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Sad Ballerina
A song that seems to have the perfect title, this is a piano solo that seems to depict that particular ballerina. |
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Final Lights
Another piano solo, this one seems to be more upbeat in terms of mood. It's very much a pretty classical number. |
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Sultry Leaves
This has a bit more of a tentative vibe to it. It grows gradually, but is another very classical music oriented piece. |
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Fivers
I love the delicate little fills on this classically oriented piano piece. It has a great energy and moving arrangement. |
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Creation
While this isn't a huge change in terms of the type of music, this is quite powerful and dynamic. It has gentle sections and more bombastic ones. |
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Keepsake
Another potent piano solo, while this isn't a huge change in terms of style, it is different thematically. |
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Venetian Mystery
I love the tone and rather melancholy mood of this piece. |
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Scythia
Moving both in terms of emotion and the energy level of the track, this is a very powerful number. Yet it also has some forays into pretty oddities as it works its way forward. It is quite a dynamic number. |
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Cantilena
Pretty and at times gentle, this is also especially evocative. There is somehow an olde world vibe to this in a rather ethnic way at times. |
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The Oregon Trail
Fast paced and dramatic classical piano work drives this number forward in style. |
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Passacaglia
Another pretty piano solo, this not greatly changed from the other material around it, but is a strong entry with its own identity. |
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Gazebo
Gentle and a bit dreamlike, this is quite satisfying. |
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Passepied
There is a great contrast on this composition. Part of it is forceful and bombastic. Other parts are sedate and delicate. They work together nicely. |
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Fallen Flower - Dedicated to the Memory of Diana, Princess of Wales
Somehow this reminds me of the type of music you might hear at the start of a soap opera. It is gentle and a bit sad. I suppose given the dedication and title that makes sense. |
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Noblesse Oblige
Another pretty piece of music, this has some powerfully emotional sections. |
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Hope of Ages
This is a poignant and soaring kind of number. It has a lot of bombast and drama in the mix. It also has gentle respites built in as a sort of resolution. |
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Obezag
Trippy atmospheric electronic sounds are the basis of this number, making it a big contrast to the rest of the album. Yet it really fits well within the sound of the set. |
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Rain Suite
This is so powerful and dynamic. It's also rather extensive at six minutes of piano music. It starts with a fast moving section that plays through. Then around the half way mark it drops way down and starts to build back up from there. This next section gets particularly powerful. |
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After You Left
Presenting a contrast to the louder and energized movement that closed the last piece, this is slow moving and delicate. It's sad and also pretty. |
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Summer's Journey
This isn't a big change, but it's another pretty classically based piece of music. |
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