As the saying goes: nothing ever ends well, otherwise it would not end. And yet large parts of us still wish things would not end, even after we convince ourselves it is for the best. Is it an act of grace to accept fate and slowly fade away without a fight, or does the universe want to test our resolve and see just how far we are willing to go to obtain, and more importantly perhaps to keep, the object of our desires? It is human not to know; it is human to exist in bewilderment regarding such matters. Being aware of this, however, never makes it any easier. Endings always bring an emptiness in a person's heart and soul. No one ever wants to fail, but sometimes we wait too long to really try in the right ways to truly succeed. The eleventh hour concession is always the hardest case to handle. It leaves one with many doubts. It leaves a person with the hope that things would be, could be, should be, better if only... In such cases the weather can be forever raining in one's heart. 

ALBUM INFO:

"The Idea Of You" is the first of a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may it help you on your journey, as it has us...

The Idea Of You Cover Art "The Idea Of You" is music inspired by the spirit of Eros and all of its blessings as well as its tribulations. It explores the vicissitudes of romantic love, the delicate seasons and contour of life, and all the lessons learned along the way. Themes of desire, passion, limerence, romantic love, idolatry, jealousy, envy, loss, regret, forgiveness, acknowledgment, appreciation, acceptance, and eventually glimpses of true understanding permeate the work. It attempts to communicate that which so many of us can never quite communicate properly with words. It is an open apology for the clumsy mistakes we all make when coming to maturity in learning how to care selflessly for another human being. It is a gentle reminder as to what is most important in life, as well as an invocation to continuously seek self-improvement regarding our understanding of such matters.

Andrew Souter -- Still Raining There

Una canción original de Mario Viñuela incluida en su ábum "El umbral de las emociones" (Apmusica, 2012). An original theme by Mario Viñuela included in his album "El umbral de las emociones" (Apmusica, 2012).

Listen to my music on Spotify / Escucha toda mi música en: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4hAdpygElM5qnAI534XVRp

Pienso, Luego Existes

I seem to be able to find some quiet time on Sundays to record more piano...

Mike Lazarev - Impromptu 03.09

Nils Frahm – Ambre

If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album and share/repost to all classical piano enthusiasts! Thank you!
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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:
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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)


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

Metamorphosis 2 - Philip Glass

Life itself is a piano theme composed by Mario Viñuela. 

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Life itself

Life Itself

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"An intimate journey led by a minimalistic piano, looking for something that went missing."

Grab your copy of the Digital Deluxe Edition of The Last Days of Winter. The digital download includes:

▶ The official video of "Missing"
▶ "The Ordeal" - Bonus track
▶ High resolution version of the official and the alternate cd cover
▶ PDF with the liner notes of the album

:: credits ::

Composed, recorded and mastered by Francesco Berta.

Piano, celesta, guitars and programming: Francesco Berta 
Cello: Aríanna Hönnudóttir

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Missing

✦ Nocturnes Beyond the Mirror
A piano cycle by Artur Tokhtash

There is a mirror that never forgets.
It gathers light as memory, and sound as breath.
Through it drifts the living shimmer of night —
a quiet space where everything listens.

Within this luminous depth, the winged beings awaken:
moths of tone, dragonflies of resonance,
small creatures woven from radiance and air.
Their flight is not escape, but awareness —
joy moving through form, existence realizing itself.

Sometimes, across that silent field,
a single wing touches the surface of water.
The instant trembles — light, sea, and being
fused in a single pulse of recognition.
Then the motion dissolves,
and the mirror keeps the trace of what it once saw.

The piano speaks in this language of reflection —
not about longing, but about presence,
about the bliss that arises
when everything remembers it has never been separate.

In this night, sound and silence breathe as one.
Music does not describe the world —
it is the way the world remembers itself in light.



✦ Ноктюрны за Зеркалом
фортепианный цикл Артура Тохташа

Есть зеркало, которое не забывает.
Оно собирает свет как память,
а звук — как дыхание.
Через его глубину течёт живое мерцание ночи —
пространство, где всё слушает.

В этом сиянии пробуждаются крылатые существа —
мотыльки из тонов, стрекозы из резонанса,
маленькие создания, сотканные из света и воздуха.
Их полёт — не бегство, а осознание,
радость, движущаяся через форму,
бытие, узнающее само себя.

Иногда над тихой поверхностью
однокрылое прикосновение касается воды.
Мгновение дрожит —
свет, море и жизнь
соединяются в едином пульсе узнавания.
Затем движение исчезает,
и зеркало хранит след того, что когда-то увидело.

Фортепиано говорит на этом языке отражений —
не о тоске, а о присутствии,
о блаженстве, рождающемся в тот миг,
когда всё вспоминает, что никогда не было разделено.

В этой ночи звук и тишина дышат вместе.
Музыка не описывает мир —
она есть способ, которым мир
вспоминает себя в свете. 

Wings That Remember

Composed and produced by Oliver Sadie 
Live piano recorded at Red Room One Studio
© 2015 Oliver Sadie
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I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

~ The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Use this in film

Elusive

New Video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-GfCM5-zk

If You Would Only Let Me:

I would put you first; I would never be too busy. I would tell you daily how important you are to me. I would hold you every night and kiss you every morning. I would explore every inch of your soul and still long to know more. I would hold your hand on long walks. I would break patterns of ineffective communication, admit my own weaknesses, and let go of male pride which deludes me into mistakingly believing I need to know everything about everything. I would listen more actively to any frustrations you may be experiencing and avoid feeling blamed for them. I would avoid offering solutions when all you really need is empathy and friendship, not a super-hero who thinks he has to fix everything. I would learn to work together effectively as a team and value deeply your strengths without feeling threatened by our differences. I would learn to forgo power and choose grace. I would forgive us both for all of the clumsy mistakes we made along the way. I would learn to value what is important. I would give thanks to the universe for the gift of your presence in my life. I would help you become all you are destined to be. I would learn how to love selflessly, and be of service, both to you, as well as to whatever higher power wished to use our example.

ALBUM INFO:

"The Idea Of You" is the first of a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may it help you on your journey, as it has us...

The Idea Of You Cover Art "The Idea Of You" is music inspired by the spirit of Eros and all of its blessings as well as its tribulations. It explores the vicissitudes of romantic love, the delicate seasons and contour of life, and all the lessons learned along the way. Themes of desire, passion, limerence, romantic love, idolatry, jealousy, envy, loss, regret, forgiveness, acknowledgment, appreciation, acceptance, and eventually glimpses of true understanding permeate the work. It attempts to communicate that which so many of us can never quite communicate properly with words. It is an open apology for the clumsy mistakes we all make when coming to maturity in learning how to care selflessly for another human being. It is a gentle reminder as to what is most important in life, as well as an invocation to continuously seek self-improvement regarding our understanding of such matters.

Andrew Souter -- If You Would Only Let Me (Part)

Francesco is an Italian born music composer, pianist and visual artist. 

In the first ten years of his career Francesco has been able to collect a substantial list of wide-ranging achievements: from conducting his own music in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London to releasing an impressive number of albums as a solo artist; scoring movies and documentaries to directing award-winning short films.

Francesco’s work ethic is second to none, but his greatest asset is, undoubtedly, his unconditional love for film: having a bachelor’s degree in Film Technology and a burning desire to create stories that will stand the test of time.

Drawn to simplicity and driven by a fanatical attention to detail, Francesco creates music that blurs the lines between ambient, electronic and orchestral.

His instinctive use of acoustic instruments combines the elegance of traditional orchestration with complex, electronic landscapes, melding into emotive and exquisitely elegant hybrid-orchestral compositions.

Francesco’s music takes listeners on a passionate journey through images and emotions, creating stories and shaping memories.