I've recorded lots of tunes where I have added many layers of instruments to broaden the sound, but having just listened through tunes on "Piano Cloud", I thought I'd get back to my roots & switch off the lights, press record & just play! Ashes is the result.

Ashes

Butterfly Waltz [Piano & Violin Duet] - by Brian Crain

You can also follow me on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/2MRR1lV and stream the albums I have released there.

Piano Improvisation no. 108

Brian Crain - A Glimmer In Her Eyes

Ethereal and haunting experimental piano music.  Availalbe on the album "Where Tides Defy the Moon"
https://mythicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-tides-defy-the-moon

Abandoned Toys - Intoxicating Rememberances Fluttering

First movement from Schumann's Fantasiestucke Op 73 (originally for clarinet and piano).
Cello - Deryn Cullen
Piano - Paul Gardner
For a huge selection of beautifully performed and recorded piano accompaniments visit Paul's site at http://www.piano-accompaniments.com/.

Schumann - Fantasiestucke Op 73 (Zart und mit Ausdruck)

Some of the songs are featuring Cello & Piano others just fir the new age piano category. I'll keep updating as I go along. This entire set is by Brian Crain except the last two. Those are by Phillip Wesley

Go here to listen to even more of his songs and albums and I can get the song for you. Most of them I already got though.

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Andante Cantabile Brian Crain

Brian Crain - Song For Sienna

Wings To Freedom

It's a live session at the radio France Bleu,  recording by Patrice Lecomte. 
Piano & voice . Thank You!:)
Lyrics :
It's been a while baby, 
It's been a while honey, 
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride.
It's been a while babe,
I didn't see you honey, 
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride.

So I came to see you that day, 
Caus' you were on my road, 
Going out of my head.
Feeling so tired,
I wanted to say to you,
That I never planed to hurt you,
You were sitting in you bar,
Cooking some tiramisu,
When suddenly you turned around,
You were looking at me and smile, 
What a surprise !

And you said :
« It's been a while babe, 
It's been a while honey,
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride.
It's been a while baby, 
I didn't see you honey, 
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride ».

You know that,
I've been thinking about you, 
Every day and every night, 
Are you coming from the sky? 
You're like a cloud,
I've been busy all the time, 
And yet, I couldn't hear me singing,
I couldn't hear a word,
I couldn't hear a sound.

Caus' your eyes never lied.
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
Never never never lied,
To me.

And you said :
« It's been a while babe, 
It's been a while honey,
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride.
It's been a while baby, 
I didn't see you honey, 
Just a long long ride, 
Just a long long ride ».

Just a long long ride (LIVE FRANCE BLEU)

Play the Game (Live)

I've created this page just to show my support and spread the word about this very talented and creative pianist. 

Brian was born in Hollywood, California. He has been composing music as long as he can remember. Family members tell him that when he was very young he began whistling nearly all the time. When someone would ask what he was whistling, Brian would usually answer something like, "I don't know. I just made it up."

He was only six years old when his parents bought a baby grand piano, thinking that Brian's musical talents could use a more polished medium. But Brian continued to whistle his songs. He was not drawn to the keyboard.

When he was ten years old, Brian began taking piano lessons, but he soon became bored with the lessons. Besides, the piano took time away from his new passion, baseball. So he gave up the piano. His need to compose, however, would not be stopped. His friends would often hear him whistling his newest compositions during practice or games on the baseball diamond. At this young age, Brian was dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player while whistling his own songs.

When Brian was fifteen years old he began editing award-winning educational films. While he was still a teenager, he began doing sound on Hollywood films. At nineteen years of age, he built his own sound studio to complete the first feature-length film in Hollywood to be finished in R-DAT digital audio. Some of his technical innovations in post-production sound became standard Hollywood practice.

During this time Brian would occasionally sit down at that nearly forgotten piano. He would improvise at the keyboard, just as he had always improvised with his whistling, playing with the notes until something started sounding just right. He was, without realizing it, teaching himself to play the piano.

Also without intending to do it, Brian was training himself to compose at the piano. By his early twenties, he was composing songs for award-winning children's films. He was also still nurturing his dream of playing professional baseball, but after unsuccessful tryouts with professional teams, he sadly let that dream slip away.
It was during this time that his family suggested he record his personal piano works and release them on CD. He had never seriously considered recording for CD release, but when he recorded the first album, it was so well received that he now spends all his time composing and recording his own works. He continues to be encouraged by loyal fans who frequently tell him that his music has changed their lives. Now he jokes that the best thing that ever happened to him was not becoming a professional baseball player.

Brian's compositions Butterfly Waltz, Northern Lights, A Walk in the Forest and Lavender Hills are used as theme music and background music for television dramas and commercials in Asia. The use of Brian's music in this fashion has made him very popular in all of Asia.

In 2005 Brian composed his first two symphonies, entitled Spring Symphonies, which were recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Brian debuted these symphonies with the Dakota Symphony Orchestra on Oct 8th 2005. He also performs regular piano concerts in Asia and the U.S. and is currently working on his eleventh album.

Brian Crain - A Glimmer In Her Eyes

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