Jun 20

Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 5 Episode 7

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 7 of the Fifth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Chopin, Gabriel Dupont, MacDowell, Scriabin and Debussy,

24m 43s

Mar 2025

Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 5 Episode 6

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 6 of the Fifth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Clementi, Paderewski, Respighi, Bortkiewicz, Liszt and Mvt 2 of ... Show More

35m 20s

Dec 2024

Relaxing Piano Playlist Update for 2025

Send us a textHere's the latest news along with some exciting news for the podcast being available as a video series.

4m 30s

Aug 2009

Mozart: Sonata in F Major K. 300k (332) - II Adagio

This is the 2nd movement of Mozart's Sonata in F Major and is a beautiful piece. I enjoy playing this piece during the calm, quite moments of the evening or early morning hours. This recording was completed at my home on my studio upright piano.

4m 10s

Apr 2024

Fast, Furious, Fortissimo

Very often, when I tell people that I’m a classical musician, I am told, “wow, I love classical music! It’s so relaxing!” I think almost all classical musicians have heard that before, and you know what? Sometimes, it’s true! Classical music can be relaxing! But sometimes, and ac ... Show More

46m 31s

May 2008

Schubert: Serenada

This piece is one of Schubert's vocal pieces arranged for piano solo by Franz Liszt. It has become a very popular piece for voice as well as many other instruments. This recording is dedicated to my dear mother-in-law. This is one of her favorite classical works. This recording w ... Show More

4m 5s

May 2013

Brahms: Intermezzo in A Major Op. 118, No. 2

Apparently this is my first release of a Brahms piece on my website! I did not realize I was missing such an important composer in the classical reportory until now... This piece is a beautiful Intermezzo by Brahms - one that was introduced to me by a colleague at Washington Univ ... Show More

7m 24s

Feb 2012

Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto - famously featured in David Lean's film "Brief Encounter" - is one of the world's most popular pieces of classical music. Some of its fans describe the way in which it has touched and shaped their lives. Featuring a pianist from Taiwan whose memo ... Show More

27m 33s

Jun 2009

Liszt: Excerpts from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp

This is the piece of music made famous by Bugs Bunny! One of the all-time favorite classical piano works - Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. I only recorded excerpts from this piece for two reasons. First, because I used this as an audition piece for a talent competition for whic ... Show More

2m 35s

Jan 2010

Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1

This is my first recording of a work by Muzio Clementi. I thank one of the visitors to my Facebook page for suggestion a recording by Clementi! Clementi wrote many, many Sonatas (and Sonatinas) for the piano and was considered the first great composer for the piano (or pianoforte ... Show More

3m 36s

Nov 2010

Schumann: Fantasy in C Major Op. 17 III Lento Sostenuto

This is a recording of the third movement/section of Schumann's masterpiece, Fantasy in C. This movement is one of my all-time favorite works in the piano literature. Edited by his wife, Clara, this work was originally dedicated to Franz Liszt, although later editions did not inc ... Show More

11m 31s

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