Essentials

This piece is the reminder that society will always be corrupt, the dissonances, the themes, the structures, all replicate the sounds of modern living, an unstable mass of human life, continues on without halt. THE REALIZATION at the CLIMAX of the entire piece, 11:21 when listened dearly, signifies of the purification of harmony, the immense beauty that is the NATURAL world, mother nature, the earth's waves, clouds, flora and fauna, taking your soul in an aural flight. Taking yourself away from the hazards of societal corruption and objects, then soaring over land and sea, grabbing in the sights of beauty you have never imagined before, taking it in as much as you can before you are forced to return to modernization, where we go, along with the same corruption that lies. But we never return quite the same. This is why Beethoven named this the GREAT Fugue, something that could only be created out of perfectionism and dear meaning, the honesty of a genius. Through tribulations and lies we go through, but we must remind ourselves that we are animals, and we belong to keeping our earth as beautiful as it can be, in its natural cycles. We belong to the earth, we are all connected. I'm once you've listened and understood the piece enough like I have, you'll have no doubt this is what these sounds are meant for. Close your eyes, and don't be afraid to cry tears in front of the truth. ♥﻿

The trills are a bit off though, but this took 3 months to complete.

Beethoven's Great Fugue (Grosse Fuge), World's First Full Virtual Instrument Transcription Thereof

The recording from the Khymerikal's performance at the Servant Jazz Quarters on the 13th of August 2014. 

Olivier Messiaen - 'Quartet for the End of Time'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduzioni_(Vivaldi)

Filiae Maestae Jerusalem RV 638  II. Sileant Zephyri (Antonio Lucio Vivaldi)

Avi Avital- Vivaldi Four Seasons- Concerto in G minor "Summer"

Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924)

Pavane Op.50

DUO CORD'EOLE
Fanny MAYNE, Querflöte
Nicolas FAURE, Violoncello
www.duocordeole.com

Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924) -  Pavane Op.50

Spontaneous Improvisation, invented just in a moment in a guitar lesson with Matteo Ridolfini https://on.soundcloud.com/gBOgnqF50Wxyso3j19

dreaming - Matteo Ridolfini

When I first heard Frank Hiemenz' brilliant recording of Albeniz' "Asturias" I was inspired to create an chamber orchestra  arrangement around his solo guitar recording to give the piece more of a guitar concerto feel. We hope you enjoy it. To hear more of Frank's music, go to https://soundcloud.com/fhgitarre. The track will also be available on all major streaming and download services as of 11/20/19.

Asturias - Featuring Frank Hiemenz

MICHAEL SPYRES A FOOL FOR LOVE, Tenor Arias

“Michael Spyres has a lovely, liquid tenor, all honey for love duets and some metal for cries of outraged honor.” – John Yohalem, from Opera Today

You may well be hard-pressed to name a classic opera that lacks a love-story – or a tenor as the main romantic hero. Accordingly, emerging American tenor Michael Spyres has come up with a fresh and fascinating pretext for A Fool for Love: his new collection of tenor arias on Delos.

A Fool For Love: Track 4: L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) - Una furtiva lagrima

Bach  Marcello Adagio - Concerto In D Minor

Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488, 2nd movement: Andante/Adagio in F-sharp minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786).

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Piano 3 using a sampled extra soft Bösendorfer 130 upright piano, with effects, and a sampled Willow flute.

Live video: https://youtu.be/eL8_ZJcO27M

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Adagio from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 [solo fragments]

Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings - Ryan Hebert, org; Haig Mardirosian, cond

Antonio Lotti - Crucifixus à 8

Composed by F. Tarrega. Played by www.StanLeonard.com
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Written by Francisco Tarrega (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909). Played and recorded by myself. 
(Wiki) Tarrega was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.
Francisco Tárrega's music and style of guitar playing became strongly influential in the twentieth century. He was central to reviving the guitar as a solo instrument in recital and concerts. His output was modest, having composed only 78 original scores and 120 transcriptions - mostly for his own use. Among his most popular works for the guitar are Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Capricho Árabe and Danza Mora.

He is also the composer of what has been claimed to be "probably the world's most heard tune": the Nokia ringtone, Nokia tune, or simply Nokia, also used in advertising spots, is based on Tárrega's Gran Vals. His music also inspired Mike Oldfield to arrange Tárrega's tremolo study Recuerdos de la Alhambra for the soundtrack of the film "The Killing Fields".

Capricho Arabe

Works 1965-1995

Music for 18 Musicians, Section VI

Composer: George Gershwin

"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_(song)

Summertime (Composer: George Gershwin) - Piano Solo

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I tell my stories through my own composed (and improvised) instrumental guitar music, using a combination of acoustic guitars, sometimes supported by orchestral instruments. Some have described my music as meditative, relaxing, and introspective, with a touch of melancholia and a distinctly Spanish flair. Listen for yourself and let me know what stories my music tells you.
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Capricho Arabe

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