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A Piano for Quieter Times

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A Piano for Quieter Times

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Play Chopin Nocturne 20 in c# (The Pianist) full track 3:49 107
2 Play Schumann Fantasie in C, Op 17 Mvmt 3 - Langsam... free download 9:30 10
3 Play Amy Beach - Dreaming, Op.15 No. 3 (1892) free download 4:57 69
4 Play Chopin Nocturne 8 in D-flat Maj, Op 27, No 2 free download 5:06 17
5 Play Scriabin Etude Op2 No1 (1887) full track 2:58 23
6 Play Brahms Intermezzo in A , Op. 1 full track 5:51 6
7 Play Rick Robertson_Romance-in-Db full track 1:56 8
8 Play Rachmaninov Prelude Op 23 No. 6 free download 3:25 5
9 Play Chopin Prelude No. 20 in c minor full track 1:44 58
10 Play Ginastera Danza De La Moza Donosa full track 3:07 5
11 Play Siloti-Bach_Prelude_in_b full track 1:36 4
12 Play Beethoven Moonlight Sonata (i) full track 5:30 7
13 Play Schubert Sonata 13 in A, D664 full track 4:22 5
14 Play Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23, No. 4 full track 4:26 9
15 Play Schubert Impromptu in G-flat Op. 90, No. 3 full track 6:24 2

About this album

© andrys 15 tracks (64:41)
( *Click* on title links for descriptions and explanations for choices made in this music. )

And then at the top right, an mp3 player will appear with your selection in it.
You need to press ‘Play’ on that, as well.

This album includes some favorite and also less-known classical works for piano, non-virtuoso and more reflective.
What they have in common, besides the beauty of the writing, is a nocturnal quality, dream-like in mood and best heard when looking for something more interior.

Interesting inner-voice writing, gorgeous melodies, and some unexpected progressions are key elements of these pieces that have been enjoyed by 150 to 200 years of listeners.

Chopin’s metronome marking for Nocturne No. 8 in Db is an example. Tthe interpretation’s an exploration of Chopin’s indicated tempo, which is still faster than the one taken here, which is somewhere in between the usual slower tempo and Chopin’s marking.

This Nocturne cut was used in a short-film entry that is a homage to silent-movie style, at the Cardiff Screen Festival Nov 2005, and was uploaded at YouTube by Reaction Films. The ‘score’ is of course Chopin’s!, though the Youtube info is for the sound-source.

Please feel free to contact andrys1@yahoo.com if you have any questions.
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