Every step is an end,  and every step is a fresh beginning. 
-Goethe

First Steps and Stepping Stones

Valse sentimentale Opus 51 Nr 6 Peter I. Tschaikowsky

A recording of J.S. Bach's 'Preludie in C' played by Neil Balfour.

When J.S. Bach began working on his epic Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, chances are he wasn't thinking that it would become one of the defining musical texts in keyboard history. But, somehow, it has - and the Prelude No. 1 in C Major is where it all starts.

The Well-Tempered Clavier (there are two volumes of it, each containing a prelude and a fugue in each musical key) kicks off in C Major, the most 'natural' musical key, so he obviously made sure that the first entry is a good one. Few pieces of keyboard music sound so delicate and fragile, but there's a very Bach-ian stability to it as well. 

It's a strikingly simple piece to begin with, gently phasing through different chords and registers, but it's one of those pieces that demands to be tinkered with. Consequently, you'll hear plenty of different interpretations of this much-loved work.

Prelude No. 1 In C Major | Bach

The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The German title means "a little serenade", though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music". The work is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras.

Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

This piece is one of the 12 seasons being performed by The Piano Cloud group of pianists.

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Op. 37, June (Barcarolle)

Antonin Dvorak - Humoresk

Englebert Humperdinck - Overture to 'Hansel And Gretel' (arr. Matt Johnston)

Programmed using Vienna Symphonic Library tools

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46 / Morning Mood (performed using Vienna Symphonic Library)

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Chopin Mazurka Op. 67 No. 4

Excellence (Hyper Classical reload)

A Recording of me playing "Träumerei" from the "Kinderszenen". Its not perfect since i've been practising it since 4 days only. Enjoy it!

Träumerei - Robert Schumann

Franz Schubert - String Quartet No.13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde', D.804 - I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - III. Anitra's Dance

Famous expressive piano piece written by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

"Adagio cantabile" is the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (commonly known as Sonata Pathétique)

Recorded in 2001 by Fiona Bechmann

Beethoven - Pathetique

Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev
Narrator: Dr. Michael Fend.
Ensemble Novus, conducted by Bertram Yap.
As recorded in 'Ensemble Novus Presents: Peter & the Wolf' at the Great Hall, KCL, 19/3/2013.

Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev

Bach Double Violin Concerto in D Minor 1st mvt

Chopin Waltz op69 n1 performed by Gian Marco La Serra

Bach Double Violin Concerto in D Minor 1st mvt

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