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Toshifumi Hinata - reflections

Camille Saint-Saëns | Carnival of the Animals - The Swan

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bryukhno, Debussy, Glinka, Hasselmans, Krylatov, Massenet, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Satie, Schubert, Tchaikovsky: Lullaby for Babies

Suite Bergamasque, L.75: III. Clair de Lune

Aventine (Deluxe)

September Song

Gymnopedie No. 3

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 3

Mice waltz by Enzo Corne.mp3

The French Library by Franz Gordon, played by me on piano

Franz Gordon - The French Library

Arabesque No. 1 (Claude Debussy)

The title of this album my attempt at translating the Farsi phrase قارچ‌های غربت to English. It comes from the poem "The Sound of Water's Footsteps" by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. 

A more literal translation of the phrase would be Mushrooms of "Ghurba", an originally Arabic word that has several meanings, including senses of estrangement, alienation, loneliness, being away for home, and longing.

I composed many of these pieces during and after Israel's 12 day war on Iran in the summer of 2025. Being  an Iranian living abroad for 15 years, I had never felt Ghurba the way I felt it this summer, as I realized more and more that Iranian lives matter to exactly no one.
Ghurba and all its meanings overshadow most of the pieces in this album. 

The music heard on this post is the final track, which is an improv piece with the same title as the album.

In the album art, I tried to depict a mycelial network creeping up the piano and my body, and expanding into the ground, maybe a thread or two reaching the other side of the world where home is.

As Sepehri's poem says "Who cares if sometimes the mushrooms of ghurba start to grow?" 

You are right Sohrab, nobody does...

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Remember to Forget

Do you feel like you are broken
And the pieces of you are sharp like glass
Sometimes the pieces are put back incorrectly
And what's true shines through cracks
It wasn't your fault
But you have to mend yourself
To be pottery
Might've been easier

To Be Pottery

Solo Piano.  Created in Real-Time LIVE in Concert.

Photo by Greg Carr, my brother.

Year of Music: November 16, 2025

1 - 07 Camille Saint - Saëns  Le Carnaval Des Animaux  XIII. Le Cygne 1

5 compositions for 'cello and piano written by Luke Faulkner.

Threnody

A contemporary version Erik Satie's timeless Gymnopédie No.1 - Brought to you by Remixdj.

Satie Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Erik-Satie-Essential-Collection/dp/B00J0LBFIG/

Satie iTunes
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/erik-satie-the-essential-collection/918615441

Best of Satie
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bditbkfgfdqvxx7hansrl6qhy4y

Satie Compilation
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vzKMInu4PzU2Qyi6NgmRK

Erik Satie Album
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/7540311

Best of Satie Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk2SNcpTNbs&t=68s

Arabesque No. 1 (Claude Debussy)

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