When snow is pouring from the sky,/ I realize how small am I,/ And how immense the Universe,/ We have not learned yet all Its verse...

Achingly lovely. I love the sounds of the piano, it adds a lot!

Awesome and extremely beautiful composition. :)

but pain...suffused with understanding yields its own reward!

You've inspired me so much! Russian soul x sleepless night x Italian music= new lyrics which reflects my mixed feeling

Piano

Tuesday 2am

Federico Albanese - THE BLUE HOUR


'The Blue Hour' will be released on LP, CD, Download via Berlin Classics Neue Meister on 15 January, 2016   

Buy on Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-blue-hour/id1053970394

Berlin based, ‘piano poet’ Federico Albanese took inspiration from the brief transitional state between day and night, writing a collection of chamber-music miniatures that withdraw, explore, yet assert their laconic melodies all the more decisively. The emotions to which Albanese has given expression in his thirteen compositions have been articulated with well-considered gestures.   

Equally well-considered is the choice of instruments that Federico Albanese deploys on ‘The Blue Hour’. Piano and synthesizers are joined by a cello, magnified by over-dubbing and sound effects that culminate into a little chamber orchestra, which swells the acoustics while checking the dominance of a clear solo voice. Albanese esteems the Gesamtklang, the overall sound image, with its mixture of compositional precision and dreamlike fluidity. For this reason, the pieces are recorded from start to finish on analogue equipment, further enhancing the warmth of their sound. In ‘Céline’ we hear a discreet beat, scarcely perceptible, a gentle pulse that lends structure without jeopardizing the charm of ‘The Blue Hour’.  

“There is a particular moment when opposites are very close, almost touching one another. When there is still light but not quite darkness. A world in between, where all things are uncertain, vague, floating into shade. We can follow or observe, unsure where this would lead - into darkness or light; into the shadow of memories and dreams. A reflection of our desires and hopes, ready to be seen or unseen. It can be a sudden glimpse, with ideas turning into shapes, not yet complete. You can see things, but are unsure what they are. It is an unrevealed choice. A place to recover and heal, lulled by the security of the warm shadow of an ancient tree upon a hill" – Federico Albanese

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Migrants

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passé

Leaving

Official Single for the upcoming album "Secret Book", out on May 12, 2017. 
It's a free download, so please share it! 
Thank you, as always
Fabrizio

Secret Book

Narrow Is The Way

Closer, Still

Bells

New album "Isolated" from Roberto Attanasio, available to pre-order. 
The album will be fully released on October 20th.
Available in digital and limited white vinyl edition.

Isolated

Isolated III

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Roberto Attanasio - Isolated III

"Winter Stories" will be released on Feb 23rd 2018.

Winter Stories

My Misty Mornings

All my joy, all my pain

All My Joy All My Pain

From my upcoming album "Nocturnal Whispers"

Shadows in My Room

from compilation 'Intervals' (Piano Day 2018)

download/buy: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals

composed & produced by Sebastian Morawietz
piano: Sebastian Morawietz

Intervals

Nocturne 2

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Sebastian Morawietz - Nocturne 2

from compilation 'Intervals' (Piano Day 2018)

download/buy: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals

composed & produced by Manos Milonakis
piano, wurlitzer and synth: Manos Milonakis

Manos Milonakis - Margarette

from compilation 'Intervals' (Piano Day 2018)

download/buy: https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals

Composed & Produced by James Maloney
Piano: James Maloney

Thirds

James Maloney - Thirds

To celebrate Piano Day 2018, I'm sharing the opening song from my #1 release, re:piano. It is download enabled, please download and share.

Album is made solely using a grand piano and loops and effects.  I hope you enjoy. 

More at www.chadlawson.com/repiano

Tell Me A Story / re:piano (2018)

Margarette II 

composed, performed, produced by: Manos Milonakis

A pianistic venture based on "Margarette" (a track for Piano Day 2018, part of "Intervals" compilation by Moderna Records: download/buy: modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals)

www.manosmilonakismusic.com
www.pianoday.org

Margarette II

Margarette II (Piano Day 2019)

"This song is a pure improvisation, played on the day of the recording.

The atmosphere of the ancient villa in which we were recording, together with the softness of the sound obtained by the felt mounted between the hammer and the string of the grand piano, led my to discover this unknown territory, in which everything is light and ethereal. The result is in a silky melody, which can only by listened with eyes closed."

Transitions (EP)

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Eyes closed

It is fitting that composer and pianist Fabrizio Paterlini was born and lives in the ancient northern Italian city of Mantua. A romantic and historically significant centre of musical and artistic excellence, the city’s elegance and cultural depth permeate Paterlini’s exquisite original solo piano compositions. Yet despite Mantua’s unavoidable influence in informing the composer’s work, his cinematic music is far from localized, or even recognizably Italian, instead tapping directly into universal human emotions.

Listeners and critics alike are torn as to how best label Paterlini’s beautiful sound. Neo-classical, Ambient, Minimalist and New Age have all been considered, but it is more pertinent to note some of the adjectives regularly used in appreciation of his sonic palette. Ethereal, soulful, lush, emotive, dreamy, delicate and, tellingly, passionate, all appear with unerring frequency. The composer himself describes his work as “like a glass of red wine on a summer evening,” in awareness of the calming effect of his reflective melodies on the listener.

Paterlini began playing piano at six-years-old. From the first moment he stroked the keys his life irrevocably changed, music becoming “a choice made every day...explored in all its aspects.” And so music and his life’s path became, and remain, inextricably linked; while he progresses as a musician and composer, so his development as a human being runs parallel. Formal study in his chosen artistic endeavour came with five years at Campiani’s Academy, Mantua’s Academy of Arts, from where he graduated in Music Theory.

The 1990s saw Paterlini extensively cutting his teeth as a gigging musician by performing rock classics, pop and jazz in local bands. While playing with these outfits he began to compose music, at this stage principally material of a progressive rock persuasion. As the decade and century drew to a close Paterlini reached an important decision, being to concentrate exclusively on the piano – the instrument that, in his own words, “best expresses his inner world.” Yet it was not until 2006 that he began composing music for solo piano.

In the following year his life’s musical journey took a momentous step with the release of his debut CD, Viaggi in Aeromobile (Travel in Aircraft) on the Music Center label. A collection of beautifully structured, graceful mood pieces displaying Paterlini’s natural touch and seemingly effortless talents, the release was warmly received in Italian specialist press. 

2008 saw the issue of an EP previewing Paterlini’s sophomore full-length, Viandanze, which was to follow on his new Fabrizio Paterlini Records imprint in December, 2009. In the interim the 8-track Remixed collection, offered as a free download on his website, presented the composer’s material as subtly reworked soundscapes, comfortably easing them into cogent chillout territory. Viandanze was partially funded by donations from Paterlini’s burgeoning fanbase, and performed in 2010 at Teatro Verdi in Mantua.

Prestige festival appearances then preceded the 2010 release of the flawless Fragments Found CD, again on Paterlini’s own label, drawing comparisons with luminaries such as Ludovico Einaudi, Erik Satie and George Winston.

2011 saw the issue of the double CD set “Fragments Found + Viandanze”, published under the Japanese label Inpairtment/P*DIS. 
During the Fall of the same year, he started working to his “Autumn Stories” project, by composing, recording and releasing on-line one song for each week of the Autumn season. The project resulted in the CD “Autumn Stories”, published in February 2012. 
 
The increasing number of fans sharing his music on the net, led him to “Piano_Anders #3” Festival in Hasselt (BE) in the month of February 2013. Two months later, he released his new full album “Now”, followed by an exclusive release in Japan (P*DIS). This release, acclaimed by specialized magazines as Headphone Commute (US) and A Closer Listen (UK), will bring him to tour Russia in the month of November 2013 and Japan in the month of January 2014.


All My Joy All My Pain

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