Collaboration with Fivos Valachis who wrotes this marvellous piano piece after reading a poem "The City" by a Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis. 

Composed by Fivos Valachis and Vicente Bueso

Piano: Fivos Valachis.
Keyboards stringed arrangments: Vicente Bueso.
Image: Juan Carlos Grande.

http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis

You can collaborate with Fivos in his open collab for "La città" here: 
http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/sets/open-collab-for-la-citt-the/

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The City

[1.08] You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea.
Another city will be found, better than this.
Every effort of mine is condemned by fate;
and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried.
[1.45] How long in this wasteland will my mind remain.
Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look
I see the black ruins of my life here,
where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted."

[2.21] New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas.
The city will follow you. You will roam the same
streets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods;
in these same houses you will grow gray.
[4.53] Always you will arrive in this city. To another land -- do not hope --
there is no ship for you, there is no road.
As you have ruined your life here
in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world.
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La Città

Dicesti: "ad altra città andrò, ad altro mare.
altra città dev'esserci migliore di questa
dove ogni mio tentativo è destinato al fallimento,
e il mio cuore, quesi fossi morto, sepolto.

Fino a quando la mia mente in questo marasma giacerà?
ovunque volgo l'occhio, ovunque guardo
perduti ruderi della mia vita qui scorgo
ove tanti anni ho trascorso e guastato e sciupato."

Nuovi paesi non troverai, né altri mari, né altri mari.
la città, ti seguirà
per le stesse vie circolerai;
nei soliti quartieri andrai invecchiando;
sempre tra queste case ti farai bianco.

A questa città ognora giungerai
per quegli altri paesi, lascia ogni speranza
a te nave non c'è, non c'è nessuna strada.
Così come la tua vita rovinasti qui
in questo piccolo angolo,
su tutta la terra
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La Ciudad

Dijiste: "Iré a otra ciudad, iré a otro mar.
Otra ciudad ha de hallarse mejor que ésta.
Todo esfuerzo mío es una condena escrita;
y está mi corazón - como un cadáver - sepultado.
Mi espíritu hasta cuándo permanecerá en este marasmo.
Donde mis ojos vuelvan, donde quiera que mire
oscuras ruinas de mi vida veo aquí,
donde tantos años pasé y destruí y perdí".

Nuevas tierras no hallarás, no hallarás otros mares.
La ciudad te seguirá. Vagarás
por las mismas calles. Y en los mismos barrios te harás viejo
y en estas mismas casas encanecerás.
Siempre llegarás a esta ciudad. Para otro lugar -no esperes-
no hay barco para ti, no hay camino.
Así como tu vida la arruinaste aquí
en este rincón pequeño, en toda tierra la destruiste.

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Η Πόλις

Είπες "Θα πάγω σ`άλλη γη, θα πάγω σ`άλλη θάλασσα.
Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή.
Κάθε προσπάθειά μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή
κ`είν`η καρδιά μου σαν νεκρός θαμμένη.
Ο νους μου ως πότε μες στον μαρασμόν αυτόν θα μένει.
Όπου το μάτι μου γυρίσω, όπου κι αν δω
ερείπια μαύρα της ζωής μου βλέπω εδώ,
που τόσα χρόνια πέρασα και ρήμαξα και χάλασα."

Καινούριους τόπους δε θα βρεις, δεν θάβρεις άλλες θάλασσες.
Η πόλις θα σε ακολουθεί.Στους δρόμους θα γυρνάς
τους ίδιους.Και στες γειτονιές τες ίδιες θα γερνάς
και μες στα ίδια σπίτια αυτά θ`ασπρίζεις.
Πάντα στην πόλι αυτή θα φτάνεις.Για τα αλλού μην ελπίζεις
δεν έχει πλοίο για σε, δεν έχει οδό.
Έτσι που τη ζωή σου ρήμαξες εδώ
στην κώχη τούτη την μικρή, σ`όλην την γη την χάλασες.

La Città (with Fivos Valachis)

A piece dedicated to Pamela Chng, one of my first friends on SoundCloud 11 months ago.
You can listen also the version played by Pamela here: https://soundcloud.com/pamela-chng/nocturne-18-june-dedicated-to
Soundcloud, 14-05-2014

Nocturne, 18 June - Dedicated To Pamela Chng - YouTube Version

A piece with a fascinating history. It was originally attributed to 18-th century composer Albinoni and supposedly discovered by 20-th century biographer Rema Giazotto. Later it was revealed that Giazotto had found only a small segment of the opening melody and chord structure and it is now believed he wrote most of it himself. 
However it was written, it is a hauntingly beautiful but melancholy piece. This arrangement by Jason Waldron, and performed by William Wilson. More on william at Facebook.com/wmwilsonguitar .

Sad Music for Classical Guitar

Albinoni Adagio for Solo Guitar

Talk to her Soundtrack

Track 15 of Album "Paisaje Andaluz". 
Available in Google Play, Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer.

from "Spanish Dances" by Enrique Granados
piano: Carlos Márquez

background image:
https://flic.kr/p/nrzH1m

Paisaje Andaluz

Danzas Españolas: 2. Oriental

Enrique Granados: Spanish Dance No. 2 "Oriental"

Here is another track from my recent reel-to-reel recording session.  I'm really pleased with the sound quality of the tape recording.  I hope you like it :)

I used a Yamaha U1 upright piano with two Rode NT5 mics recorded directly onto a Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape recorder. 

Desire (taped version)

Bach  Marcello Adagio - Concerto In D Minor

Chopin Nocturne In F Minor - Op.55,No.1(Variation)- Chad Lawson

Je crois entendre encore,
Caché sous les palmiers,
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramiers.
 
Ô, nuit enchanteresse,
Divin ravissement,
Ô, souvenir charmant,
Folle ivresse, doux rêve !
 
Aux clartés des étoiles,
Je crois encore la voir
Entrouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir.
 
Ô, nuit enchanteresse,
Divin ravissement,
Ô, souvenir charmant,
Folle ivresse, doux rêve !
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English Translation
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I think I still hear,
hidden under palm trees,
her voice soft and sound
like a song of wood pigeons.
 
Oh, enchanting night,
divine rapture,
oh, delightful memory,
mad euphoria, sweet dream!
 
In the clear starlight,
I think I still see her,
half drawing her long veil
in the tepid night breeze.
 
Oh, enchanting night,
divine rapture,
oh, delightful memory,
mad euphoria, sweet dream!

Alison Moyet - Je Crois Entendre Encore

Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)

Live video: https://youtu.be/lzgLOgcEVy8

Maestro Ennio Morricone composed Chi Mai in 1971 for the Italian movie Maddalena (Chi Mai means Who Ever in Italian). It was also the soundtrack of the beautiful ending of 1981 French film Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo who insisted on reusing this music. Chi Mai was also reused in some other movies and TV series and is part of French pop culture thanks to a memorable dog food TV ad for Royal Canin, where the music is playing while a dog is running in slow motion.

The piano is a Klavins Una Corda 64-key upright with felt.

Bach Marcello Adagio - Concerto In D Minor

Inas Fouad