From Ashes to Light is a collection of recordings that explore the full breadth of human emotion through voice and orchestra. The pieces move across arcs of melancholy, reflection, intimacy, and triumph — weaving together elements of classical, operatic, and contemporary crossover expression.

Some tracks lean inward and tender, others rise into sweeping, radiant climaxes; together they chart a path from stillness to strength, from shadow to illumination. This album captures the timeless power of song to transform despair into resolve, fragility into beauty, and silence into resonance.

For Mercy’s Sake – Arc I • Classical Crossover • Melancholy • Expansive

No. 1 for symphony orchestra

Come Thou Fount

Music I composed for the trailer and show open of Discovery Channel's "Frozen Planet."

Watch the trailer here: 

http://www.stevengutheinz.com/video_frozen_planet.htm

Frozen Planet - Opening Theme and Trailer Music

Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770-1827) - Sonata for Horn in F major, Opus 17 (1800)
(i) Allegro moderato    (ii) Poco adagio    (iii) Rondo: Allegro molto

Daniel Heanes – horn          
John Lindon – piano 

UCL CMC’s 60th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT
Tuesday 1st May 2012
www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music

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Beethoven: Sonata for Horn

Read more about A minor: http://bit.ly/A-minor

The key signatures of music are kind of like the signs of the zodiac. If you take all the music in a given key, you’ll discover certain characteristics —﻿ characteristics that can define your personality.

Visit CBC Music to learn more about the characteristics of all the key signatures covered so far. Which key are you? www.cbcmusic.ca/signatureseries

The Signature Series is produced in Vancouver, Canada for CBC Radio 2's In Concert by @paolopp with Denise Ball.

A minor: The Faded Beauty

The new album 'Illuminations' by Josh Groban.  Available November 15, 2010.

Illuminations

L'Ora Dell'Addio

E-flat major: Master of the Universe

Creative Commons Volume. 5
Classical soundtrack music.

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The Fresh Monday

My apartment is in front of a small river/lake, and every summer there has been a cute couple of swans. Actually swans are monogamic, once they have chosen a partner they stay together their entire life. 

I was expecting them back this spring ... but only one of them was coming. I have seen him at all the places they always shared together, and he always seemed to look for her. But she was not coming, and I don't know what happened to her. It was so sad! 

This swan belongs to the family of "Mute Swans" (Cygnus Olor). They are completely silent during their lifetime until the moment just before death, when the swan sings one beautiful song.

In autumn the other swans prepared for their anual flight to warmer regions, but the sad swan was not with them, and hence I wondered was happened to him. 

One night in late golden october, one of those few where the summer rears up a last time, I woke up by a strange sound. I went to my balcony, the lake in silver moonlight in front of me ... with the swan in the middle. 

And than I heard it ... the most beautiful and saddest melody in the world. Obviously the swan was singing the story of his life, and it was full of melancholy, so much about missing her and the moments they shared together as a loving couple. 

This was the last time I had seen the swan. When I went back in the room I immediately tried to note down the melody I had heard, and I need to excuse that due to my inconsiderable musical abilities this song here is only a cheap imitation ... but I hope you can get at least a glance.


Joe Zazulak created a video featuring this music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zdN11Mk8lc&list=UUm4JxLIqANfhK26UChsixiA&index=1

The Monogamic Swan

I usually practice piano everyday I sit and play different composers. The Goldberg Variations is one of my favorite works in piano literature. It is so perfect it is freighting.
While I was playing them I started changing them and then it became something totally new. I composed these variations in a span of 5 hours. There are a total of 15 variations which I decided to performed them differently in two studios with two different pianos. The best pianos were used for this recording. Fazioli for the dreamy interpretation and a Bossendorfer for the baroque interpretation. There are a total of 30 pieces on the CD and we are all so happy with the results. The music is coming out any day know and I will post the link once is released.

The Goldberg Variations Recomposed (Bach/Galatis) Available now.

The official Soundcloud of Josh Groban. 'All That Echoes' out February 5th, 2013.