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The essential Claude Debussy collection, featuring all the favourites from this sublime French composers repertoire.

Claude Debussy - The Essential Collection

YouTube Music

Streaming
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/takuyoshifujiyama/lright-place

Bandcamp
https://takuyoshifujiyama.bandcamp.com/album/l-r-ight-place

light place

Tried doing some stringruns using Emberton's free Intimate Strings Lite. It sounds good with enough reverb and supporting instruments.

Stringrun Test

Infinite thoughts

Persephone - #0110 by chair house 140404

I created my first open collab. Since I've enjoyed working on Dirk's music, I asked him if he would be interested in working on my open collab. He created this lovely track as a gift to me. Thank you so much. I'm very touched.

Piano: @dirk-maassen-official & @ascoltadi
Violin & Viola: me

Thank you for creating this beautiful piece. Hope you all enjoy.

New Beginnings Collab - Dirk Maassen & Kayll Frappier

blue sky, blue fairy, blue water.. i love..

Cyane - #0121 by chair house 140415

Ariadne - #0123 by chair house 140417

Piano: Carlos Márquez (@cmdigital)
Composer: Arthur Breur (@arthurbreur)

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Arthur Breur wrote the following description on April 20, 2013:

"Happy birthday, George Takei! 

The first section of this ragtime piece is composed off of the letters of George Takei's name, and is intentionally upbeat and optimistic. The theme is intended to represent his youth, his early family life, and his overall personality. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Takei by phone once a few years ago, and it was a delight speaking to him.

The second section represents the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It is a sad part of America's history, and George Takei has made it part of his life to bring awareness to a time when America didn't behave so beautifully. The section is composed in a minor key, reflects the melodies of songs of Americana, and is intentionally composed so the melody and the accompaniment are not lined up, as the situation at the time was not in alignment with our country's principles.

The third section is all about Hollywood and George Takei's career as an actor. The melody plays on the many celebratory melodies about Hollywood and show business, right up to the "big finish" cadences that lead the section into...

The fourth section comes as a surprise and suddenly turns a corner into very different places than the earlier sections, while intentionally keeping rhythms and references to other moments in the piece. The melody is classy and sophisticated, even "cool"—the proud protagonist has found his stride, and it's more than just OK to be Takei."

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Sheet Music (free/buy): www.ArthurBreur.com/sheet-music

Background image by Frank Black Noir www.flickr.com/photos/frankblacknoir/3207913570

Recording ℗2014 Carlos Márquez
Ragtime #3: George Takei Rag ©2013 Arthur Breur

Arthur Breur - Ragtime #3 George Takai Rag - Carlos Marquez, piano

Britomartis - #0125 by chair house 140419

gentle thoughts from the bottom of the deep sea...

April Lady - #0126 by chair house 140420

Flora Flower - #0127 by chair house 140421

Callisto Prelude - #0134 by chair house 140429

Thalia Slumber - #0135 by chair house 140429

sometime, i love to see afterglow.. calm & gentle..

Afterglow - #0139 by chair house 140503

If you want to support our music - please consider buying an Album and share/repost to all classical piano enthusiasts! Thank you!
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10 Nocturnes - 12 Valkyries
The Album consists of 10 Nocturnes, "Nachtlieder von der Toteninsel", and 12 Valkyries, ranging from C minor to B minor. 60 minutes of finest pure neoclassical piano original compositions in classical style, brilliantly performed by pianist Carlos Márquez (https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital).

If you can´t wait for a whole year until all pieces are uploaded onto SoundCloud- this album is available on iTunes, AmazonMP3, GooglePlay, Spotify and many other platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stephan-beneking-10-nocturnes/id796672001
http://www.amazon.com/Stephan-Beneking-10-Nocturnes-Valkyries/dp/B00HY06NE6
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Carlos_Márquez_Stephan_Beneking_10_Nocturnes_12_Va?id=Bpdyw7jvcnzfqoellf2z3snzcfy

You can also listen to all Albums on Spotify in this 6 hour playlist of my pure neoclassical piano music here:
https://play.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1
http://open.spotify.com/user/1155850710/playlist/754hMzwRzbXaVixnFYdcO1

A physical CD is available on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=stephan+beneking

The scores for the two series you can find for free download here: 
Nocturnes: http://www.beneking.com/nachtlieder
Valkyries: http://www.beneking.com/valkyries

Printed booklets with all scores are available on Amazon (also Amazon Europe and UK):
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Stephan+Beneking&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AStephan+Beneking

Picture:
The "Toteninsel" (Isle of Dead) is one of the most famous paintings of the romantic period of the 19th century by the swiss painter Arnold Böcklin. It exists in three originals worldwide and it has inspired many artists (including Rachmaninov) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_the_Dead_(painting)


Nocturne No. 5 - played by Carlos Márquez - 22-track Album on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc

Laufey - #0142 by chair house 140506

in silence of dawn..  absolutely beautiful moment..

Dawndaybreak - #0157 by chair house 140521

Melancholic Dream

Dedico esta grabación con gran cariño a mis padres.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/debussy-deux-arabesques-single/id1109105473

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