arranged for solo piano by William Fried.

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring: Augurs

L.V BEETHOVEN - Concerto Pour Piano N°5 " L'Empereur - 2 - Adagio

The Unfinished Promise

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (Piano Cover)

The French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) wrote in many genres, including songs, chamber music, orchestral pieces, and choral works. His compositions for piano, written between the 1860s and the 1920s, include some of his best known works.

Fauré's major sets of piano works are thirteen nocturnes, thirteen barcarolles, six impromptus, and four valses-caprices. These sets were composed during several decades in his long career, and display the change in his style from uncomplicated youthful charm to a final enigmatic, but sometimes fiery introspection, by way of a turbulent period in his middle years. His other notable piano pieces, including shorter works, or collections composed or published as a set, are Romances sans paroles, Ballade in F♯ major, Mazurka in B♭ major, Thème et variations in C♯ major, and Huit pièces brèves. For piano duet, Fauré composed the Dolly Suite and, together with his friend and former pupil André Messager, an exuberant parody of Wagner in the short suite Souvenirs de Bayreuth.

Much of Fauré's piano music is difficult to play, but is rarely virtuosic in style. The composer disliked showy display, and the predominant characteristic of his piano music is a classical restraint and understatement.
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BARCAROLLE. Op.26

Watercolor. Inspired in Miryam's painting

Fugaz

Acuarela

compo20220129 (Acuarela)

Tchaikovsky June - Barcarolle

Award-winning soul, blues and R&B vocalist Curtis Salgado’s earth-shaking vocals and forceful harmonica playing have been devastating audiences around the world for over 30 years. Guitarist Alan Hager has been wowing fellow musicians from his hometown of Portland, Oregon and beyond for decades. Hager has been jamming with Salgado since 2003, and joined his band full-time in 2015. Together, the two blues fans and friends took time out of their busy touring schedule to record Rough Cut, a stripped-down album featuring a potent mix of newly written, timeless originals and carefully chosen blues covers. “We did it for the love of the music,” says Salgado. “This is where our hearts are. These are deep songs that we love to play.”  

That love comes through loud and clear on Rough Cut. Produced by Salgado and Hager, the 13 songs on the album (including six originals) range from plaintive to playful. Recorded in one live unrehearsed take, the original I Will Not Surrender, with its haunting and sparse soundscape, showcases some of Hager’s strongest guitar work, and some of the most profoundly emotive vocals Salgado has ever laid down. The canine-lover’s anthem, I Want My Dog To Live Longer (The Greatest Wish), is already a huge fan favorite. Salgado’s soulful singing and Hager’s elegant slide guitar playing shine on Elmore James’ You Got To Move and Muddy Waters’ I Can’t Be Satisfied. “He’s the best player in the business, unlike anybody else,” Salgado says of Hager. “One reason I made this record was to show him off.”

Curtis Salgado Vocals, Harmonica, Piano (10) 
Alan Hager Guitars, Vocal (11)
with 
LaRhonda Steele Vocals (8)
Jim Pugh Piano (3)
Keith Brush Bass (5, 9, 13)
Russ Kleiner Drums (5, 9)
Jimi Bott  Drums (3)
Brian Foxworth Drums (8)
Carlton Jackson percussion (12)

Produced by Curtis Salgado and Alan Hager 
Recorded  by Dennis Carter at Falcon Recording Studios, Portland, OR 
Mixed by Johnny Lee Schell at Ultra Tone Studios, Studio City, CA
Mastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Burbank, CA 
Notes by Marc Lipkin 
Photos by Jessica Keaveny
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec  

Management: Shane Tappendorf, Odaglas LLC, odaglasllc@gmail.com Booking:  Intrepid Artists, staff@intrepidartists.com 
www.curtissalgado.com  

Special Thanks to Erika Olsen, Mike Crider, Kathy Goranson, Suzanne Dominique, Katey Angel,  Wendy and Philip Salgado, Richard Shurman, Jordan Pollack, Marlon McClain, Tony Braunagel,  Ross Hamilton, Rand Gerlach, Bruce Iglauer and the staff at Alligator Records.  

Curtis Salgado plays Hohner Harmonicas customized by Joe Filisko
Alan Hager plays a 1918 Martin 0-18, Gibson Custom Shop ES 330 and Gibson Custom Shop SG

Rough Cut

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Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager - I Will Not Surrender

Memories of a passage # 1

1 J.S. Bach French Suite No.2 c-moll c minor Allemande

Khachaturian's famous Toccata in E-flat minor is originally a piece for solo piano written in 1932. Played here by Paul Chamberlain in an arrangement for accordion , this track is from his recent CD release "Classical Accordion" 

The CD can be purchased online at - www.theaccordionist.com, Amazon, or Itunes 

1 J.S. Bach French Suite No.2 c-moll c minor Allemande

Yi-Pou Chen