défaut

Back in September 2019, Justina Jaruševičiūtė attended an Echo Collective show at Funkhaus Berlin, where Jóhann Jóhannsson’s album 12 conversations with Thilo Heinzmann was being premiered. This concert, which she described as one of the most touching performances she had ever attended, was what inspired her to write music for string quartet. Recorded between June and November of 2020 at the amazingly sounding Christuskirche Oberschöneweide in Berlin, Silhouettes is a soul-stirring project and an evident demonstration of Jaruševičiūtė’s remarkable compositional skills. The pieces that shape this record are often tenebrous and pensive, contrasted by a few moments in which light seems to shine through, allowing the violins, viola and violoncello to embrace us with hope and comfort.

Composed by Justina Jaruševičiūtė
Remastered by Sebastian Ohmert at Tonstudio Sonic-Impulse
Artwork and design by Celia Bayo

Silhouettes (Remastered)

Justina Jaruševičiūtė - Reminiscence (Remastered)

This is the 8th track and short but beautiful piano solo song included in '24 Piano Sketches' that is a new solo album from Yuki Murata, the Tokyo-based pianist/composer and member of the cinematic instrumental music band, Anoice, and its side projects, RiLF and Films.

As the name suggests, '24 Piano Sketches' includes 24 piano songs which Yuki Murata plays improvisations on her own grand and upright pianos. This long project is going to add 2 songs every month and ultimately 24 songs in one year, allowing the listeners to feel the changing of the season in real-time via the beautiful, warm, and sometimes melancholic piano sounds.

This time, she purposely selected a cassette tape recorder, a MiniDisc player, and an early generation of iPhone as the recording equipments for each song, unlike studio albums from her own bands such as Anoice. These retro and simplistic recording devices were able to capture not only a creaking noise coming from the piano and the environmental sounds outside the window, but also a noise occurred by cheap microphones, which make this album so impressive. Its nostalgic soundscape may remind her listeners of her first solo album 'Films' and second solo album 'Home'.

The photos taken by her bandmate of Anoice, Takahiro Kido, on his Polaroid camera every season, are adopted as the cover images of each single, and they will added together with the songs to the following BandCamp page every time a single is released.
https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/24-piano-sketches

You should feel the changing of the seasons with the beautiful piano melodies.

24 Piano Sketches

BandCamp

wandering (Anoice / Yuki Murata '24 Piano Sketches')

A Story Without an End

A piece of two instruments being friends for a long time

Deux amis

Piano piece recorded especially for Piano Day 2017.

Sailing To The Right Place (Piano Solo) - Piano Day 2017

4th track from my new EP, "<a href="http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/album/halo-late-winter-tales-dtr013">Late Winter Tales</a>, now out on <a href="http://dewtonerecordings.com">Dewtone Recordings</a>. You can now download the EP in digital format at http://dewtone.bandcamp.com/, while it will be available in digital stores from May 15th.

More info about Halo at <a href="http://haloproject.co.uk">haloproject.co.uk</a>; follow our pages on <a href="http://facebook.com/halosphere">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/halotwtr">Twitter</a>for the latest news.

Mastered by Ludvig Cimbrelius.


Halo - Late Winter Tales - 4.Drift

Japanese pianist @daigohanada lends his subtle felted playing and beautiful textured arrangements to this rework of 'Last to Let Go' by @richard_luke. Close your eyes and immerse yourself in this intimate and soulful piece for piano.

stream on your favourite platform : https://orcd.co/last-to-let-go
download : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/last-to-let-go-daigo-hanada-rework

Glass Island (Reworked)

Last to Let Go (Daigo Hanada Rework)

Spotify ⊜

Richard Luke - Last to Let Go (Daigo Hanada Rework)

www.1631recordings.bandcamp.com

#PianoDay2020

Anne Lovett - Sur Un Fil

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Impeccable selections of both albums and artists.
Releases that are among the finest in the genre.
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A friend to artists and a force in the industry.
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