"Danzarín" by Julián Plaza is undoubtly part of the unspoken "canon" of sacred pieces of the tango world. Here we listen Juan María Solare's version for solo piano.

Every composer has a signature piece, not necessarily his best, which defines his style, his intimacy. Danzarín (Little Dancer) is thus a concentration of Julián Plaza's artistic personality. The first theme, a rhythm injection, builds on a pianistic device called "campanitas" or little bells: rhythmed dissonances in the high register. Typical of this composer is a second theme cantabile in the cello register. (From the liner notes of Solare's CD "Tango Monologues", http://www.juanmariasolare.com/CD_tango_monologues.html)

Tango Monologues on Spotify:
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Tango Monologues

Danzarín

JUAN MARIA SOLARE - Danzarín (by Julián Plaza)

emotional valse sentimentale played on Roland RD 800

Valse sentimentale Opus 51 Nr 6 Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky - new record

Awaken

original music, Native American style drone flute, piano

Adrift Amidst Waves of Humanity, Whales, Minnows, Sharks, and Loud-mouth Bass

Live

Played by Phil Best.

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Prelude in Eb minor Op. 23 No. 9 - Rachmaninov

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Heres a track using Virharmonic new instrument - Bohemian Violin. It's totally awesome, check out their page:
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Bohemian Concerto - Virharmonic Bohemian Violin Demo

Mozart Violin Sonata K454 mvt 2

The live show of my new album 'Nocturnal' was on Friday October 12th at St Paul's Centre in Hammersmith, featuring my own nocturnes and some of Chopin's amazing pieces. As part of my explorations, I improvised this short nocturne.

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Nocturne No. 6 in C# minor - P. Best

Iliya Rashkovskiy performs Chopin's e- minor piano concerto on November 11th, 2011 at Gorzów Philharmonic concert hall. Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra under Piotr Borkowski conducting. Live recording.
Iliya Rashkovskiy that 2011 year was a 3rd prize winner of the A. Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. Later he conquered the 1st prize at Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan.
The new, very fresh Polish orchestra, established just few months before this performance, showed great musicianship and yet maturity. The concert master for that memorable evening was Tomasz Tomaszewski - 1st concert master of Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Fr. CHOPIN - Piano concerto e minor 2nd mov.

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.