Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 4 Episode 9

Send us a textFeeling Tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to Episode 10 in Series 5 of the Relaxing Piano Playlist! in this episode, I play for you music by women composers ranging from Cecile Chaminade, Teresa Carreno, Fanny Hensl and ...  Show more

Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 9 of the Fourth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this themed episode, I perform for you a number of piano arrangements from original works by composers i ...  Show more

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

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 ...

If you’ve ever learned classical piano, you probably tried to play one of Bach’s Inventions. The composer wrote fifteen pieces containing the most important fifteen keys in order to teach his son the fundamentals of piano and composition. Today, they remain some of the most popul ...  Show more

Synopsis Deadlines are a fact of life for many of us — and composer are no exception. In 1875, Peter Tchaikovsky agreed to write 12 short solo pieces, one a month, for a St. Petersburg music magazine, beginning with their January 1876 issue. Tchaikovsky dashed the first piece off ...  Show more