One of my all time favorites 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Hi Alexandru, lovely interpretation !  Can you provide a stereo version of this track?

🎵 What an exquisite interpretation of this beloved Chopin prelude! Your playing captures all the profound simplicity and emotional depth of this masterpiece ✨ The piano tone perfectly conveys that haunting melancholy from Mallorca 🎹 Love how you balance the stillness and movement, like a heartbeat through time 💫 With closed eyes, we can feel Chopin's tender reflection in every note 🌟 Your interpretation brings such beautiful universality to this intimate sorrow ❤️ A truly moving tribute to Chopin's enduring legacy! 🎼

Before electricity playlist

Marcelle Meyer plays Rameau: Suites, Livre & Pièces

Suite in E minor: Tambourin (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)

Pièces de clavecin: L’égyptienne - Suite in G Major (Remastered 2020, Version 1946)

Lite

How could masterpieces exist without the element of pain?

Flower in the Garden

Demo

Homeless Man Took Shelter In Your Heart

Voici ma nouvelle composition pour piano. La suite de ma toute première composition pour piano intitulée "Solitude".
J’interprète au piano « Solitude 2 » 
Bonne écoute.

https://youtu.be/-mBokq8b58A?si=wGWCFylsBlM4-MX0

Here is my new composition for piano. The sequel to my very first piano composition entitled "Solitude".
I perform “Solitude 2” on the piano 
Good listening.#classical

Solitude 2 – Original emotional Piano

Anon. (Irish Traditional)
Recorder Arrangement: Sarah Jeffery (Book: My favourite  melodies)
Bastacho: Soprano & Tenor recorders duo in unison.
AI generated Artwork.
Enjoy!


Dear Irish boy

New track named Contemplation, hope you like it!

Contemplation

Produced in Studio One 6 Professional, using various sound libraries, loops, and samples. Sounds triggered with my Komplete Kontrol S49 keyboard.  My guitar work was performed on three different guitars (just for fun) through my Line 6 Helix processor.  Please enjoy and watch the planets spin!

Watching The Planets Spin

Warm sound in cold nights .... well done my friend and big thanks for your wonderful track !
entire backing: @cosmic-ratzzz .... saxophone by me ....

Lunatics 207 / Waiting for you / Ratzzz & joerxworx

Lost My Roots by Jeamland & PJ Project

Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28, No. 4) - (soon will post my reinterpretation of this beautiful creation)

🌟 Title: The Whisper of a Heart 
🎹 Composer: Frédéric Chopin  
🎶 Interpretation: By Alexandru Ciobanu Al Rufei  


"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication," and Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor is a masterpiece of profound simplicity. Composed in 1839 during a pivotal moment in Chopin's life, this hauntingly beautiful prelude captures the fragility of human emotion. Chopin wrote it while residing in Mallorca, a period marked by his battle with poor health and the complexities of his relationship with writer George Sand. Amid the picturesque yet turbulent backdrop of the island, this piece emerged—a tender reflection of melancholy, introspection, and grace.

As you listen to this interpretation, I invite you to step into Chopin’s world. Imagine the dimly lit room where his delicate hands glided over the keys, expressing feelings too deep for words. My approach stays true to the intimate sorrow of this prelude while exploring the universality of its longing. In every note, there’s a quiet resilience—a whisper of hope amidst despair.  


About My Interpretation
I’ve aimed to honor the emotional depth Chopin infused into every chord and phrase, emphasizing the contrast between stillness and movement. The slow, deliberate pacing reflects a heartbeat, capturing the essence of time slipping away—a theme Chopin often explored in his music.  

This performance is a tribute to the enduring beauty of Chopin’s legacy, a moment to pause and feel the depth of human connection through music.  



✨ Let me know how this interpretation resonates with you. Does it evoke memories, dreams, or something you can’t quite put into words? I’d love to hear your thoughts!  

🎧 Listen and let your heart be moved. 
#Chopin #PreludeInEMinor #ClassicalMusic #Piano #AlexandruCiobanuAlRufei #MusicToRemember

Chopin Prelude in E minor Op.28, no 4 - Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

Not sure if SoundCloud will allow this....seems it has!  Ok, a jam with me a mate to say goodbye to my old Beetle.  Daisy!  she was a good car

Video - https://www.facebook.com/100010267027026/videos/165914212293492

Recorded at Rose Pro Studio. Buckinghamshire
Recorded and Produced by Kit Gratrix

Road to Hell.....

Composer: Jacob Van Eyck (1590-1657)
Book: Der Fluyten Lust-hof , Vol.1.
Psalm 118 (modos 1-5)
Soprano Recorder, enjoy!
.m4a

Psalm 118

A neoclassical piano piece, gentle and introspective. Delicate music, balancing calm and emotion, inviting attentive listening.

Murmure

An expression of painful elements: confinement, loneliness, and failing to attain what one is reaching for. The middle section (starting in Gb major) offers a little solace, but is only fleeting.

SWW26.6

Couperin: Pièces pour clavier - Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Couperin: Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, Quatorzième ordre: Les fauvètes plaintives (Recorded 1946)

Hello! (Stoked to be part of the soundcloud music community; great respect for You all!)
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Piano apprentice and Recorder enthusiast: Alto, soprano, sopranino & Tenor.
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Download available:
Listen to Première suite de pièces, op.4, 1712 (Jacques Hotteterre: 1674-1763) by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/pJDat
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Listen to Recorder verses, a playlist by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/mX3dS
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Listen to Fantasías for Recorder, a playlist by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/EAEQK
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 Still aspiring instrumental composer; music notation on ensemble composer pro app, It's basically raw and recorded over the phone for upload since 2017 & 2020 (second group of songs).
Nov 2021 uploading straight from App: Groovepad, Band lab and GarageBand.

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Listen to Concepts, a playlist by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/Cp524

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Listen to Electrónica 🎶, a playlist by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/gxejs

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Listen to Compilations, a playlist by Bastacho on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/vj4uo

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(Images Downloaded mainly from Zedge, Twitter, Pinterest; All credit to their respective Creators (c)  and 
AI image generator DaVinci App
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Email: bastacho@gmail.com

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https://open.spotify.com/user/12173167977?si=_ySjGjaaQ0qJVv-XNt8wUQ&utm_source=copy-link

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Now Music available in youtube music: 
https://youtube.com/channel/UCPnKOY7cTtzAAxYhanr4Oqw

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Ohh and I'm a mess creating titles and selecting images.  
Enjoy the rides!!
I Do Repost in my own 🐢 time...
Stay safe!!
Happy New year 2025!

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Thank you for listening !!🙏🙂

Welcome to My SoundCloud!

My name is Alexandru Ciobanu Al Rufei, and I am a Concert Pianist, Composer, Songwriter, and Ballet Piano Accompanist. As a classically trained pianist with a Bachelor in Arts/Piano Performance and over 15+ years of teaching experience, I am thrilled to share my musical journey with you.

Here’s a glimpse into my musical achievements:

	•	2002 – Concert with the George Enescu Highschool Orchestra, Auditorium Hall, Bucharest. Conductor: Bogdan Voda
	•	2001 – Third Place, International Piano Competition “PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA”
	•	1999 – First and Special Place, PRO-PIANO-ROMANIA
	•	1998 – First Place, National Music Olympiad
	•	1997 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Brasov, Romania; Recital, Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain
	•	1996 – First Place, International Piano Competition, Agropoli, Italy; Awarded the Eugen Barbu Prize
	•	…and many more!

Since 2002, I have performed at 4 and 5-star venues such as the J.W. Marriott, Grand Hotel Continental, Casino Palace, and many others, playing a range of genres including jazz, classical, and cafe-concerto music.

Feel free to connect with me on my Facebook Page!

Thank you for visiting, and enjoy my music, our music!

Chopin Prelude in E minor Op.28, no 4 - Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

Alexandru Sorin Ciobanu Al Rufei

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