Third movement — Air à l'Italien — from Georg Philipp Telemann's Suite in A minor for Recorder & Strings. Performed by virtual ensemble of recorder, strings, and theorbo. The beautiful recorder is from Wallander Instruments. It is modelled, not sampled. Playing it on a wind controller (Akai EWI USB) is just like playing the real thing. Sloppy fingering can even cause squeaks just like on a real recorder. Amazing. (Those professional classical musicians I've talked to who don't know anything about virtual instruments really need to get their heads out of the sand, because the realism of these instruments is advancing rapidly. That's what I'm exploring here on SoundCloud.)

Telemann: Suite in A minor for Recorder & Strings, TWV 55:a2 - 3. Air à l'Italien (2013.12.01)

music by Heitor Villa-Lobos / 
guitar played by Frank Hiemenz
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Concert in "Michaelskapelle" in Witzenhausen/Germany
'93

"Prélude 1" by H.Villa-Lobos [live]

Paganini Niccolo SONATE 4

Chopin - Mazurka in B Major, Op. 56 No. 1

Chopin - Mazurka in C Minor, Op. 56 No. 3

Chopin - Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1

Chopin - Nocturne in F Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2

Composed by Romain Dasnoy
Arranged & Performed by Nicolas Horvath

Fractal Piano

Lost Fractal (Emergence)

Préludes

Prélude No. 23 in F major

Chillin' Classical Guitar - The Best Acoustic Songs, Simply Special Jazz, Relaxing Soft Guitar Music, Background Instrumental Music, Chill Out

Sexy Jazz

This upbeat piece, from Jean-Baptiste Lully's « Le bourgeois gentilhomme», caught my ear while watching a movie about a serial killer who left behind a CD with this music on it at the crime scenes. I’ll spare you the details of how this music relates to the murders; but will say that one of the detectives googled the composer's name, and learned that when he conducted his music, he used a staff («baton») to pound out the beat on the floor. During one performance, Lully missed the floor and rammed the staff into his foot instead, which became infected, and he eventually died of gangrene. Ok, gruesome; but, the music is delightful, I think. Performed here on virtual instruments: strings for the first time through, woodwinds (recorders, oboes, and bassoon) the second time, and tutti the third time (with continuo and percussion throughout). Played on a wind controller (Akai EWI USB).

Chopin - Nocturne in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1

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