Cinematic

Soundtrack of the 1993 film The Piano, composed by Michael Nyman.

Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?ny8-EtKWiKE

This theme is reprised several times, called The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise/The Sacrifice. It is based on a traditional Scottish tune titled "Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa".

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano, and one single note of sampled strings.

Note: replaced with a better take on June 3, 2014

Video

Michael Nyman - Theme from The Piano

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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, GooglePlay, Spotify and many other platforms:
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You can also listen to all Albums on Spotify in this 5 hour playlist of my pure neoclassical piano music here:
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http://open.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1

A physical CD is available on Amazon here:
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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):
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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)


Album on iTunes

Nocturne No. 3 - played by Carlos Márquez - 22-track Album on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc

Puccini: Tosca
Ferruccio Tagliavini / Tito Gobbi / The Covent Garden Opera Chorus / The Covent Garden Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

This June 1955 performance of Puccini’s Tosca marked Renata Tebaldi’s first appearance with the Covent Garden Company. The roles of Cavaradossi and Scarpia were filled by two of Italy’s finest singers, Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi) and Tito Gobbi (Scarpia).  All three went on to make memorable studio recordings for Decca, Cetra and EMI. The Times wrote, ‘The performance was tremendous, not only in the singing, which was up to the heroic standards of the past, but in dramatic tension’.

Renata Tebaldi - Puccini- Tosca Act 2 'Vissi d'arte'

Henry Purcell, Dido And Aeneas — “When I Am Laid In Earth” Emma Kirkby

Time is running so fast. So we should stand still for a while and enjoy every moment in time.

Ambient Journey

A Moment in Time

A Moment In Time

Israel Muniz (oboé d'amore) e Camerata Filarmônica
Concerto gravado ao vivo em agosto de 2013 no auditório da UFMG.

J.S. Bach - Concerto for Oboe D'amore in A Major BWV 1055 - 2. Mov

Pablo de Sarasate - Caprice Basque op. 24 for Violin and Orchestra

Henry Purcell Ô Solitude

Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings. This is from 1936, earlier than the 60's but so much more modern, isn't it? The ultimate ambient trance-ish piece... Tried to make it sound like metallic yet organic strings, mixing Clavia's string orchestra samples with synthesizers.

Live video: http://youtu.be/NdXiKehJCrI

If this is too ambient for you (sometimes it is for me), Tiësto used the first notes ad nauseam in an upbeat trance track.

Barber - Adagio For Strings

Trying to replicate Vangelis' Memories Of Green from the Blade Runner soundtrack.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqn6AuCiA_s

Vangelis composed (improvised?) Memories Of Green in 1980 for his album See You Later, but it's not as famous as the Blade Runner soundtrack in which the track was included too.

The instrument is a Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Bösendorfer piano with a flanger effect, some synthesizers controlled with an expression pedal, and a generous amount of reverb.

Vangelis - Memories Of Green (Blade Runner)

This is Piano in an Empty Room from Vangelis' Blade Runner Trilogy 25th Anniversary album released in 2007.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok0ZMA7_88M

Photo (cropped) by Kay Arne Jensen - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=653845857961186

Vangelis plays it on an acoustic piano with beautiful ambient room noise. I tried to replicate the feeling by boosting the pedal noise on my synth, and I added some pads that get pretty dark and intense towards the end.

The instrument is a Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Steinway grand piano and virtual analog synthesizers controlled with an expression pedal, and a generous amount of reverb.

Vangelis - Piano in an Empty Room (Blade Runner)

One of the most well known pieces from Segovia's twenty studies by Fernando Sor, Estudio No. 5 is a reflective and beautiful classical guitar piece. Recorded by William Wilson on a Teodoro Perez guitar. More on william at Facebook.com/wmwilsonguitar

Estudio No. 5 - Moderato - Fernando Sor

The Woman theme, aka Sherlocked, from the BBC Sherlock TV series, composed by David Arnold and Michael Price in 2012.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWZ5bI0Ksk

The original features a lot of violin and beautiful sounds, I'm trying to do a rawer keyboard version of it.

Sheet music: http://www.michaelpricemusic.com/products-page/scores-shop/woman-theme-from-sherlock-violin-piano-sheet-music/

The instrument is a Nord Stage 2 using a sampled intimidating Yamaha S4 grand piano, some virtual analog synthesizer, echo and a very generous amount of reverb.

Sherlock BBC TV series - SHERlocked (The Woman Theme)

Schubert - Fantasia for Two Pianos in F Minor D. 940 - Karl Böhm

“This “Gloria” was gloriously sung by Panthaki, a soprano with a lovely plangent timbre and dazzling coloratura technique…”
-Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette

Handel -  "Et in terra pax" from Gloria

atmospheric piano + electronica

playing Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Craig Armstrong, David Arnold & Michael Price, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Handel, Harry Gregson-Williams & John Powell, John Ottman, John Williams, J.S. Bach, Kanye West, Leonard Cohen, Ludovico Einaudi, Max Richter, Michael Nyman, Michel Polnareff, Mike Oldfield, Mozart, Nino Rota, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, Ravel, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Serge Gainsbourg, Vangelis, Vladimir Cosma, Yann Tiersen, Yiruma

Barber - Adagio For Strings

Piano in a Living Room

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