Name: Prelude in C Major by chad lawson
Duration: 2 min 17 s
Description: From the multi-nominated Album of the Year release, The Piano, hear samples of each song from the album.

Trying times at work at the moment - so as usual when I'm in a bit of turmoil or under a bit of stress I sit at my piano... and this is what came out of it tonight.

I envisage it as a Pirate losing a loved one to the sea and lamenting forever more. A little too sad? Maybe... 

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Image is by Ozan Uzel: https://www.freeimages.com/photo/before-the-storm-1401546

Lost At Sea [Solo Piano]

The 12 Valkyries are figures from the Nordic mythology - they collect the slain heroes from the battlefield and bring them to "Valhalla", the "holy hall".

This piece goes out to Isabella Charlotta Maria Zita Beneking, my little Valkyrie. Isabella, one of my identical-twin daughters, died in 2006, 2 days before her birth.
This tragedy is the main reason for the deep melancholy in my works.
Thank you, dear Paul (https://soundcloud.com/paul-de-clerck), for playing it for her!
I am sure she will listen to it from "Valhalla"....

The whole series is devoted to Isabella, you can find the scores booklet here: http://www.beneking.com/valkyries
There are some further recordings of this series coming soon.

Painting: Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyrie, 1865

Booklet with Scores

Valkyrie No. 12 - played by Paul de Clerck - for Isabella Charlotta Maria Zita

Introducing "Glacial Phoenix," a transcendent collection of 10 soft piano tracks, each one a gentle whisper of melody designed to breathe life into the rich tapestries of RPG and JRPG worlds. As the title suggests, this album is an embodiment of both the serene and the majestic, perfect for developers and content creators seeking to infuse their games with an atmosphere of contemplative calm and subtle grandeur.

Crafted with the delicate touch of a storyteller, every track in "Glacial Phoenix" is a chapter in an unwritten saga, waiting to set the scene for heroes’ journeys, tranquil village settings, and introspective moments. The soft piano tones echo the quiet footsteps of a lone adventurer across icy landscapes, the warm light in a cozy inn, or the tender scenes that tug at the heartstrings.

"Glacial Phoenix" offers more than background music; it is an invitation to a sensory experience that complements the visual artistry of any game. With compositions that flow as gracefully as time-worn tales, these tracks are ideal for enhancing narrative depth, adding layers of emotion, and enriching the player's immersion.

For creators who craft worlds of fantasy and seek to captivate their audience, "Glacial Phoenix" is an essential companion. Its melodies promise to linger with the listener, like the soft echo of a distant myth, ensuring that every quest is not only played but truly felt.

Elevate your creative work with the ethereal touch of "Glacial Phoenix," where each note is a flutter of the soul's wings against the silent frost of imagined realms.

6 - Phat Phrog Studio - Glacial Phoenix - Frostbite Flats

Happy sound created by James Last
played by Michael Hauber on Steinway B 211

Happy Heart - James Last - Steinway

From the multi-nominated Album of the Year release, The Piano, hear samples of each song from the album.  

Prelude in C Major

As Only Yesterday

My Romance

Sonata 46 for violin and classical guitar

Sandra Haniszewska - Violin
Tomasz Kandulski - Classical Guitar

I was attending music school as an undergraduate in 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. At the time, Matthew Gould (of Duo 46) was attending as a Doctoral student in guitar and living in Austin with his partner, violinist Beth Schneider. They had started Duo 46 maybe a few years before this. I was hanging out with them a lot in those days - just going over to their apartment or whatever. One day, Matt said to me, "Hey man, why don't you write us a piece?", and I said, "Umm.. ok."

At this point, I don't think they expected much. They hadn't had that many pieces written for them yet, and I was just starting as a composer, only in my second year of school. I decided I wanted to write something that would really show off what they could do technically and musically, and that would leave audiences breathless.

Not knowing how to begin, I lifted a line from a piece that I had just written - a solo flute piece titled "The Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi". That became the opening line of the piece. Then, inspired by the one movement sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, I wrote the piece based on that line. The piece is full of things that I was just discovering and becoming influenced by at the time: baroque sonatas, renaissance lute music (hence the "lute" tuning of the guitar), the tangos of Piazzolla as well as the ever-present rock and heavy metal that has always been part of my music. Since Duo 46 premiered the piece in 1999, Sonata 46 has become one of my most frequently and widely performed pieces.

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Sonata 46 (Haniszewska-Kandulski Duo)

A set of 11 original piano nocturnes by pianist composer, Phil Best. 

Nocturnes are dark, melancholic virtual love songs full of pathos and longing. Each one feels like an intimate soliloquy about unrequited love, heartbreak and desire.

Inspired by Chopin's masterpieces of this genre, Phil explores a more contemporary approach, mixing in jazz, blues, pop and filmic elements.

Nocturnes

Come Back To Me

Now on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4AF0aitUscPlkAPmS8t6m7?si=6UEkbRYAQgWPvyc6t64-Zg

Nostalgia

Sample tracks from the newly released, The Space Between.

05. Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Loves Me - The Space Between Sample

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Prelude in C Major

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