Admirable, how carefully composed your improvisations sound at times. Very thoughtful and deep improvisation. I love it!

great sound and nostalgia... Sublime improvisation. technically just perfect.

Oh ! So beautiful....heart slowing down to the piano emotional beat to the dreams of old faded memories...please share with Short Piano Solo...

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Composed and Produced by Oliver Sadie
Arranged and Performed by Deryn Cullen
Mastered by John Elleson-Hartley

Originally composed in 2011, redone in 2021.

Ochre Threads (2021)

My new single from my upcoming album "Piano Stories". Like so many people, I am shaken by the terrible events of the last few weeks. Images, stories, deeply disturbing truths. Here, on "A Precious Place" the deep longing for a protected place. A place to which all people have a right and yet which so many millions sorely miss.

For me, it is a kind of therapy album that pulls me out of this powerlessness and gives me strength. Strength to continue to believe in the good in people and strength to fight for the good and for freedom. Perhaps - and this is my hope - you too will find something in it that will help you at this time.  - Sebastian

A Precious Place

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Arranged piece for four cello voices , originally for piano by Ólafur Arnalds.

Romance

I'm loving the new version of Pianoteq. This Rachmaninov-esque improvisation is me losing myself in the delicious D4 concert grand piano. 

I’d love it if you would also follow me on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/2MRR1lV where you’ll soon be able to listen to my new album 'Nocturnal' (https://philbestmusic.com/nocturnal/) and all my others too.

Piano Improvisation no. 119

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#1 iTunes Classical Album (US)
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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

2 AM: A Nocturne

From the #1 iTunes Classical release, The Chopin Variations, this is Chad Lawson's variation on Chopin's Nocturne in Eb Major, Opus 9 No 2.  Sheet music for this piece is available at chadlawson.com I hope you enjoy the free download of this MP3.  

Variation on Chopin's Nocturne in Eb Major-Op. 9, No 2

#1 iTunes Classical Album (US).

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 Waltz in A Minor-Op. 34, No. 2 (Variation Arr. for Piano, Vioin and Cello) - Chad Lawson

Ten directions is a Eastern cosmogony’s term that means "in all directions throughout the space." These directions are the eight of the compass: east, south-east, south, southwest, west, north-west, north, north-east, plus the Nadir – to the down - and Zenit - at the top.  These "Ten directions" are often matched to past, present and future to describe the set of all places – Ten Directions - and times - Three Times.
 At any time and in any place existed a sound that awakens and resonates at a specific emotional state. A call that is heard and collected by those who were looking for it for a long time and in any direction.
 
While playing or composing, I take refuge into myself, directing the sound through the ten directions of space. Then, I let my thoughts meander both in the internal direction, the innerself, and in the outer, the discovery and the meeting. The union of these two states arouses emotion, subtle matter that can be felt by those who are listening and are on the same frequency and in tune.

 The launch of the thought starts from the silence, and then, one key after another, starts moving and traveling through the air like an arrow into space. The sound is without obstacles, in the ten directions, and resonates through the invisible world of vibrations. Announces itself and enters the inner space. It comes to ears, the hearing organ, and shakes all the other senses. It kidnaps, touch the nerve centre and pervades us. It meets and joins up with something that is already there, and is welcomed as it was expected all along.

 The sound is clear, it radiates and spreads everywhere, and comes back, in a two-way process, creating contact points and unexplained bridges. Is a dimension that affects and charms because we recognize it, surprised and excited at the same time. As a light, it illuminates hidden areas through the mind and the heart, and reaches the deepest part of our inner. The listener and the player finds themselves alive in a sensitive state, and this sharing creates the communion, the union of sound and spirit, music and noise away from fiction, which dwells always and everywhere in the ten directions.

Wind Song

Hey, it’s me again!
Butterfly is a single presented in three distinct versions, each offering a unique perspective on one central musical idea.

The main track opens with a delicate Moog sequence that gradually blossoms into a flowing felt piano motif. This progression mirrors a metamorphosis—symbolizing the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, both sonically and conceptually.

The two companion versions zoom in on the gentle piano theme. By shifting tempo and texture, they unfold into their own quiet spaces—each one intimate, warm, and introspective, offering a softer lens on the original idea.

If you’d like to play it yourself, the sheet music is available for free on Bandcamp: ttps://sebastianmorawietz.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-piano-solo-free-sheet-music-pdf

Butterfly

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Listen to "Il Mare" also on:

- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/7GM0cuN1oDnMllAkoGEHV7
- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/it/album/il-mare/1771142196

"Il Mare" (the Italian for "the sea"), is a a contemplative solo piano song, in a contemporary and minimal style. It's inspired by Ludovico Einaudi's composition "Le Onde" (the waves), released in the same EP with it.

Il Mare

Live video: youtu.be/993zx_yzGhI

Muse, from the Guitars album

Composed by Mike Oldfield / 1999
Performed by Olivier Lebra / June + November 2024

Instruments:
One slightly felted Klavins Una Corda piano
Waldorf Blofeld wavetable synthesizer + Elektron Analog Heat overdrive 

Mics:
Warm Audio WA-84
Extinct Audio BM9

Mike Oldfield - Muse [piano electro]

Upcoming single arrangement by Steinway pianist/composer Chad Lawson.

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Auld Lang Syne - Chad Lawson 2015

Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

Flying in the Dream

Circle of Loneliness

Circle Of Loneliness

Available on Spotify here via Nettwerk Records - https://open.spotify.com/track/0G9EmKKkhFuYbqzs9r9TjT?si=xPfcOXurQf2LanFk_Jk-Ww

iTunes / Apple - https://music.apple.com/gb/album/spaces-single/1463088510

Hope you enjoy the full version with strings :)

Love,

Joe x

Spaces (Strings Version)

For Phil, traditional classical piano training was something of a straitjacket. He rebelled from a very young age by teaching himself to improvise and play by ear. Fundamentally gentle by nature - he’s a vegan and life-long meditator - the competitive world of classical piano seemed brutal. Phil plays music simply for the love of it and nothing else matters to him. He’s not interested in definitive interpretations or who-can-play-the-fastest performances: what Phil offers is real musical sense, through delivering rhythm and groove, melody and harmony with depth, clarity and unconventional intelligibility.

Phil plays in a refreshingly unpretentious and accessible way, telling musical stories with vivid, straightforward passion. Being a Yorkshireman, he says it how it is, and music for him is profound solace, catharsis and joy: so this is what he offers. Being extraordinarily fluent in the language of music on the keys, he loves to improvise freely, allowing the music to pour forth spontaneously, from a place of deep body-and-soul consciousness. And he aims to make the music of Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninov, and every piece he plays, come from this place of real transformation and healing.

Piano Improvisation no. 119

Phil Best

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