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Alexander pure talent. I think every music lover have to know him.

Koyaanisqatsi Suite (Phillip Glass)

Balanescu Quartet is an avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Alexander Balanescu that achieved fame through the release of several complex re-interpretations of songs by Kraftwerk and collaborations with Michael Nyman, David Byrne and Goldfrapp amongs others. 

A new compilation, “This Is The Balanescu Quartet”, is available on www.mutebank.com and all good physical and digital retailers.

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Balanescu Quartet - East

Balanescu Quartet - Autobahn

Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch is an award-winning French pianist/ composer currently living in London. Spanning film score, bespoke composition and sound design, her work is connected by both its high quality and evocative, meticulous craft - a common sensibility of elegant, instinctual composition. Signed by FatCat’s post-classical imprint 130701 following receipt of a stunning demo in 2014, Levienaise-Farrouch’s first album, ‘Like Water Through the Sand’ is set for a November 2015 release, and – alongside Dmitry Evgrafov’s debut for the imprint - marks an invigorating injection of fresh blood for 130701, introducing a striking new voice to the genre.

08 Scale of Volatility

Based on Piano Trio nr. 2 Andante con Moto
Composed by Franz Schubert (*1827)

"Epicycle" is out worldwide on figureight records October 13th.

Pre-order the album as 180g limited edition vinyl/digital download here:
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Epicycle

Gyda Valtysdottir - Opus 100

Cover #24 from the series "Songs I Love" by Piers Faccini

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s musical arrangement of the poem ”My Heart's in the Highlands" by Scottish poet Robert Burns for countertenor, organ and bagpipes is without doubt, one of the most haunting songs I’ve ever heard. I was utterly spellbound the first time I heard the version recorded by the organist Stephen Layton and countertenor David James in 2003. Even without the music, the poem with its vivid picture of the Scottish highlands is majestic enough but with Pärt’s masterful composition, it becomes the song of a universal longing to return home and seems to speak to all of us, whether we come from the mountain, the desert or the sea. I’ve recently been collaborating with guitarist and oud player Gregory Dargent and chatting one day about what we could play together, we realised we were both unconditional Arvo Pärt fans. Being mostly for choir or orchestra, there’s not much of Pärt’s music that could work with just a voice and guitar but ”My Heart's in the Highlands" seemed a perfect piece to try and paint as if it were a timeless, traditional folk song. 

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
2: 
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
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'Songs I Love vol.1' still available on:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/songsilove1
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1jbGOfl
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/8050372
Google Play: http://bit.ly/songsiloveplay
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Beating Drum : http://www.beatingdrumrecords.com

SONGS I LOVE #24

Piers Faccini - My Heart Is In The Highlands ft. Gregory Dargent (Songs I Love #24)

Arvo part - Fratres for cello and piano

Track list:
1. Send in the Clowns - Joker
2. Smile - Modern Times
3. Circus Crowds (Both Sides Now) - Love Actually
4. Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
5. One More Kiss, Dear - Blade Runner
6. She Was Beautiful (Cavatina) - The Deer Hunter
7. Stranger in Paradise - Kismet
8. Midnight, the Stars and You - The Shining
9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
10. Final Curtain (My Way) - The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle

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Gonzales - Gogol

Metamorphosis 2 by Philip Glass
arranged using UVI Ircam Prepared Piano

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 2

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