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Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Suite - Symphony Orchestra

Naturgenuss - Schubert Six Liede For Male Quartet and Guitar

Zita in Wonderland - 24 pure piano miniatures in neoclassical style for children and beginners - Book I (pieces 1-12) played by pianist Pamela Chng (https://soundcloud.com/pamela-chng) 
Make sure to watch the lovely video!! http://youtu.be/1dP63YZ505Q

For a long time I had intended to write some piano pieces for children and beginners. My aim was to create original works, that are relatively easy to play but nevertheless interesting and challenging modern classical music in "pure piano Beneking-Style". Now the 24 miniatures are finished, and I hope that many people will enjoy them!

Please feel free to copy and share the booklet! 
All pianists, piano teachers and piano schools can use it without any cost!
Here is the direct link to the Zita booklet: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/edxcd0n6yi2p2ac/Beneking%20-%20Booklet%20-%20Zita%20in%20Wonderland.pdf

It can also be downloaded on my website, where you will find many more works for free usage: www.beneking.com/zita

If you want to have a printed copy of "Zita in Wonderland", you can buy it on Amazon at production cost (5 USD, 4 Euro):
http://www.amazon.com/Zita-Wonderland-miniatures-children-beginners/dp/1492193143/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378036404&sr=1-9&keywords=Stephan+Beneking

Also I am welcoming all recordings -especially from children and beginners- and would offer to upload them onto my SoundCloud page and/or YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/steveberlin0815

Sincere thanks to the pianists Pamela Chng, Andrew Eales and Hal Freedman for their support and advice during this project!

Zita Video

Zita in Wonderland -Book I-#5 Advice from a Caterpillar-played by Pamela Chng- www.beneking.com/zita

New England Conservatory President Emeritus and Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music, Laurence Lesser Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, by Alex Hug

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Prelude

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida - Marcia Triunfal

If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album! Thank you!
You can also listen to all Albums on Spotify in this 5 hour playlist of my pure neoclassical piano music here:
https://play.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1
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10 Nocturnes - 12 Valkyries
New Album with 22 tracks, most of them never performed or heard before!

The Album consists of 10 Nocturnes, "Nachtlieder von der Toteninsel", and 12 Valkyries, ranging from C minor to B minor. 60 minutes of finest pure neoclassical piano original compositions in classical style, brilliantly performed by pianist Carlos Márquez (https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital).

If you can´t wait for a whole year until all pieces are uploaded onto SoundCloud- this album is available on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Spotify and many other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-10-nocturnes/id796672001
A physical CD will be available on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=stephan+beneking

The scores for the two series you can find for free download here: 
Nocturnes: http://www.beneking.com/nachtlieder
Valkyries: http://www.beneking.com/valkyries

Printed booklets with all scores are available on Amazon (also Amazon Europe and UK) for about production price only (5 USD):
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Stephan+Beneking&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AStephan+Beneking

Picture:
The "Toteninsel" (Isle of Dead) is one of the most famous paintings of the romantic period of the 19th century by the swiss painter Arnold Böcklin. It exists in three originals worldwide and it has inspired many artists (including Rachmaninov) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Dead_(painting)


Nocturne No. 1 - played by Carlos Márquez - NEW 22-track Album on iTunes

Esta obra pertenece al segundo movimiento para piano n21 de Mozart,sin embargo ,Casi un siglo más tarde, Elvira Madigan (1867-1889), joven acróbata danesa, estando de gira en Suecia, conoce al conde Sixten Sparre, oficial de la armada sueca, y se enamoran. Es un amor complicado, imposible para la época, ella es una artista y él un oficial casado y con dos hijos. Tras tres años escondiendo su amor huyen a Dinamarca, pero sólo dos semanas después se quedan sin recursos y no ven otra salida que la muerte. Se les encontró muertos en el claro de un bosque; tras almorzar Sixten sacó su arma reglamentaria y mató a Elvira, luego se suicidó. 
En 1967 se rodó una película sobre esta historia:  Elvira Madigan,  y se utilizó
el segundo movimiento del concierto nº 21 de Mozart como banda sonora; desde entonces la melodía es  conocida con el nombre de Elvira Madigan.


Elvira Madigan Mozart

The opening theme to Andante from trio in E-flat, opus 100 by Schubert. Arranged for cello quintet and performed by Deryn Cullen.
Full track available to purchase as a download here:
https://deryncullen.bandcamp.com/track/andante-from-trio-in-e-flat-op-100-franz-schubert

Download

Schubert - Theme From Andante

"A la recherche du temps perdu" No. 3 - "Le Côte de Guermantes" - performed by pianist Ellen Cunningham Weaver, USA, on a Schimmel Grand Piano (https://soundcloud.com/ellen-w-1).

"Time" is the main theme of "A la recherche du temps perdu", inspired by the amazing book "In search of the lost time" by Marcel Proust. We live in "fast times", we are "stressed", and we all are longing for the "temps perdu", when life was slower, more down tempo. So the pieces in this series, called after the chapter titles of Proust´s book, are very slow, very accentuated, very expressive. Both listeners and pianists should take their time, to play and listen, as a short break from "normal times"...

Ellen recorded all 7 pieces of the series " A la recherche du temps perdu" and 4 pieces of the new "Adveniat" series. Both series are very contemplative, and Ellen´s masterful interpretations accentuate this character so well. We are sure you will enjoy our new "pure piano" Album!
======================================================
If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album or share/repost to all classical piano enthusiasts on your social networks! Thank you!
======================================================
The Album is available on iTunes, BandCamp, Google Play, Amazon MP3, Spotify and other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-la-recherche/id825617084
http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-recherche-temps-perdu/dp/B00IXOON1M
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Ellen_Cunningham_Weaver_Stephan_Beneking_Stephan_B?id=Bapwkuyfmdtbpto47spiaf3jln4
http://beneking.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu
It is also part of this 5-hour-playlist with all my albums on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1

Have a look at the beautiful physical CD, availalble on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-recherche-temps-perdu/dp/B00IKVT6YW

Scores/sheet music of can be downloaded for free here: 
"A la recherche du temps perdu": http://www.beneking.com/temps
"Adveniat": http://www.beneking.com/adveniat

Picture: Gaby Ehringshausen, Berlin

A la recherche du temps perdu No. 3 -played by Ellen Cunningham Weaver -on iTunes, Spotify, BandCamp

If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album and share/repost to all classical piano enthusiasts! Thank you!
==================================================
10 Nocturnes - 12 Valkyries
The Album consists of 10 Nocturnes, "Nachtlieder von der Toteninsel", and 12 Valkyries, ranging from C minor to B minor. 60 minutes of finest pure neoclassical piano original compositions in classical style, brilliantly performed by pianist Carlos Márquez (https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital).

If you can´t wait for a whole year until all pieces are uploaded onto SoundCloud- this album is available on iTunes, AmazonMP3, GooglePlay, Spotify and many other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-10-nocturnes/id796672001
http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-10-Nocturnes-Valkyries/dp/B00HY06NE6
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Carlos_Márquez_Stephan_Beneking_10_Nocturnes_12_Va?id=Bpdyw7jvcnzfqoellf2z3snzcfy

You can also listen to all Albums on Spotify in this 6 hour playlist of my pure neoclassical piano music here:
https://play.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1
http://open.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1

A physical CD is available on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=stephan+beneking

The scores for the two series you can find for free download here: 
Nocturnes: http://www.beneking.com/nachtlieder
Valkyries: http://www.beneking.com/valkyries

Printed booklets with all scores are available on Amazon (also Amazon Europe and UK):
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Stephan+Beneking&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AStephan+Beneking

Picture:
The "Toteninsel" (Isle of Dead) is one of the most famous paintings of the romantic period of the 19th century by the swiss painter Arnold Böcklin. It exists in three originals worldwide and it has inspired many artists (including Rachmaninov) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Dead_(painting)


Nocturne No. 5 - played by Carlos Márquez - 22-track Album on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc

"A la recherche du temps perdu" No. 4 - "Sodome et Gomorrhe" - performed by pianist Ellen Cunningham Weaver, USA, on a Schimmel Grand Piano (https://soundcloud.com/ellen-w-1).

"Time" is the main theme of "A la recherche du temps perdu", inspired by the amazing book "In search of the lost time" by Marcel Proust. We live in "fast times", we are "stressed", and we all are longing for the "temps perdu", when life was slower, more down tempo. So the pieces in this series, called after the chapter titles of Proust´s book, are very slow, very accentuated, very expressive. Both listeners and pianists should take their time, to play and listen, as a short break from "normal times"...

Ellen recorded all 7 pieces of the series " A la recherche du temps perdu" and 4 pieces of the new "Adveniat" series. Both series are very contemplative, and Ellen´s masterful interpretations accentuate this character so well. We are sure you will enjoy our new "pure piano" Album!
======================================================
If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album or share/repost to all classical piano enthusiasts on your social networks! Thank you!
======================================================
The Album is available on iTunes, BandCamp, Google Play, Amazon MP3, Spotify and other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-la-recherche/id825617084
http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-recherche-temps-perdu/dp/B00IXOON1M
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Ellen_Cunningham_Weaver_Stephan_Beneking_Stephan_B?id=Bapwkuyfmdtbpto47spiaf3jln4
http://beneking.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu
It is also part of this 5-hour-playlist with all my albums on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1

Have a look at the beautiful physical CD, availalble on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-recherche-temps-perdu/dp/B00IKVT6YW

Scores/sheet music of can be downloaded for free here: 
"A la recherche du temps perdu": http://www.beneking.com/temps
"Adveniat": http://www.beneking.com/adveniat

Picture: Gaby Ehringshausen, Berlin

All albums on Spotify

A la recherche du temps perdu No. 4 - played by Ellen Cunningham Weaver - Album on iTunes, Spotify

An orchestra excerpt recording and mix of the students of the Concis Lahti Conservatory performing in Lahti, Finland.

7 pieces were performed and recorded that night, this is the 3rd piece.
If anyone could tell me the name of the piece, it would be greatly appreciated.

Originally mixed for surround sound but bounced down into stereo.

Lahti, Finland Orchestra Recording Mix (Scene De Ballet by Charles De Beriot)

The Gymnopédies, published in Paris starting in 1888, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.

The melodies of the pieces use deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, which are to play each piece "painfully", "sadly" or "gravely".

Audius Classical Music
https://audius.co/classicalmusic

Best of Satie
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/gymnopedie-no-1-single/847714522

Satie on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vzKMInu4PzU2Qyi6NgmRK

Satie Album on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Erik-Satie-Essential-Collection/dp/B00J0LBFIG/

Erik Satie - The Essential Collection

Classical Music - The Essential Collection

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Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1

Bedtime Baby Lullaby Classical Music Mozart Bach Beethoven Pachelbel Sleep Music 1 Hour

QUARTETTO d'ARCHI - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, F. Handel

http://devis-demenagement-tunisie.com/
http://www.devis-demenageurs.tn/

The Best Of Classical Music - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin..

Boston Secession
Jane Ring Frank, Conductor
Afterlife:  German Choral Meditations on Mortality
Johannes Brahms, Missa Canonica
"Kyrie"

02 Missa Canonica- Kyrie

Dvorak - Serenade for strings in E - II. Tempo di valse

UCL Chamber Music Club concert - Thursday 7th June 2012
www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music

Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Liebeslieder (Love Songs), Op.52 (1868-9), Nos.1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18

Anne Taylor – soprano,  Annika Lindskog – alto,  Luke Thomas – tenor,  Amos Paran – bass
Roger Beeson, Steve Copeland – piano duet  

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Lahti, Finland Orchestra Recording Mix (Scene De Ballet by Charles De Beriot)

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