@virginia-robson Awwww you make me blush 😏😏😏 THANK YOU from my heart.

I tend to love any version of this track and this does not disappoint

@user-138663860 I'm smiling right back at ya Sandy. I hope you are keeping well and safe in these strange times. It is great turmoil here but we are all well.

Evening Respose (by Jo_Jo)

Great Piano Instrumental performed by Julia and me

Serenade

The Music for Ballet Classes series is a collection of CDs designed to provide dancers and dance teachers with all the music necessary for a complete classical ballet class. The featured piano on this album is a fantastic 9ft Yamaha concert grand.
This is the 5th volume of in the series, and features a further 40 tracks of inspiring music taken from some of the greatest classical, opera, ballet and ragtime composers to have ever lived.


08 - Rond De Jambe - Waltz In A Minor - Frederic Chopin

Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor played on a C clarinet with Music Minus One

I present for you my version of the wonderful "Moon River". 
Written by Henry Mancini for the beautiful Audrey Hepburn to sing in the movie "Breakfast At Tiffany's".
Everything you need to know about Moon River 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_River

Enjoy XXX

Moon River

I present for you a very loose adaptation of the wonderful "Gone With The Wind" . Written in 1937 by Allie Rubel and possibly related to the Margret Mitchell novel. It has been covered many times by many great artists, including the great Bill Evans. The most successful version was by the wonderful Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery on 1960. 

Written by Allie Wrubel, the lyrics by Herb Magidson

Enjoy XX

                                Gone With The Wind

Gone With the Wind
Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has blown away
Yesterday's kisses are still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.
But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the Wind
My romance has flown apart
Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has gone,
Gone with the Wind.
Gone, gone, gone with the wind
Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown away
Yesterday's kisses are still, still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.
But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the Wind
My romance has flown apart
Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has
Gone with the Wind.
Gone with the Wind

Gone With The Wind

I know it has not been long since i posted my version of the Bill Evans SPARTACUS so please forgive me. ;) I HAD TO !!! go back to it as Jon (Pollenfax) sent me some beautiful vocals. I have replayed and i hope bettered my performance and also added some orchestration and Jazz drums. 
Enjoy the beautiful SPARTACUS .... again ;)
Go visit POLLENFAX https://soundcloud.com/pollenfax

SPARTACUS (feat Pollenfax)

I present for you another remixing of a recent track . Again featuring the velvety vocal talents of the amazing POLLENFAX. https://soundcloud.com/pollenfax

From the 1936 movie "Showboat" and originally sang by the wonderful Paul Robeson. It is a song of its time ......

Old Man River (feat Pollenfax)

Once again, I have tried to express sensations, in this case, feelings of hope and optimism. It is a melodic  piano on a fully tonal basis. I hope you are able to enjoy  it as much as I while composing it.

Nacho

This outstanding picture was taken by Jill Clardy and it's called "Dawn breaks".

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/4104548144/in/photolist-7fGTas-3FQR3q-3G7Lrx-4z7KZU-2cDSU-71KpLZ-7d2mjk-bZXh2j-bMGX42-fW28Z-ezv4ST-896zKk-8Qq2eS-896zt6-duYYZ-fygH-4cRenq-7gYAip-uU5CF-6uhbJb-8upSHE-9E6Gmu-ciUsu-gQ5goV-7ggAed-29ys3JM-onkYYa-8DoJP2-8oDB1-oRxDcp-24KQJfE-7Gorad-qx9WNd-9e9mPC-qP9fAW-6aKWzq-5u4GC1-e43yK4-66HsfN-qXgH6R-7mt6ta-de8NDW-j92iev-etgMDd-53BAZL-p24hwG-aaPv9s-uv642-fFD8xd-8SshCS

The picture: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Tempo Di Speranza

I present for you "Autumn in New York" . Probably one of the most covered jazz standards ever and still such a beautiful piece.
It was composed by Vernon Duke in 1934 for the Broadway musical “Thumbs Up!”, which opened on December 27, 1934, performed by J. Harold Murray. 
Just me and the Piano ... :)
Enjoy XX

Autumn In New York

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

Go here to listen to even more of his songs and albums and I can get the song for you. Most of them I already got though.

http://www.briancrain.com/newpages/PCDuet1.html


Across the Bay Brian Crain

Pause for a moment and relax........
I present for you another of my very loose classical adaptations :)
This time it is J.S.Bach's Prelude No.1 which was adapted in 1853
by Charles Gounod into what is commonly called "Ave Maria". Now adapted by me .
Enjoy :) XXX
Photo by Josef Hanning - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jphanning/
All you need to know about Ave Maria 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Bach/Gounod)

Maybe Maria

As another new year rolls around again, it's almost as if we get to start our lives again from scratch. With this thought in mind, I improvised this solo piano tune. May 2019 bring you all the things you wish for.

New Again

Written on an uneventful day during lockdown here in the UK... this piece evokes the feelings of every day being the same with little differences... and the light at the end of the tunnel is a long way away!!!

Image by Maira Kouvara - https://www.freeimages.com/photo/typography-2-1196901

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Every Day The Same [Solo Piano]

Video: https://youtu.be/Hkwc-CXJ0Oo
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For my mom who introduced me to the beauty in sounds and colours. For my father, who shaped my diverse musical tastes and pushed me into improvising. For my husband who inspired me to come back to music and keep going no matter what challenges I might face. And for my amazing children, who I love and hope to pass this tradition to...

These past months have been challenging for all. I've been into my musical cave working on my upcoming album - the most challenging album we've ever attempted to produce. Almost all the recordings are done: Hang, drums and other percussion, piano and cello, even vocal for some tracks. What is left is to finish all the vocal recordings, hopefully, next week. This album will feature Phil DiMercurio on the drums, Yamaha artist Yoed Nir on cello and Canadian singer-songwriter Alexa Ray on most of the vocals. And then it will all be mixed by Grammy-featured Matthew Shell. Such a cool lineup and we all hope that you will enjoy this album when it goes out on Halloween. The name is "Abracadabra!" and it's full of magic, enchanting spells and mysterious witchcraft. Stay tuned :)

Liebestraume No 3 (F. Liszt). Performed by Milana

Strings of Hope

Strings of Hope (Full Edit)

Fantasie #2 "Schwanengesang" (Swan Song)
by Danaë Xanthe Vlasse

See the music video here! https://vimeo.com/238251818



This composition won an Award of Excellence as well as being awarded an honor for the category of "Listener Impact" from the Global Music Awards!  This was also the 2016 1st place winner of the MTAC advanced division Composer's Today competition! This work was also nominated for the 2016 Hollywood Music In Media Awards.

The piano score is available for purchase - contact the composer for information! 



The Swan's Poem:
"Ivory quills aquiver with a tail destined to pen:
Dust aflutter, down afloat...
An ailing grace lies mourning, despairing, 
Delirious from the  fragrance of the waterlily's fresh palette of nascent pastels.
Fearful of this night's timeless mistress; 
a muse sinister yet seductive with repose in calling cadence to life's thrashing.
Sails heave, whimpering under the weight of their effort,
Resigned toward inevitably succumbing to dusk's siren.
Drops of loneliness glisten along the arc of a sinuous spine, until
Echoes of breath convey feathered spirits into the beams of a sharply setting sphere."

Remastered and available for purchase on this album:
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/danaexanthevlasse1

Fantasie #2 Schwanengesang (youtube: https://youtu.be/aDiFkb-Zd3A)

Pull up a seat , have a drink or two . Relax and enjoy the Jazzier side of me.
Many apologies to you all as i have had to remove some tracks . Until i purchase a new subscription again ... (why have they put the price up ?) I am limited to space .  

XXX LOVE XXX

Moon River

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