Always a pleasure to listen to some Chopin

one of my favorite chopin works, thanks for sharing, Michael!

Wonderful work. A respectful tribute to a classic.

hey that pause is unusual, but i like it!

My favorite valse from this great composer...Realy love how you expressed this piece!

piano of dreams

Brodmann PE-187 grand piano. AKGPerception mics. Pro Tools recording.

Chopin Mazurka Fm op63no2

TRACY CHAPMAN - FAST CAR (piano instrumental cover)

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Allegro molto e con brio

Champignons - Piano 73

one famous valse composed by P. I. Tschaikowsky
from my serie "romantic piano II"
played on a Steinway B-211 piano

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky - Valse sentimentale Opus 51 Nr 6  Steinway B-211 piano

Victoria Bragin - F. Chopin: Polonaise E flat minor op. 26 no. 2

Claire de Lune - Debussy

Happy sound created by James Last
played by Michael Hauber on Steinway B 211

Happy Heart - James Last - Steinway

... from the soundtrack of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".  (Grand Piano and Strings tones of my Yamaha P-80).


Alexandre Desplat - Benjamin and Daisy

Sonata 46 for violin and classical guitar

Sandra Haniszewska - Violin
Tomasz Kandulski - Classical Guitar

I was attending music school as an undergraduate in 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. At the time, Matthew Gould (of Duo 46) was attending as a Doctoral student in guitar and living in Austin with his partner, violinist Beth Schneider. They had started Duo 46 maybe a few years before this. I was hanging out with them a lot in those days - just going over to their apartment or whatever. One day, Matt said to me, "Hey man, why don't you write us a piece?", and I said, "Umm.. ok."

At this point, I don't think they expected much. They hadn't had that many pieces written for them yet, and I was just starting as a composer, only in my second year of school. I decided I wanted to write something that would really show off what they could do technically and musically, and that would leave audiences breathless.

Not knowing how to begin, I lifted a line from a piece that I had just written - a solo flute piece titled "The Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi". That became the opening line of the piece. Then, inspired by the one movement sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, I wrote the piece based on that line. The piece is full of things that I was just discovering and becoming influenced by at the time: baroque sonatas, renaissance lute music (hence the "lute" tuning of the guitar), the tangos of Piazzolla as well as the ever-present rock and heavy metal that has always been part of my music. Since Duo 46 premiered the piece in 1999, Sonata 46 has become one of my most frequently and widely performed pieces.

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Sonata 46 (Haniszewska-Kandulski Duo)

The beautiful "Meditation" by Jules Massenet, performed on Classical Guitar by William Wilson.

Meditation

About Intermezzo D'Anniversaire by Danae Vlasse: This piece is a Theme and Variations on the famous Op118 No2 Intermezzo by  Johannes Brahms. It develops my favorite 8 measure theme from the original work and was specifically composed in the style of Brahms. The second section in this piece is built on specific pitches such that it incorporates a message for the recipient of the commission "Joyeux Anniversaire Karen" ("Happy Birthday Karen").

Winner: MTAC Composers Today 2014 First Place in Composition "Advanced Work" Category.

Winner: Radio Music Awards 2016 "Best Classical Recording" Category.

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

PS: A BIG Thank you to Daniel (Zeitfaktor) for his help with re-mastering this audio file! :-)

Intermezzo D'Anniversaire (remastered by Zeitfaktor) :-)

01-Cherry Blossom Extract

recorded with stage piano Roland RD 170
aufgenommen mit Roland RD 170

Chopin Valse As Dur Opus 69 Nr 1

Chopin Nocturne H Dur Opus 32 Nr 1

music is a big piece of live - the only speech going to heart...
I like romantic music

Chopin Valse As Dur Opus 69 Nr 1

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