The great success of my "Valses melancoliques" (including the award-winning No. VIII - le desir eternel) encouraged me to continue this musical idea of melancholic valses, resulting in 12 new valses from C minor to B minor, created in a 14 day "composing rush" in April 2013 :-)

Pianist Carlos Marquéz (https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital), whom many of you know for his outstanding piano recordings, was so kind to play some of the "Swans". 
Enjoy his breathtaking performance of this piece!

Carlos played all 10 Valses melancoliques Series I, which you can find on iTunes and many other platforms. Truly can recommend this!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beneking-10-valses-melancoliques/id600563482

All 12 "Swans" will also be published as an album towards the end of 2013, performed by pianist Danaë Vlasse (https://soundcloud.com/danae-vlasse).
Here is a "Preview" of the first 6 valses: 
https://soundcloud.com/stephan-beneking/preview-valses-melancoliques

The scores for this series you can find here: http://www.beneking.com/swans
The direct link to the booklet with all scores:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4v1JwJiY6oJVURybWNwbURSLUU/edit?usp=sharing


Valses melancoliques I

Valses Melancoliques II - "The Swans" - No. 3 played by Carlos Márquez www.beneking.com

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/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 8 hour playlist of my pure neoclassical piano music here:
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. 8 - Played By Carlos Márquez - 22-Track Album On iTunes, Please Follow On Spotify

Drama, mystique intrigue, love - everything that makes up a romantic separation in the old black and white movies.

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Départ Romantique [Re-Recorded October 2015]

"A la recherche du temps perdu" performed by pianist Michael Hauber, Germany (https://soundcloud.com/michael-hauber). 
The Album on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/53fFa5BOuSVHgzCVBo15VE
The Album on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu/id931560413
The booklet with the piano score / sheet music of "A la recherche du temps perdu" you find here: http://www.beneking.com/temps


Full Album on Spotify

A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu No. 2 - Played By Michael Hauber - Full Album On Spotify, ITunes Etc

The Legend of the Black Rose mp3

The third piece in my duet set of Songs without Words
A piece in ternary form with lugubrious slow outer sections surrounding a more flowing central passage. The opening theme heard 3 octaves apart returns in the ultra-bass in the final part

SWW24.3

Piano 4-5

spotify URI: spotify:album:3xfKWoVVv1IXMnyzShgIl3

spotify URL: https://open.spotify.com/album/3xfKWoVVv1IXMnyzShgIl3



12 Dirk Maassen - Sinaai, out on Spotify.....

Valery Beshevli - Parting

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Sample tracks from the newly released, The Space Between.

05. Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Loves Me - The Space Between Sample

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My compositions are in neoclassical, classical, romantic, melodic and modern classical style for piano solo purely. Thanks for listening and your supportive comments! 

Valse melancolique No. VIII - le desir eternel won the 1st prize in Free-Scores Piano Solo Classic contest 2013:
https://soundcloud.com/stephan-beneking/valse-melancolique-viii-le

A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu No. 2 - Played By Michael Hauber - Full Album On Spotify, ITunes Etc

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