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The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Britten's Prelude and Fugue for 18 part string orchestra. Recorded live November 4, 2013 in Jordan Hall by Nick Davison.

Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra, Op. 29

sweetlearningsong

chil;l

classic

clasica

Calm

Classical

The New England Conservatory Chamber Singers, under the direction of Erica Washburn performs Milhaud: Les deux cités, Op. 170. Recorded live October 24, 2013 in Jordan Hall, Boston by Nick Davison.

Milhaud: Les deux cités, Op. 170-Babylone

The New England Conservatory Chamber Singers, under the direction of Erica Washburn performs Kodály's Esti dal. Recorded live October 24, 2013 in Jordan Hall, Boston by Nick Davison.

Kodály: Esti dal

don't know how, but so often when I just finished working on a composition (like Sternenstaub) there is another mostly introspective piece coming up within minutes..... I called it Afterglow for the reason mentioned above....

please support and share my music on spotify: 

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Dirk Maassen - Afterglow (pls. support and share my music on spotify :)

Color,Sol, Inmensidad

Recording taken directly from the desk.

Rhian Sheehan with band and Orchestra Wellington String section

Wellington State Opera House 2nd November 2013
Written by Rhian Sheehan. Arranged by Ryan Youens
Conducted by Ewan Clark
More info here: www.facebook.com/pages/Rhian-Sheehan/15584763065

Rhian Sheehan - Nusquam (Live at The Opera House Wellington 2nd Nov 2013)

Just having fun my friend,,, trying to learn the cinematic aspects of things.... happy week-end :)

Cinematic - Friday night battle scene - Beer necessary

Taken from the album 'Spaces' out now on CD/2xLP/Digital via Erased Tapes.

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‘The infinite elasticity of sound’ 7.8 Pitchfork 
‘Improvisatory, wild, heartfelt’  Interview Magazine
‘A fantastic record’ The Guardian Album of the Week 
‘Frahm creates something mesmerising’ ★★★★ The Observer
‘My favourite new piece of music this year’ Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

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Spaces

Hammers

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Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra-Prelude  Grave

Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra-Allegro energico

Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra-Coda  Grave come prima

New album "The Swans" - 12 Valses Melancoliques
The great success of my first series "Valses melancoliques encouraged me to continue this musical idea of melancholic valses, resulting in 12 new valses from C minor to B minor.

Now I am more than happy to announce that the brilliant pianist Danaë Xanthe Vlasse (https://soundcloud.com/danae-vlasse) from Los Angeles / USA has recorded the whole series! Danaë performs these works in a masterful way, bringing interpretive variety to each waltz such that each piece portrays distinct character, and all are a delight to hear!

This album is available on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Spotify and many other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-swans-12/id748395369
A physical CD will be available on Amazon and on CreateSpace soon: https://www.createspace.com/2209540
As usual it is also available on BandCamp for the price of a coffee: https://beneking.bandcamp.com/album/the-swans-12-valses-m-lancoliques

The scores for this series you can find here: http://www.beneking.com/swans
The direct link to the booklet with all scores:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4v1JwJiY6oJVURybWNwbURSLUU/edit?usp=sharing
A printed booklet with all scores will be available on Amazon soon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Stephan+Beneking&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AStephan+Beneking


Valses Melancholiques II - "The Swans" No 1 - played by Danaë Xanthe Vlasse - now on iTunes

This is my own classical guitar arrangement of this song by the band Alter Bridge. Work in progrss

Watch Over You - Alter Bridge

- Nr. 14 (Andante) from "Introduction à l'Étude de la Guitare" op 60 -
music: Fernando Sor
guitar: F.Hiemenz
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part of a recording session, mostly in "prima vista" playing, to produce background music for a spoken therapeutic CD. 
recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld
('93)
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Find more Études from Fernando Sor at :
http://soundcloud.com/fhgitarre/sets/fernando-sor-estudios-easy-to-medium/
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restored from a CompactCassette Copy with WaveLab 7

Étude in E-minor (Andante, op.60 Nr.14) by Fernando Sor

Памяти моей двоюродной бабушки Аиды Даниелян.
Dedicated to a blessed memory of my grandmother Aida Danielyan.

Dancing On The River

THANK ME

Ashot Danielyan - Dancing On The River

Live concert with Siri and Elena (voice).

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Epilogue (Επίλογος)- Piano Live Somewhere in Italy.

the journey goes on with the fifth fragment. 
from the album "2 Days & a Year"
Hope you enjoy...

fragments of a journey #5

Premiere of Joel Puckett's Concerto Duo (for solo flute, solo clarinet and orchestra)
Demarre McGill, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Allen Tinkham, conducting
Recorded live at Orchestra Hall in Chicago on May 13, 2012

PROGRAM NOTE: As I began work on this concerto for the brilliant brothers, Anthony and Demarre McGill, my thoughts naturally turned to family and
childhood. To shared experiences and the joy of comradery and sibling rivalries. Although the entire piece is dedicated to the
brothers, the movements take their inspiration from, and their dedications are given to, three very special toddlers.
The first movement carries the title, “Great American Scream Machine.” Growing up in Atlanta, my folks used to take my sister and
me to Six Flags over Georgia every summer. That park features the world’s largest wooden rollercoaster, the Great American Scream
Machine. Even as a child, I knew in my heart that it was probably a terrible idea to build a rollercoaster out of wood and an even
worse idea to be proud of having the LARGEST one. Needless to say, this thing terrified me [and does to this day].
This movement is dedicated to Roya McAllister whose parents are my dear friends, Roshanne Etezady and Timothy McAllister. I first
came to know Roshanne’s music when we were in graduate school together. She wrote a fantastic piece about motorcycles [and life]
for the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire project. I remember thinking, “That first measure is AWESOME!”
In December, Roshanne and Tim welcomed their daughter Roya to the world. I stole my memory of her first measure and created a
sketch version of what eventually became this movement as tribute to her and a testament to little Roya to make sure she knows how
cool her mom is. Roya, you are a lucky little girl!
If you have ever tried to put a toddler down for a nap, you will understand the sentiments behind the second movement. The image
of the soft lullaby gently and smoothly soothing children to sleep seems ridiculous in the face of my nightly reality! My daughter fights
sleep like a heavyweight prizefighter.
Our nighttime routine has become set in stone. I give her a bath, put her in her pajamas, and we read a book or two. And then we
come to my favorite portion of the routine: the lullabies. Doing my part, I sing her slow lullabies while rocking her and she does her
part, fighting the onset of sleep.
By far her favorite lullaby is the one my grandmother [Mama Dee] used to sing to me: “Sail Far Away, Sail Across the Sea, Only don’t
forget to Sail, back again to me.”
At least, I THOUGHT it was the one Mama Dee used to sing to me. I got curious about the rest of the verses and found that the
song was written in 1898 by Alice Riley and Jesse Gaynor and has only a passing resemblance to the song I remember Mama Dee
singing to me. Better yet, it has virtually no resemblance to the lullaby I had been singing to my daughter!
So this movement is both a journey of daddy trying to coax daughter to sleep and a journey of daughter enjoying the song, fighting
sleep and eventually succumbing to slumber.
I have had this material in my head, virtually nonstop, since the day my daughter was born. I first created a winds only version of this
“lullaby” as a gift for my daughter on her 1st birthday.
Following an extended introduction of the lullaby material by the soloists, you will hear the soloists take turns trying to coax the
toddler to sleep only to be interrupted by the little stomps of a very tired and stubborn [but very cute] little girl. Approximately two
thirds of the way through the movement a dramatic change over occurs where all involved [daddy and daughter] begin to succumb to
sleep.
As the haze overtakes daddy and daughter, the lullaby appears in four-part canon, with half the orchestra singing and half the
orchestra playing the lullaby then slowly dissolving into a sleepy A-flat major chord that is sung by the entire orchestra.
Happy birthday, little A!
The soloists emerge from this singing to begin the third movement by passing apeggiations back and forth, slowly picking up more
and more steam and launching into a sounds that are reminiscent of the cool breezes and sunshine of Southern California, which is
the birthplace of Audrey Simonds’s father. This movement is dedicated to the daughter of CYSO’s own general manager, Joshua
Simonds, who has been a sounding board and source of constant support throughout my time as CYSO’s composer-in-residence.
Audrey, your Dad is a very special person.
Concerto Duo is dedicated to the amazing brothers, Anthony and Demarre McGill and their parents. They are an inspiration and
fantastic models for how to live as an artist and, more importantly, as a human. I am humbled and grateful to have them turn their
attention to my notes.
Concerto Duo premiered on mother’s day 2012, in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
with Anthony and Demarre McGill, soloists and Allen Tinkham, conducting.

Concerto Duo with Demarre and Anthony McGill [LIVE]

Flight Facilities - Stand Still feat. Micky Green will be released on Future Classic & Glassnote
Now available as part of the debut album Down To Earth.
iTunes Worldwide - http://smarturl.it/downtoearthiTunes
http://flightfacilities.com/

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ-pSmC6Eg

'Stand Still' features an extended cast of ‘friends’ including the vocals of close friend Micky Green, the highly respected Sydney-born-Paris-based pop singer whose sweeping melodies add bubblegum sweetness to an otherwise high-tempo single. The final mix also comes courtesy of James David, one half of mysterious UK duo Snakehips. Old friends of Micky’s, Jimmy and Hugo have also chosen to work with another familiar face for the official music video in Director Dave Ma, the creative force behind the ARIA 2013 nominated clip for much lauded single 'Clair De Lune'.

‘Stand Still’ will be available with three incredible remixes, featuring Sydney’s Wave Racer, Future Classic alumni (and Lithuania’s Producer of the Year) Mario Basanov, and New York’s Com Truise, who brings his synth-heavy sounds to the table. 

Aus - http://bit.ly/17TrEpj
UK - http://bit.ly/1eiMqO3
France - http://bit.ly/IcGYlq
USA - http://bit.ly/IcGVGk

Full EP out 9th December 2013

For media enquiries please contact Roo Farndon - roo@roodmedia.com (US/Europe) & Gareth Watkins - gareth@thinkingloud.com.au (Aus/NZ)
For Management enquiries please contact Sam Beck - management@flightfacilities.com

Download on iTunes

Stand Still (feat. Micky Green)

Indonesia Jiwaku
written by Guruh Sukarno Putra
produced and arranged by Andi Rianto for MAGENTA Orchestra

DUDUTNA Indonesia Jiwaku (piano version)-MAGENTA ORCHESTRA

Angry, angular, aggressive, all the As. Bach owning the upside down fugue :)

Partita No. 6 In E Minor, BWV 830  Gigue (James Rhodes, piano)

I composed this music, thanks to this photo by Pascal Durif ( https://www.facebook.com/pascal.durif.9 ).
I recommend you check out his site to see his entire collection of fantastic photos.

This track is "As it comes". registered while composing wit no corrections. so sorry for the eventually mistakes but i prefer it in that way.:)

I hope you enjoy it.
At least the photo :)

Another Day

Promenades En Campagne (Nocturne, 22 Nov)

Promenades En Campagne, Nocturne, 22 Nov - Piano Solo

From the updated version of The Score (Part One). The Score features over an hour of soundtrack themes from the gentle opening through to full and epic hollywood.
 
Download at Bandcamp: http://dexterbritain.bandcamp.com/

www.dexterbritain.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thedexterbritain
www.twitter.com/dexterbritain

To license this music for your project please contact The Music Bed, or see dexterbritain.co.uk for information.

Waiting Around

Pleasant atmospheres and evokative rhythms transport you to a time and place where your mind can engage in social but relaxing activities.
Our Lounge Music is designed to give you an inviting musical background you can use for a stimulating conversation, an intimate evening with friends, or a more relaxing afternoon with that special someone.
Written by Juan Carlos Camarena of Mexico.
Album available on iTunes and most digital stores:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lounge-music/id466007610?uo=4


Buddha Bar

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"British ambient band Marconi Union has drummed up the world's most relaxing song: Weightless is 8 mins 10 sec. of aural bliss" - Time Magazine, Best Inventions of the Year. 

"An excellent compilation from the always interesting Just Music" - The Sunday Times

"The Ambient Zone is an album that feels like the world is peeling away, layer by layer, into multi-colored panoramas, just for you" - Echoes (CD of The Month)

The Ambient Zone is a beautiful journey into ambient and electronica inspired by universal themes of calmness, purity, relaxation and enrichment where Weightless is coupled with some exclusive first releases and other blissfully ambient tracks from Just Music artists and alumni.

Created instinctively and intuitively by Marconi Union, Weightless has been claimed to have therapeutic properties in the way the track almost appears to have a heartbeat running through it which slows down very gently throughout the piece, encouraging a deep sense of relaxation in the body, It's use of specific rhythms, beep bass tones, frequencies and intervals induce an almost trance like state in the listener.

"The Ambient Zone is an album that just screams (albeit quietly) of pure class" - Fluid Nation.

Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

Weightless Part 1

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Marconi Union - Weightless

Slow, calm and peaceful music for your body, mind and soul: Another soothing relaxdaily instrumental with piano and guitar with a smooth and inspirational arrangement. Relaxing music created as a soundtrack for your daily activities. Try this instrumental e.g. in your piano music, study music, work music, massage or yoga music playlist, or maybe while reading, programming, gaming, reviewing, planing, dreaming, ...

Isn't it super-smooth-dreamy-lovely?
I hope you enjoy, 
Michael (relaxdaily creator)

Visit my channel for more smooth instrumental music: http://www.youtube.com/relaxdaily

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All rights reserved, © 2012 relaxdaily

With this project I try to create music that is different to what you hear on the radio. While I believe that it can make us happier to listen to uptempo, stimulating and entertaining pop music throughout the day,  I also believe that we all can benefit from a slow and  peaceful instrumental from time to time. I want to create a place where you can come to, when you feel the need to.   
... relaxdaily: music for the mind, body and soul.

People use relaxdaily music for different purposes like: music for work, homework and studying, relax and relaxation music, meditation music, yoga music, massage and spa music, background music, all kinds of mental work, even as sleep music.

relaxdaily music oftentimes is tagged as: anti-stress music, inspirational music, background music, soothing music, soft music, peaceful music, smooth music, piano music, calm music, tranquil music, airport music, music for travel, dreamy music, spiritual music, healing music, mood music, slow music, positive music, ...

Season 2

N°055

Slow, Calm and Peaceful Instrumental Music - smooth piano and guitar - relaxdaily N°055

This slow, peaceful and calming piano music instrumental has all the positive power and emotion to be a working soundtrack while you study or work, relax or calm down, meditate or enjoy your yoga, spa or massage session. When you're into love songs: Don't you think this instrumental has a romantic touch to it? I hope you enjoy this piece of music. Let me know how you feel about it ;)
- Michael (relaxdaily music creator)

visit my website https://relaxdaily.net
my Facebook: https://facebook.com/relaxdaily

© 2012 relaxdaily

FYI: With this project I try to create music that is different to what you hear on the radio. While I believe that it can make us happy to listen to uptempo, stimulating and entertaining pop music throughout the day,  I also believe that we all can benefit from a slow and  peaceful instrumental from time to time. With this project, I want to create a place where you can come to, when you feel the need to.   

... relaxdaily: music for the mind, body and soul.

N°057

Slow, Peaceful and Calming Piano Music -  work, study, love songs - relaxdaily N°057

Die lange Version unseres Pianostückes aus der TV-Werbung

Travel Dreams - HRS Long

New England Conservatory educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world, drawing on the talent and deep reservoir of experience of our distinguished faculty. We are dedicated to inculcating the highest standards of excellence and nurturing individual artistic sensibility and creative growth. Understanding that music is one of the transcendent expressions of human civilization, NEC aspires to ensure it a central place in contemporary society. Additionally, we present over 1,000 free concerts a year in our world class performance spaces which include historic Jordan Hall.

Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra-Coda Grave come prima

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