My take on Chopin's saddest little prelude.  Two and a half minutes of ache.


Chopin Prelude No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 28

Benjamin Capps, cello
David Kaplan, piano

Recorded May 31, 2013 at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester, Vermont, as part of Vermont Public Radio and Burlington Ensemble's Beyond Beethoven collaboration.

Recording engineer: John Billingsley


Felix Mendelssohn:  Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45

Le tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. 

Each movement is dedicated to the memory of a friend of the composer (or in one case, two brothers) who had died fighting in World War I. Ravel also produced an orchestral version of the work in 1919, although this omitted two of the original movements.

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Le Tombeau de Couperin Suite - Menuet

The Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 is a scherzo by Frédéric Chopin. The work was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adèle Fürstenstein. Schumann compared this scherzo to a Byronic poem, "so overflowing with tenderness, boldness, love and contempt." 

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Scherzo Op.31 - No.2

Andante In C Major

Swan Lake Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875--1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.

Swan Lake - Danse Hongroise

Piano Sonata No.11 Mozart

First attempt at a new piece I've been playing around with. One take, no editing, slightly dodgy upright piano. So don't be a dick about the odd fluffed note/shitty sound quality :)
Mikhail Pletnev's genius transcription for solo piano of Sleeping Beauty. What a melody...


Tchaikovsky/Pletnev Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty

Adoration Instrumental (3)

‪Sonata in D K.535 - ‪Domenico Scarlatti‬ (1685 – 1757)

Pianist: Ryo Fukaura, UCL medical student, playing the piece from memory, in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital.

We'll be releasing more recordings with Ryo regularly over the next couple weeks:
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/ryo-fukaura-piano

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Ryo Fukaura: Scarlatti - Sonata in D K.535

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