original music: Dirk Maassen
piano: Carlos Marquez

image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38393443@N00/4616028755/

Dirk Maassen: Caduco

Ikuko Kawai - El Choclo (Kiss Of Fire)

Armand Amar - La Terre Vue Du Ciel ♪

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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 Nocturne in F Minor-Op. 55, No 1 (Variation) Piano, Violin, Cello - Chad Lawson

Kind of positive melody with organic surround of nature, until we still can hear, feel and see... " How Far" is it a question for humanity.

How Far

Caruso instrumental by Sterling

1-02. Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson - Moonlight

Pavane (Gabriel Faurè) versione per chitarra di Fausto Mesolella

This song hit my mind today, so I tried to reflect it on the piano... 

Here's the lyrics of the original song by Rare Bird, which sheds some light on the melanholic character of the music:

Sympathy

Now when you climb into your bed tonight
And when you lock and bolt the door
Just think of those out in the cold and dark
'cos there's not enough love to go round

And sympathy is what we need my friend
And sympathy is what we need
And sympathy is what we need my friend
'cos there's not enough love to go round
No, there's not enough love to go round

Now half the world hurts the other half
And half the world has all the food
And half the world lies down and quietly starves
'cos there's not enough love to go round

And sympathy is what we need my friend
And sympathy is what we need
And sympathy is what we need my friend
'cos there's not enough love to go round
No, there's not enough love to go round.

Sympathy (Improv on the Rare Bird song)

Dirk Maassen composes wonderful short piano pieces inspired by contemporary composers such as Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi. 

I took on his invitation to record any of his piano pieces, and told him I would record 'Addio'... just to find out that there was no score! ... So after working directly with him the score was created and here is my take on it.

1-02. Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson - Moonlight

Mansfieldchen