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Canarios - Gaspar Sanz

#1 Billboard Classical
#1 iTunes Classical Album (US)
#1 Amazon Classical

License this piece at - 
https://www.musicbed.com/songs/nocturneinfminore28093op552cno128variation29/12742

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Chopin needed a new introduction.  Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Norah Jones), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a minimalist landscape.

It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.  

Taking 10 Chopin works, Lawson decided to scale the works down to a minimalist setting.  "I knew even if bare-bones, Chopin's works could still be as spellbinding as the original compositions we are so familiar with." says the pianist.  

Produced by Chad Lawson & Alejandro Clavijo. Mixed by Stephen Lee Price.  Mastered by Michael Graves of Osiris Studios (Atlanta, GA).

Chopin Nocturne in F Minor-Op. 55, No 1 (Variation) Piano, Violin, Cello - Chad Lawson

Bonus track comes as a digital download with BLUESAmericana vinyl. Special edition signed copies are available exclusively at http://www.kebmo.com/store

Midnight Shuffle

My arrangement for Mr Beethoven's sonata, with the most amazing bass library I've played - ABJ. by AmpleSound http://www.amplesound.net/en/index.asp

Moonlight Sonata Orchestral - AmpleSound ABJ Demo

Astronauts 'In My Direction' - single released 19/1/15. 

One of the highlights from the debut Astronauts album ‘Hollow Ponds’, ‘In My Direction’ is a gorgeous, cascading slice of dark, folky pop, with Dan’s breathy vocal harmonies - and call-and-responses with his friend and collaborator Michael Cranny – floating reassuringly over an intertwining acoustic guitar flow and taut percussive backbone. As with all the best Astronauts material, it’s hooky, emotionally involving, and mildly unsettling, all at once. 

The brilliant video for the song was conceived and made by Armenia-based production company Manana Films, after they approached Dan about collaboration earlier this year. The result is an idiosyncratic, unforgettable video starring Armenian actor Andranik Lavchyan rhythmically wending his way around the capital Yerevan, confusing everyone he encounters. 

‘In My Direction’ is backed with a remix of the ‘Hollow Ponds’ track ‘Everything’s A System, Everything’s A Sign’ from Kieran Mahon, a minimal/ambient composer and long-time friend of Dan’s, who creeps up silently behind the original and injects it with a swirling, insistent menace. 



In My Direction

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Energetic without being aggressive. This one has a nice flow and interesting changes.

Zanzibar

Classic Music - pure morning

A classic Beatles tune done in Classical fashion......Enjoy!

Yesterday ~ Classical Variation

A petite (1st movement) version of this classic piece from J. Brahms

HUNGARIAN DANCE NO.4

Hungarian Dance #4 (petite arrangment) ~ Brahms

It's a funky piece for my children. It based on a melody they had sung while playing in the garden.
from the album "2 Days & a Year"

Wolkenlos

I did this in one take, recording on Audacity. My intention was to just record it and play with it to see what I could change, I ended up just making a few mistakes and I didn't know what to do to fix them.

I should really go to a recording studio and hire people that know what they are doing.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Classical Guitar

I have no idea who the true title or composer of this great little piece is... None the less, it' very nice to listen to....enjoy!

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