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Examples of Contemporary Masterpieces for Piano, found in SC, listed here in arbitrary order. The list will  be added little by little...

Contemporary Masterpieces For Piano & Beyond

"Offrande" ("Offering") for piano solo, beautifully performed and recorded by the amazing Phil Best, to whom I give my profound thanks.

Score available for purchase at: http://www.swirlymusic.org/music/solo-piano/r-a-moulds-offrande-for-solo-piano/

Offrande (performed and recorded by Phil Best)(Op. 88, 2013)

2022

Winter Spell (Guitar solo)

Piano and Strings musical original composition : @syntaleta
Guitars and Mix : Neno J.

No More (Collab w Syntaleta-remastered)

spotify + more

telepath

Into The Heart Of Love

When You Find Your Love

Right Time, Wrong Train (Piano Improvisation)

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/piano-suite-ii-laraian-part-i-636801.html

Piano suite II (Laraian) part I

Aquarelles: IV. Hirondelles au Crépuscule (Swallows at Dusk) performed by the tremendously gifted Phil Best. Available for purchase of download or hard copy at https://www.swirlymusic.org/music/solo-piano/r-a-moulds-aquarelles-book-i-solo-piano/

Aquarelles: IV. Hirondelles au Crépuscule (performed by Phil Best)

This week MalLabel Music is taking a dip into a silky hot spring of liquid gold. Auor is a Collusion by the Auganism and Orkidz to bring you this sweet and sexy ride.

With no shortage of new musical ideas(or names for them), these gentleman have created yet another new avenue to follow. This golden journey is spawned from simple wordplay as 'Au' is the chemical shorthand for gold and 'or' is french for the precious metal. The pun doesn't stop there as this new moniker is pronounced just the same. Fitting as a name can be, the pseudonym describes this odyssey of luxurious rhythms with elegant simplicity. The slow, rich cadence and affluent stream of provocative melodies are sure to seduce even the most sophisticated of tastes.

The self-titled Auor EP opens with luscious, pulsing pads driving sexy vocals to a smooth Deep House drop in 'Do You Do'. These vocals carry us into chill, ambient territory with an almost trappy take on some beautiful Ambient Dub with a powerful female vocal hook in 'Messin Around With Me'. 'The Case' then chills us way the funk out with this glitched out, vocally arpeggiated and driving gem. Finally, 'Just The Way' sings us to a strong finish with a full compliment of emotional, organesque pads and heartstring tugging leads creating a passionate and empathetic ambience. Crack open your soul along with the EP and discover a truly a sentimental adventure through and through. 

MalLabel Music:

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Auor - The Case

Bolcom, Recuerdos - Paseo

Performed at Peabody Conservatory, May 2015

Rorem: Toccata

Staccato Improvisation

Sergei Rachmaninoff: PreludeOp3no2 C#Min, played in 1920's by Josef Hofmann On DuoArt  6525. 
Recorded in 2016 and the rec updated July 2017,  by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Josef Hofmann
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
PRELUDE (The Bells Of Moscow), Op. 3, No. 2 in C-sharp minor from "Morceaux de Fantaisie"
Roll Number: 6525, 6525-8
Composer/Creator: Rachmaninoff
Pianist: Hofmann
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: April, 1922
Category: classical
Original Price: $4.00 (Price after 1922)
*Roll info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Rachmaninoff: Prelude C#m  "The Bells of Moscow" Op.3 No 2. Josef Hofmann in 1922 on Duo-Art 6525

Grainger: Children's March 'Over the Hills And Far Away'. Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough 1920 on Duo-Art 6368.
Recorded in 2016, and the rec. updated Nov 24, 2017and Feb 22, 2023 by VViljanen (by permission)from playback of digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using a modelled Grand Blüthner modified by VVV
Photo: Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
CHILDREN'S MARCH: Over the Hills And Far Away (arrangement for Two Pianos)
Roll Number: 6368, 6368-5
Composer/Creator: Grainger
Pianist: Grainger, Hough
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: December, 1920
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $3.25 (Price after 1922)
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Grainger: Children's March, Percy Grainger & Lotta Hough in 1920, on Duo-Art 6368

Josef Lhévinne plays César Cui: Causerie (Conversation) Etude Op.40 No.6, in 1925 on Ampico 64273.
Re-recorded Feb 3, 2017 by VViljanen (by permission)from digitally simulated reconstructed original reproducing piano roll, using on its playback a modelled grand, reconfigured, revoiced, redesigned and the mic/rec setup made by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: César Cui 1835-1918
Josef Lhévinne 1874-1944
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CAUSERIE (CONVERSATION) Etude Op. 40, No. 6, F major
Roll Number: 64273, 64273H
Composer/Creator: Cui
Pianist: Lhevinne
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: April, 1925
Category: classical
Original Price: $2.00
*Info source: The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

César Cui: Causerie, Etude Op. 40 No 6. Josef Lhévinne 1925 on Ampico 64273

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/for-piano-636796.html

For Piano

GabrielMarie: Causerie (Conversation), Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840.
Recorded by VViljanen (by permission) from playback of the digitally simulated reconstructed  original reproducing piano roll. The rec updated Feb 6, 2023 by VV using a modelled Blüthner grand modified and revoiced by VV.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Gabriel Marie (1852-1928). Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie (8 January 1852, Paris – 29 August 1928, Puigcerdà, Girona, Spain) was a French romantic composer and conductor.
The basic info of the original piano roll:
CONVERSATION (Salon Piece)
Roll Number: 6840, 68407
Composer/Creator: Marie
Pianist: Haggard
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1925
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $1.75
(Source of the roll info: The Piano Player Group web page)

Gabriel Marie: Causerie (Conversation).  Pauline Haggard 1925 on Duo-Art 6840

Raff: Etude In F# 'La Fileuse' Op. 157 No 2. Michael V. Zadora Ca.1920 On Ampico 50594.
Recorded 18 July 2017, by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED.
Photo: Michael von Zadora 1882 - 1946
Basic info* of the original piano roll:
LA FILEUSE Etude Op. 157, No. 2
Roll Number: 50594, 50594E
Composer/Creator: Raff
Pianist: Zadora
Roll System: Ampico
Country: US
Date: n/a
Category: classical
Original Price: $1.25
*Roll info source: from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

Raff: Etude in F# Major  'La Fileuse' Op. 157 No 2. Michael v. Zadora ca. 1920 on Ampico 50594

Michelangelo Rossi: Andantino G major & A.Scarlatti: Toccata Nona. Alfred Kugel 1925 on Duo-Art 68530.
Recorded 25 July 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from digitally simulated  original reproducing piano roll.
ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo: Alessandro Scarlatti 1660 - 1725
Basic info* of the original reproducing piano roll:
ANDANTINO, in G (Michelangelo Rossi, died 1660); 
TOCCATA NONA (Alessandro Scarlatti 1660-1725)
Roll Number: 6853, 68530
Composer/Creator: Various
Pianist: Kugel
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: US
Date: February, 1925
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: $2.50
*Roll basic info source: among other sources from The Piano Player Group web page (by permission)

M. Rossi: Andantino in G & A.Scarlatti: Toccata Nona. Alfred Kugel 1925 on Duo-Art 68530

Rowley Rambling Sailor. William Murdoch In 1920's On Duo - Art 0341.
Recorded 25 July 2017 by VViljanen (by permission) from a digitially simulated reconstructed  original reproducing piano roll. The rec updated Feb 16, 2023 by VV.
COMMERCIAL USE PROHIBITED. 
Photo by VV: Tall Ships Race Turku 2017
The Basic info* of the original piano roll:
The RAMBLING SAILOR
Roll Number: 0341, 0341
Composer/Creator: Rowley
Pianist: Murdock
Roll System: Duo-Art
Country: UK
Date: n/a
Category: popular, salon
Original Price: n/a
Notes: For grade B; Regular issues resumed
*Roll info source: The Player Piano Group web page (by permission)

Alec Rowley: The Rambling Sailor. William Murdoch in 1920's on Duo-Art 0341

Family Portrait

Happy Birthday Nick

Score available at https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/piano-suite-ii-laraian-part-iv-636805.html

Piano suite II (Laraian) part IV

Ètude Nr.10 for Piano Solo

Recorded live in concert. From "Musica notturna dalle strade di Madrid", arranged by Giuseppe Cecchin. Duo Vernissage, Giuseppe Cecchin cello Laura sarti violin. 

L.Boccherini Passacaglia Duo Vernissage

A short collection of piano miniatures, written for my dear friend, Rob Haskins. Note that the set is presented in order of composition, but the performer has the option of rearranging the order in any way that suits him or her. (Note: this is a MIDI realization of the score.)

Sheet music may be purchased at: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21142973

Right Time, Wrong Train (Piano Improvisation)

Brian James McDonald