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Chopin – Fantaisie De La Tempête

Fantaisie De La Tempête is a dramatic and evocative composition inspired by the Romantic genius of Chopin. This piano masterpiece captures the raw power and emotion of a storm, blending tumultuous flourishes with moments of serene introspection.

The piece opens with a surge of passionate cadences, evoking the chaos and intensity of tempestuous winds. As the storm subsides, lyrical passages emerge, offering a poignant contrast that mirrors the calm after the storm. The virtuosic interplay of dynamics and textures showcases both the technical brilliance and emotional depth of the composition.

Fantaisie De La Tempête is a thrilling homage to the Romantic era, weaving together passion, beauty, and drama in a captivating musical journey.

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Fantaisie De La Tempête

L'Éclat Des Gouttes De Pluie by The Lumina Orchestra is a hauntingly beautiful and melancholic ballad for piano and violin, capturing the reflective stillness of rain as it gently falls. The piece evokes the glistening, delicate beauty of raindrops, each note shimmering like a droplet on the surface of water, leaving behind a trail of bittersweet emotion.

The piano sets the tone with soft, tender melodies, while the violin weaves in and out with emotional depth, its strings mirroring the delicate ebb and flow of rainfall. The piece builds layers of longing and nostalgia, each phrase lingering like the sound of raindrops on a quiet night, creating a sense of quiet introspection.

L'Éclat Des Gouttes De Pluie is a deeply evocative work, where the simplicity of the rain's quiet beauty is reflected in the rich, emotional textures of the piano and violin. This piece resonates with the listener, capturing the fragility and power of melancholy.

L’Éclat Des Gouttes De Pluie

I go to a fair to buy better rags
And I have the gold in my hand,
The slender man stretches beside me,
And links his arm in mine. 
Soon after that I am tipsy,
I don't care if I'm worn and cold,
Gone is the gold and with it the memory
of seven months without a coat,
and winters crushing hold.

He's slim, dark and handsome,
cunning, well-read, and cool as the snow,
I groaned in pain and I sunk,
in a doorway so damp.
I'd go to Moher or Dún Briste,
and leap from the cliffs,
I can work for him no more,
If only I could be away one a day.

The Banshee Aibell met us,
On the way I needed to go;
She said if the slim black boy would comply
That a hundred men would lock him up in a tower.
The slender man spoke sharply to her,
He said that his friend would not abandon him,
That he walked Ireland through woods and fields
With his company of wastrels raggedly following him.

The Slender Man 🕴☾ ｡⋆ ⊹₊

Dear friends,
“Eye Opener” is one of my oldest compositions, written during a time of searching, questioning, and uncertainty about where my journey would lead. This piece holds deep personal meaning for me, as it has accompanied me through different stages of my life. Every now and then, I revisit it to reflect on how I feel about it in the present moment.

I’m happy to share it with you and hope that some of the emotions I’ve poured into it resonate with you as well. If you’d like to play it yourself, you can download the music and sheet music (PDF) directly on Bandcamp (pay what you want). To make it work, select the album instead of the individual track. It has been added there as a digital bonus download.
https://sebastianmorawietz.bandcamp.com/album/eye-opener-free-sheet-music-pdf

Thank you for your time, your support, and for being part of this journey with me!

Yours truly,
Sebastian Morawietz

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Eye Opener + FREE Sheet Music

This song is based on Proverbs 31:10, the Bible description of the virtuous woman.

A Woman of God

This is the 23rd track and a gentle and warm piano solo song featuring a nostalgic sound, 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

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

Dark cinematic instrumental music group which the members also have solo/side projects; Takahiro Kido, Yuki Murata, RiLF, Films, Mizu Amane, Mokyow, Cru, and Tokyo Ambient Collective.