Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 4

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Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 4

Phil Best, virtuoso pianist and composer releases new album - 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 & 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

An album of 20 short piano improvisations, occasionally with sections repeated, Phil creates a completely spontaneous outpouring but with a powerful sense of rhythmic unfolding or storytelling that renders even trivial events, dramatic, momentous or pivotal. Nothing is planned or contrived but never whimsical or random. Just true! Phil uses improvised piano music to describe deep inner states - beyond the scope of language - and does so with real precision and clarity.

Forces & Moments

Never leave me again

I can’t see you anywhere

Frédéric Chopin Piano By Pouya Raiyan

A very rough demo of Moon River, played on my new Laubin Oboe. Dedicated to Amigo Boyd (1993-2015), my 17 year old Chihuahua. 

Moon River

211 — Piano

A piano cover of "Turning Page" by Sleeping at Last.

Turning Page (piano cover)

watch: https://youtu.be/DruXWeZPmU8?si=aGJlCBM0Nk_2Ul9m

not like the movies - Katy Perry, lovely piano

Schubert -  Ständchen in D minor - Balázs Szoko - piano

This track is from the album Saint-Saens violin Concerto, Beethoven Triple Concerto and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/allaa

Camille Saint-Saens, violin concerto N.3 in B minor op 61, 2nd m

A set of 11 original piano nocturnes by pianist composer, Phil Best. 

Nocturnes are dark, melancholic virtual love songs full of pathos and longing. Each one feels like an intimate soliloquy about unrequited love, heartbreak and desire.

Inspired by Chopin's masterpieces of this genre, Phil explores a more contemporary approach, mixing in jazz, blues, pop and filmic elements.

Nocturnes

Come Back To Me

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.

Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 4

Phil Best

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