A hand picked selection of my piano recordings that will help you concentrate or simply relax and enjoy

Relax [.] Concentrate [.] Study [.]

original music: Karol Szymanowski
free score: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Szymanowski,_Karol
piano: Carlos Márquez

Forgotten Piano Gems Vol. 1

Prelude in D Minor No. 2, Op. 1

Get Commercial License

Szymanowski: Prelude in D Minor Op. 1 No. 2

Composer Monica Xiao
@monicaxiao

From her album "Piano Droplets"
https://monicaxiao.bandcamp.com/album/piano-droplets

Exquisite piano music with a jazzy touch!

Background texture by Skeletalmess
flic.kr/p/9z9xef

Monica Xiao: Burst Into Waltz

Monica Xiao: Mother's Childhood Story

original music: Karol Szymanowski
free score: imslp.org/wiki/Category:Szymanowski,_Karol
piano: Carlos Márquez

from "Chopin, Szymanowski: Preludes"
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NTWIBZM
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chopin-szymanowski-preludes/id920586887

image by zoutedrop: www.flickr.com/photos/zoutedrop

Szymanowski: Prelude in B Flat Major Op. 1 No. 4

Composer: Tuukka Jokilehto https://soundcloud.com/tuukka-jokilehto
Piece: Serenity
Performer: Carlos Márquez

About the composer:
"I live in Finland and I compose for the piano. I take a special interest in composing easy music for beginners, music that hopefully makes learning the piano interesting and fun."

Composer scores available:
http://musescore.com/user/204621

Background image by Sami:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samisin/



Tuukka Jokilehto: Serenity

Composer: Tuukka Jokilehto https://soundcloud.com/tuukka-jokilehto
Piece: A Love Story
Performer: Carlos Márquez

About the composer:
"I live in Finland and I compose for the piano. I take a special interest in composing easy music for beginners, music that hopefully makes learning the piano interesting and fun."

Composer scores available:
musescore.com/user/204621

Background image by Sami:
https://flic.kr/p/5b9D2V

Tuukka Jokilehto: A Love Story

Piano: Carlos Márquez (@cmdigital)
Composer: Arthur Breur (@arthurbreur)

***

Composer Arthur Breur writes about this piece:

"This piece was my reaction to the story of a little girl named Marquishia whose life was too short and tragic. I think she deserved more than her fate, and I wrote this lullaby to sooth my own grief after following the developing story in the news, as it happened.

"... Lloyd and Toombs told Culver City police Sept. 22, 1992, that Marquishia had disappeared during a shopping trip at the Fox Hills Mall. In the days that followed, Toombs appeared on television to ask help in finding the missing girl.

"When police summoned Lloyd and Toombs to the Culver City station for further questioning Sept. 28, the women admitted that the first story was a fabrication. They said that Marquishia had drowned accidentally in a bathtub at Toombs' home in Ontario.

"The women told police they panicked after the girl died and Lloyd dumped Marquishia's body beside a lonely stretch of road in the Lucerne Valley. Lloyd directed police to where the body was found and both women were placed under arrest. At that time, Lloyd was booked on suspicion of murder and Toombs was booked on suspicion of being an accessory to the crime."

***

Sheet Music (free/buy): www.ArthurBreur.com/sheet-music

Recording ℗2014 Carlos Márquez
A Lullaby for Marquishia ©1992 Arthur Breur
Background image by Frank Black Noir www.flickr.com/photos/frankblacknoir/7728870164

Arthur Breur - A Lullaby For Marquishia - Carlos Márquez, piano

Piano: Carlos Márquez (@cmdigital)
Composer: Arthur Breur (@arthurbreur)

***

Composer Arthur Breur writes about his piece:

"In college, my friend Kelly Morse asked me to play the theme that would be created by using the composing trick of finding the letters of his name lined up on the keyboard (extending the alphabet up beyond g); at the time, I was a bit stumped to make it sound interesting: d-e-e-e-d-f-a-d-e-e

"Years later, Kelly reminded me that he'd been disappointed that his name didn't make for a good melody — and I decided to prove that I was a good enough composer to make it work.

"Here is the result."

***

Sheet Music (free/buy): www.ArthurBreur.com/sheet-music

Recording ℗2014 Carlos Márquez
Kelly Morse Theme ©2008 Arthur Breur
Background image by Frank Black Noir www.flickr.com/photos/frankblacknoir/7728870164

Arthur Breur - Kelly Morse Theme - Carlos Márquez Piano

Composer Arthur Breur writes about this piece:
An interlude composed by request for a Jewish wedding; elements influenced by "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof.
***
Piano: Carlos Márquez (@cmdigital)
Composer: Arthur Breur (@arthurbreur)
***
Recording ℗2014 Carlos Márquez
Dance ©1987 Arthur Breur
Sheet Music (free/buy): www.ArthurBreur.com/sheet-music
***
Background image by Frank Black Noir www.flickr.com/photos/frankblacknoir/7728870164

Arthur Breur - Dance - Carlos Márquez, piano

Composer: Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
Piece: Prelude I (1928)
Performer: Carlos Márquez

Federico Mompou: Prelude I (1928)

Composer: Tuukka Jokilehto @tuukka-jokilehto
Piece: Romance
Performer: Carlos Márquez

About the composer:
"I live in Finland and I compose for the piano. I take a special interest in composing easy music for beginners, music that hopefully makes learning the piano interesting and fun."

Composer scores available:
musescore.com/user/204621

picture: Sunset, Saltsjöbaden
by Sami
https://flic.kr/p/7M3M4x

Tuukka Jokilehto: Romance

Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piece: Kinderscenen Op. 15 (1838)
Pianist: Carlos Márquez

More information about the piece:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderszenen

Background image:
"Kids on swings silhouetted against the sunset"
https://flic.kr/p/aWguhB


Robert Schumann: Kinderscenen Op. 15 - 12. Child Falling Asleep

Note from the composer:

Mia: Thank you for warming our laps and our hearts for ten wonderful years. You were the prettiest cat at the Tampa Humane Society, and you were the sweetest pet anyone could ever wish for. No more hurting, no more fear.

Mia: 2002(?)-2013

This piece is a little bit theme, a little bit song, and a little bit requiem.

While I'm a little embarrassed by how emotional I've been over the loss of a pet, I also recognize how close we become to our animals, and how we both invest and are rewarded with love and emotion because of having them.

This was composed in an effort to try to get my emotions out during a sad but necessary time, and to create a memorial for a beloved pet. At first I fretted (no pun intended) over the ridiculously simple chord progression and repetitive melody—until I realized that my emotions were likewise stuck in a simple, repetitive loop, rehashing again and again our sadness and loss. I find myself humming the melody as a representation of my feelings, repeating it far more often that it would be played in a single performance of the piece... that makes me think I got it right.

℗2015 Carlos Márquez
http://soundcloud.com/@cmdigital

Tema Triste
©2013 Arthur Breur
Sheet Music: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/mia-digital-sheet-music/20703012

Background image by Frank Black Noir 
http://flickr.com/photos/frankblacknoir/7728870164

Arthur Breur - Mia - Carlos Márquez, piano

Alexander Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 No. 12

" I like walking, so I've created a new musical genre, the gymnosolitude, to describe the happiness, sadness and melancholy of walking in solitude" -Tuukka Jokilehto.

Scores available:
http://musescore.com/user/204621

Background image by Murat Ertürk:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/muraterturk/7684002404

Tuukka Jokilehto: Gymnosolitude No. 1 Lonely Dinosaur in Paris

Composer Monica Xiao
@monicaxiao

From her album "Piano Droplets"
monicaxiao.bandcamp.com/

Exquisite piano music with a jazzy touch!

Background texture by Skeletalmess
https://flic.kr/p/9z9xef

Monica Xiao: My Baby Girl

From my album "Daydream Preludes". A collection of original short piano pieces perfect to relax, meditate or concentrate.

Now streaming in Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.

Or listen to the entire album in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUpnUsuMrxdh7oYANsx52cf3vGHTfHd_U

Daydream Preludes

Raining in the Park

iTunes

Raining in The Park

Dirk Maassen composes wonderful short piano pieces inspired by contemporary composers such as Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi. 

I took on his invitation to record any of his piano pieces, and told him I would record 'Addio'... just to find out that there was no score! ... So after working directly with him the score was created and here is my take on it.

Reflections

Dirk Maassen: Addio

I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake.  ~Author Unknown

piano: Carlos Márquez

Dirk Maassen: Lullaby for the Sleepless

original music: @ascoltadi
piano: Carlos Márquez

image by Luis Argerich
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3100004767/

Dirk Maassen: Fragile

Classically trained pianist. I enjoy playing not only the traditional repertoire but also pieces from unusual composers.