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It's my first and hopefully not last collaboration with the wonderful Dirk Maassen. 
I was very pleased when Dirk asked me to record a guitar part to his piece Déjà vu.
I recorded 2 versions, an improvised version and a more composed version. I decided to post my improvised version. It simply has more charisma and contrast to the piano.
Hope you enjoy ...
I appreciate every comment, but I'm on a journey and can not reply until end of August.


don't miss Dirk Massen if you don't already know him
@ascoltadi

cover: http://pixabay.com/

Déjà-vu     dirkmaassen - jensfelger

I composed this song, after reading a marvelous poem "The City" by a Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy )

Our life is in our hands, depends on us.

p.s. HELP. I'M SEARCHING FOR OTHER LANGUAGES TRANSLATION.
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The City

[1.08] You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea.
Another city will be found, better than this.
Every effort of mine is condemned by fate;
and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried.
[1.45] How long in this wasteland will my mind remain.
Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look
I see the black ruins of my life here,
where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted."

[2.21] New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas.
The city will follow you. You will roam the same
streets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods;
in these same houses you will grow gray.
[4.53] Always you will arrive in this city. To another land -- do not hope --
there is no ship for you, there is no road.
As you have ruined your life here
in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world.
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La Città

Dicesti: "ad altra città andrò, ad altro mare.
altra città dev'esserci migliore di questa
dove ogni mio tentativo è destinato al fallimento,
e il mio cuore, quesi fossi morto, sepolto.

Fino a quando la mia mente in questo marasma giacerà?
ovunque volgo l'occhio, ovunque guardo
perduti ruderi della mia vita qui scorgo
ove tanti anni ho trascorso e guastato e sciupato."

Nuovi paesi non troverai, né altri mari, né altri mari.
la città, ti seguirà
per le stesse vie circolerai;
nei soliti quartieri andrai invecchiando;
sempre tra queste case ti farai bianco.

A questa città ognora giungerai
per quegli altri paesi, lascia ogni speranza
a te nave non c'è, non c'è nessuna strada.
Così come la tua vita rovinasti qui
in questo piccolo angolo,
su tutta la terra
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La Ciudad

Dijiste: "Iré a otra ciudad, iré a otro mar.
Otra ciudad ha de hallarse mejor que ésta.
Todo esfuerzo mío es una condena escrita;
y está mi corazón - como un cadáver - sepultado.
Mi espíritu hasta cuándo permanecerá en este marasmo.
Donde mis ojos vuelva, donde quiera que mire
oscuras ruinas de mi vida veo aquí,
donde tantos años pasé y destruí y perdí".

Nuevas tierras no hallarás, no hallarás otros mares.
La ciudad te seguirá. Vagarás
por las mismas calles. Y en los mismos barrios te harás viejo
y en estas mismas casas encanecerás.
Siempre llegarás a esta ciudad. Para otro lugar -no esperes-
no hay barco para ti, no hay camino.
Así como tu vida la arruinaste aquí
en este rincón pequeño, en toda tierra la destruiste. 

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Η Πόλις

Είπες "Θα πάγω σ`άλλη γη, θα πάγω σ`άλλη θάλασσα.
Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή.
Κάθε προσπάθειά μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή
κ`είν`η καρδιά μου σαν νεκρός θαμμένη.
Ο νους μου ως πότε μες στον μαρασμόν αυτόν θα μένει.
Όπου το μάτι μου γυρίσω, όπου κι αν δω
ερείπια μαύρα της ζωής μου βλέπω εδώ,
που τόσα χρόνια πέρασα και ρήμαξα και χάλασα."

Καινούριους τόπους δε θα βρεις, δεν θάβρεις άλλες θάλασσες.
Η πόλις θα σε ακολουθεί.Στους δρόμους θα γυρνάς
τους ίδιους.Και στες γειτονιές τες ίδιες θα γερνάς
και μες στα ίδια σπίτια αυτά θ`ασπρίζεις.
Πάντα στην πόλι αυτή θα φτάνεις.Για τα αλλού μην ελπίζεις
δεν έχει πλοίο για σε, δεν έχει οδό.
Έτσι που τη ζωή σου ρήμαξες εδώ
στην κώχη τούτη την μικρή, σ`όλην την γη την χάλασες.

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die Stadt

Du sagst: "Ich gehe in ein anderes Land, an ein anderes Meer.
Eine andere Stadt muß es geben, besser als diese.
Jede meiner Anstregungen ist vom Schicksal verdammt,
Und mein Herz - wie ein Toter- begraben.

Wie lange wird mein Geist in dieser Ödnis bleiben?
Wohin ich meine Augen wende, wohin ich sehe,
Ich sehe die düsteren Ruinen meines Lebens hier,
Wo ich so viele Jahre verbrachte, verschwendete, verdarb."

Neue Länder wirst Du nicht finden, auch keine neuen Meere,
Die Stadt wird Dir folgen, die immergleichen Straßen wirst Du gehen.
In denselben Vierteln wirst Du alt werden
Und in den gleichen Häusern werden Deine Haare ergrauen.

Du wirst wieder in dieser Stadt ankommen,
Nach neuen Ländern, laß alle Hoffnung fahren!
Es gibt kein Schiff für Dich, keine Straße.
So wie Du hier Dein Leben zerstört hast,
In diesem kleinen Winkel,
So hast Du es auf der ganzen Welt.

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je zei: "Ik ga naar een ander land, ik ga naar een andere zee.
Een andere stad zal gevonden worden, beter dan deze.
Al mijn  werk wordt veroordeeld door het lot;
en mijn hart is - als een lijk - begraven.
Hoe lang in deze woestenij zullen mijn gedachten blijven.
Overal waarnaar ik mijn ogen richt, waar ik kan kijken,
Zie ik de zwarte ruïnes van mijn leven hier,
waar ik zo vele jaren heb doorgebracht, geruïneerd en verspild."

Nieuwe landen zal je niet vinden, je zal geen andere zeeën vinden.
De stad zal je volgen. Je zal zwerven in dezelfde
straten. En je zal ouder worden in dezelfde buurten;
in dezelfde huizen zal je grijs worden.
Altijd kom je aan in deze stad. Naar een ander land - niet hopen -
is er geen schip voor je, er is geen weg.
Zoals je je leven hebt verpest, hier
in dit hoekje, heb je het vernietigd in de hele wereld.

thanks for the translation: Dick Vestdijk - http://soundcloud.com/oorlab

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Help your Neighbor

La Città (The City) - Piano Solo

Soundtrack of Bright Nights, Pt.3 - Peyman Yazdanian

more on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FivosValachis

Composer: MANOS HATZIDAKIS

Το βράδυ σπίτι μου γυρίζω
κυνηγημένη σαν πουλί, 
μες στα σεντόνια μου αντικρίζω
το θάνατο που με καλεί.

Κρύβω στα χέρια την καρδιά
παίρνω απ’ τις πόρτες τα κλειδιά, 
και προσπαθώ να του ξεφύγω
κρυφά σαν τα μικρά παιδιά.

Κυλώ σαν δάκρυ στη σιωπή, 
μέσα στου κόσμου τη ντροπή, 
και σαν τα ρούχα μου ξεσκίζω
γυμνή μ’ αρπάζει η αστραπή.

Στους δρόμους σύντροφο γυρεύω
μια μπάντα παίζει το ρυθμό, 
σκίζω τους τοίχους και χορεύω
να βρω τον άγνωστο αριθμό.

Κοιτάω μ’ ελπίδα μια φωτιά
που ανάβει έν’ άστρο στο νοτιά, 
άραγε να ’ναι ’κει το φως μου, 
το φως ή η ατέλειωτη ερημιά.

Φοβάμαι του όχλου τη χολή
ένας τυφώνας με καλεί, 
η αγάπη χάνεται στη μνήμη
κι εγώ χορεύω σαν τρελή.

You can listen the original composition here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr2bBmmNX5w

Download

Χορός Με Τη Σκιά Μου (Dancing with My Shadow) - Piano Solo

Not a tune with a beat, just a mood piece featuring piano recorded in my living room to prepare you for the album to come; and since it's a mood piece, I'm not going to make you pay for it if you don't want to; Here's a download link containing both MP3 and WAV Versions:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/h0ukhrdh8kdlfiz/Prelude.zip

Prelude

more on Facebook www.facebook.com/FivosValachis

Composer and Lyrics : MANOS HATZIDAKIS

Μες σ’ αυτή τη βάρκα είμαι μοναχή
κι έχω συντροφιά μου κάτασπρο πουλί
Σημάδι ρίχνω στο γιαλό, μα πώς να σου το πω
Είσαι ένα αστέρι μακρινό, τη νύχτα σε φιλώ

Θέλω να φυτέψω πεύκο λυγερό
για να μεγαλώσει και να το χαρώ
Σημάδι ρίχνω...

Μπλέκω τα μαλλιά μου μ’ άστρα και βροχή
και στα όνειρά μου κάνω προσευχή
Σημάδι ρίχνω...
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In this boat I am all alone
and I have for company a lily-white bird.
I cast a sing inside the sea, but how can I tell you?
You are a distant star, at night-time I kiss you

I want to plant a pliant pine tree
so that it grows and I rejoice at it
I cast a sign...

I tie my hair up in stars and rain
and in my dreams I say a prayer
I cast a sign...

Μες Σ' Αυτή Την Βάρκα (In This Boat) - Piano Solo

Collaboration with Fivos Valachis who wrotes this marvellous piano piece after reading a poem "The City" by a Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis. 

Composed by Fivos Valachis and Vicente Bueso

Piano: Fivos Valachis.
Keyboards stringed arrangments: Vicente Bueso.
Image: Juan Carlos Grande.

http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis

You can collaborate with Fivos in his open collab for "La città" here: 
http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/sets/open-collab-for-la-citt-the/

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The City

[1.08] You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea.
Another city will be found, better than this.
Every effort of mine is condemned by fate;
and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried.
[1.45] How long in this wasteland will my mind remain.
Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look
I see the black ruins of my life here,
where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted."

[2.21] New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas.
The city will follow you. You will roam the same
streets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods;
in these same houses you will grow gray.
[4.53] Always you will arrive in this city. To another land -- do not hope --
there is no ship for you, there is no road.
As you have ruined your life here
in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world.
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La Città

Dicesti: "ad altra città andrò, ad altro mare.
altra città dev'esserci migliore di questa
dove ogni mio tentativo è destinato al fallimento,
e il mio cuore, quesi fossi morto, sepolto.

Fino a quando la mia mente in questo marasma giacerà?
ovunque volgo l'occhio, ovunque guardo
perduti ruderi della mia vita qui scorgo
ove tanti anni ho trascorso e guastato e sciupato."

Nuovi paesi non troverai, né altri mari, né altri mari.
la città, ti seguirà
per le stesse vie circolerai;
nei soliti quartieri andrai invecchiando;
sempre tra queste case ti farai bianco.

A questa città ognora giungerai
per quegli altri paesi, lascia ogni speranza
a te nave non c'è, non c'è nessuna strada.
Così come la tua vita rovinasti qui
in questo piccolo angolo,
su tutta la terra
-

La Ciudad

Dijiste: "Iré a otra ciudad, iré a otro mar.
Otra ciudad ha de hallarse mejor que ésta.
Todo esfuerzo mío es una condena escrita;
y está mi corazón - como un cadáver - sepultado.
Mi espíritu hasta cuándo permanecerá en este marasmo.
Donde mis ojos vuelvan, donde quiera que mire
oscuras ruinas de mi vida veo aquí,
donde tantos años pasé y destruí y perdí".

Nuevas tierras no hallarás, no hallarás otros mares.
La ciudad te seguirá. Vagarás
por las mismas calles. Y en los mismos barrios te harás viejo
y en estas mismas casas encanecerás.
Siempre llegarás a esta ciudad. Para otro lugar -no esperes-
no hay barco para ti, no hay camino.
Así como tu vida la arruinaste aquí
en este rincón pequeño, en toda tierra la destruiste.

-

Η Πόλις

Είπες "Θα πάγω σ`άλλη γη, θα πάγω σ`άλλη θάλασσα.
Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή.
Κάθε προσπάθειά μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή
κ`είν`η καρδιά μου σαν νεκρός θαμμένη.
Ο νους μου ως πότε μες στον μαρασμόν αυτόν θα μένει.
Όπου το μάτι μου γυρίσω, όπου κι αν δω
ερείπια μαύρα της ζωής μου βλέπω εδώ,
που τόσα χρόνια πέρασα και ρήμαξα και χάλασα."

Καινούριους τόπους δε θα βρεις, δεν θάβρεις άλλες θάλασσες.
Η πόλις θα σε ακολουθεί.Στους δρόμους θα γυρνάς
τους ίδιους.Και στες γειτονιές τες ίδιες θα γερνάς
και μες στα ίδια σπίτια αυτά θ`ασπρίζεις.
Πάντα στην πόλι αυτή θα φτάνεις.Για τα αλλού μην ελπίζεις
δεν έχει πλοίο για σε, δεν έχει οδό.
Έτσι που τη ζωή σου ρήμαξες εδώ
στην κώχη τούτη την μικρή, σ`όλην την γη την χάλασες.

La Città (with Fivos Valachis)

The single best piece of classical music ever composed.

Bach - Cello Suite No1 in G Major (Prelude)

this is only a rough sketch of a piece I am going to record in the frame of my 8 Pianos project this summer. Now I am looking for a driving etnic and also light electronic percussion and a collaborator who is able to do it without fixed bpm ;-) .... 

if you think this could be interesting, I would love to hear your ideas and sketches..... 

Dirk

Burning - Rough Sketch -- > Percussion Collab needed, read description

Collaboration track for an exhibition at the national numismatic museum in Athens, Greece. Original composition by Fivos Valachis. All instruments by Simon Reich.
The Link to the Original work by Fivos Valachis can be found at this link:
https://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/antinoos1

Original Program Information from Fivos Valachis:

The national numismatic greek museum, commissioned me for the original music for an exhibition dedicated to Antinous (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous).
The opening day is May 18, the International Day of Museums, so the event will have international coverage.
Numbered albums will be printed and presented to special guests (ministers, intellectuals, journalists, TV etc.) and there after the album will be distributed.
The tracks are 3. (Meet, The Flight, Eternity).
On the opening day the music will be presented in a live piano concert.
What am I looking for? Different arrangements for these tracks.
The arrangements chosen, will be included in the album (maximum 3 for every track), obviously with the credentials of the musician and the participation of 30% of the sales of each track.
It is not mandatory to use my piano track but it is absolutely imperative, to maintain harmony and melody while the music style remains your choice.
Deadline 30 April.


Triptych of Love - Encounter  Fivos Valachis Feat. Simon Reich

Just a quick one take Guitar mood of this Classic Song.

Love Story Accoustic Guitar

Franz Liszt: “La Campanella,” No. 3 of the Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141

HAUSER - Song from a Secret Garden -

More on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lKofYUaDTk

Chopin – Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2

More on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aIM2Rhwl0

Michael Giacchino – Married Life

This is an arrangement of Beethovens extravagant  5th Symphony (1st movement), for 3 Classical guitars. 

Hope its up to ludwigs standard :P

Enjoy and tell me what you think

P.S. key have been changes to F#minor to accomidate of guitar pitch range 
P.P.S I have used Sibelius 7 too write out parts, so some dynamics, direction etc have are not present in this audio track, but have been written in 

Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony (Allegro con brio) Arranged for 3 guitars

Soyoung Yoon's debut album, released in 2012, contains recordings of two of most famous works for violin. The violin concerto in d minor, Op 47 of Jean Sibelius and well as Piotr Tchaikovsky's violin concerto in D major, Op 35. 
Th CD-album has been nominated to the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2013.

04 Tchaikovsky_ Violin Concerto In D, Op.35 - 1. Allegro Moderato.mp3

This is the adagio sostenuto first movement of Beethoven's famous Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 no. 2.

This track was recorded and uploaded on Sunday 17 February 2013, on a weekend of intense sadness. Thanks to your support, it was featured in the Explore Classical set. Thank you for clicking on the 'like' button and reposting, and for taking the time to comment on the track.

Pamela Chng - Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

Beethoven Sonata No.17 in D Minor Tempest, 3rd Movement

Frederic Chopin Nocturnes, Op.9 No.2 by New Hansen

Hannibal's Piano Soundtrack features classical songs heard in the populair NBC series of ‘Hannibal’ played on piano. The clean recorded pianotracks could be seen as a classical piano compilation album of Chopin, Bach and Beethoven. The dark sound of the Steinway heard throughout the soundtrack fits the grim series atmosphere more than ever. Bon Appétit!

Duration: 23 minutes
Year: 2015

Piano played by New Hansen, Mix and master by Feau, Artwork by Twan Bultstra

Duration: 23 minutes
Year: 2015


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