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Pianist: Dan Kreiger || Composer: Frédéric Chopin || Dan Kreiger (aka For Jerz) plays Frédéric Chopin's "Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 1830" || Recorded by Theo Aronson in 2005.

Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 1830 [pianist: Dan Kreiger]

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, (I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ) from the Orgelbüchlein, transcribed and performed on the guitar by Douglas Murphy

J.S. Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

second variation on a theme by Georg Frederic Handel for string quartet, composed and recorded 2009

second variation on a theme by Georg Frederic Handel

Fourth variation of twelfth variation on a theme by G.Fr.Handel, version for string quartet, composed and recorded in 2009

fourth variation on a theme by G.Fr.Handel

Seventh variation on a theme by G.Fr.Handel, version for string quartet, composed and recorded in 2009

Seventh variation on a theme by G.Fr.Handel

Chopin Nocturne Op.27 # 2 D Flat Major - Played by Valentina Lisitsa

VITTORIO MONTI ~ Csardas
(Performed by  the Budapest  Symphony Orchestra)

Csárdás (or Czardas) is the only famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano. Nowadays, it is usually played on the violin, but can also be played as a piano solo, saxophone solo, on the accordion, or as an orchestral arrangement. The duration of the piece is about four 

VITTORIO MONTI ~ Csardas

deryncullen.bandcamp.com/track/chanson-triste-tchaikovsky
A cello quintet arrangement of the beautiful Chanson Triste by Tchaikovsky - Op. 40 No. 2, composed in 1878.

Tchaikovsky - Chanson Triste

Continuing "Not classical" series with one of my favorite composers :)

Not October - Not Tchaikovsky - By Milana

Guitar:  Antonio Emilio Pascual Viudes, 1925

J. S. Bach - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Giacomo Palazzesi)

Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky

#1 iTunes Classical Album (US).

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, decided Chopin needed a new introduction. Along with violinist Judy Kang (Lady Gaga, Ryuichi Sakamoto) and cellist Rubin Kodheli (Kanye West, Norah Jones), Lawson has arranged ten Chopin works into a minimalist landscape.

It's a risk editing the "poet of the piano" but one that Chopin would be proud of.

Taking 10 Chopin works, Lawson decided to scale the works down to a minimalist setting. "I knew even if bare-bones, Chopin's works could still be as spellbinding as the original compositions we are so familiar with." says the pianist.

Produced by Chad Lawson & Alejandro Clavijo. Mixed by Stephen Lee Price. Mastered by Michael Graves of Osiris Studios (Atlanta, GA).

Chopin Waltz in A Minor-Op. 34, No. 2 (Variation Arr. for Piano, Vioin and Cello) - Chad Lawson

Romance Larghetto - Chopin

Piece #2 in my Short Vignette Series.  

©2015 Chad Lawson

License this piece at - 
https://www.musicbed.com/songs/apaintedbeauty/16929

A Painted Beauty (unreleased short)- Chad Lawson

Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piece: Kinderscenen Op. 15 (1838)
Pianist: Carlos Márquez

More information about the piece:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderszenen

Background image:
"Kids on swings silhouetted against the sunset"
https://flic.kr/p/aWguhB


Robert Schumann: Kinderscenen Op. 15 - 10. Almost Too Serious

Piece #4 in the Short Vignette series.  

©2015 Chad Lawson

License this piece at - 
https://www.musicbed.com/songs/namingstars2conebyone/17444

Naming Stars, One By One (unreleased short) - Chad Lawson

بتهوون - موومان دوم از تریپل کنسرتو [کنسرتو برای سه ساز پیانو، ویولن و ویلینسل] - اجرا از ارکستر سمفونیک گوتنبرگ به رهبری "نیم جروی" - انتشار ۲۰۱۱

Beethoven - Triple Concerto [Piano, Violin, Cello] - II. Largo

Albinoni - Adagio

Piano and Violin arrangement of Romance Op. 11 - Dvorak

Dvorak - Romance for piano and violin, Op.11

The piano score is available for purchase - contact the composer for information! 

About the composition:
This first Fantasie, as suggested by its title, was composed as a response to a number of sleepless nights. The thematic material is found throughout, expressed as an "idée fixe" with an evolving emotional framework. This idée fixe represents the uncontrollable obsessions of the subconscious as they cycle through a fitful, sleepless night. 

The piece moves through a vast range of emotional extremes as the initial expression of melancholy builds and evolves towards increasingly emotional declamations. The traditional Fantasy Form determines that the structure of the piece must be relatively free, so the work is given structure through the symmetry of the large sections. Furthermore, the cohesion of this piece is achieved through balanced phrasing, and the recurring presence of the original thematic material, which is represented not only in many keys, but also in differing registers, in melodic inversion and with thematic variation. The core of the work is where the composition construction is most complex: constantly juggling multiple layers of melodic ideas superimposed upon one another. As new melodic material emerges it encourages a dispute between animated passion and emotions of a more whimsical or reposed state. The coda suggest a delirious, exhausted conclusion to the seemingly endless night, with the last hints of the idée fixe overcome by hallucination and finally yielding to a fanciful flight into dreams. 


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