Brian Crain

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

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

I think there are different types of music, and music making....  there is the construction part,  there is manufacturing of music (not good in my opinion), then there is the intimate music,,, what I would call a gateway or window to a persons soul.  Often singers touch us with this,,, instumentalists, composers etc...   do this,,,  they pour their soul into the music,,,   I also think many electronic musicians do this,,,  however what we hear usually on the radio is manufacturing,,, "made in China" sort of thing.  Usually the singer does nothing except sing the song,,, the song itself is made in "visual basic",,, parts taken from here and there.   Thank God we still have indy scene,,, that´s where people really manage to do things wonderfully still,,,   and that´s the best thing about soundcloud in my opinion.

Well, back to the point,,,,  I get inspired by many things,,, very often by light and nature.  When I was coming home on my bike from work I had a sacred moment by the sea,,,   total calm and the birds where enjoying this wonderful day we got....   the picture is from that place...    So I had to do some music and this is what came out,,,  and it certainly feels like a gateway to my soul....     And now outside we have the northern lights :)

Is Music A Gateway To Ones Soul?

"Danzarín" by Julián Plaza is undoubtly part of the unspoken "canon" of sacred pieces of the tango world. Here we listen Juan María Solare's version for solo piano.

Every composer has a signature piece, not necessarily his best, which defines his style, his intimacy. Danzarín (Little Dancer) is thus a concentration of Julián Plaza's artistic personality. The first theme, a rhythm injection, builds on a pianistic device called "campanitas" or little bells: rhythmed dissonances in the high register. Typical of this composer is a second theme cantabile in the cello register. (From the liner notes of Solare's CD "Tango Monologues", http://www.juanmariasolare.com/CD_tango_monologues.html)

Tango Monologues on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0g8EVIRSpQfYAob47onEAK

Tango Monologues

Danzarín

JUAN MARIA SOLARE - Danzarín (by Julián Plaza)

Journey of the Heart

Alone In The Night

Dirk Maassen - Night Falls (feat. Tonwerter)

Promise - Brian Crain

Sunrise (Piano Day 2016)

Brian Crain   Night Sky

Some of the songs are featuring Cello & Piano others just fir the new age piano category. I'll keep updating as I go along. This entire set is by Brian Crain except the last two. Those are by Phillip Wesley

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Across the Bay Brian Crain

Andante Cantabile Brian Crain

Butterfly Waltz Brian Crain

Snowfall Brian Crain

This track was recorded on an old upright piano. It includes lots of the piano mechanical sounds, like pedals, hammers, dampers moving & the piano stool creaking. There are also a few mistakes in this one pass improvisation, but I have left them in the final track, to capture what was, a moment in time, between me & the instrument.

Sombre

My first piece composed for Piano Day 2020 had some string elements; I wanted to do one that was just the piano. The piano in this composition is the 1911 Bechstein piano from @arpquadra (Andrew Ward); lovely piano!

Clouds

hringur (For Piano Day 2020)

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hringur (Piano Day 2020)

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Made for PIANO DAY 2020... Hope you all stay happy and healthy in those weird times... I am happy everytime when I play on my piano...and I hope you will be happy, when you listen to my music...<3

05 - Rain| brian crain

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