Peter Breiner: A Journey – Calm Romantic Piano Music, Vol. 2 Peter Breiner & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

• Peter Breiner (b. 1957):
• 1 Breiner: The Magic Goblet 03:20
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 2 Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude (Arr. P. Breiner for Flute, Piano & Orchestra) 02:47
• Peter Breiner:
• 3 Breiner: We Reached This Far 02:27
• 4 Breiner: Snowfall Song (2020 Version) 04:06
• 5 Breiner: Mama, Can You See Me? 03:58
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924):
• 6 Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 03:49
• Peter Breiner:
• 7 Breiner: Come and Tell Me 02:52
• 8 Breiner: King of Hyperboles 03:36
• 9 Breiner: The Final Song (2020 Version) 03:35
• 10 Breiner: That's the Way She Is 03:40
• 11 Breiner: Where to Go, Where to Be? 02:59
• 12 Breiner: Just a Tiny Waltz 02:59
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904):
• 13 Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 04:59
• Peter Breiner:
• 14 Breiner: Sunday Morning on Sunday 05:09
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):
• 15 Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7b: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 03:12
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893):
• 16 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 10, October (Autumn Song) [Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra] 03:37
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809):
• 17 Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11: II. Un poco adagio (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 05:53
• Peter Breiner:
• 18 Breiner: Good Old Times 03:35
• 19 Breiner: Elephant on a Parachute 03:01
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
• 20 Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 6, TH 93: No. 6, None but the Lonely Heart (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 03:32
• Siegfried Ochs:
• 21 Ochs: Dank sei dir, Herr (Attrib. Handel) [Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra] 04:47
• Anonymous
• 22 Greensleeves (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 04:03
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 23 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (Arr. P. Breiner for Piano & Orchestra) 03:21
• Total Runtime 01:25:17

Info for Peter Breiner: A Journey – Calm Romantic Piano Music, Vol. 2

Slovak-born Peter Breiner is one of the world’s most versatile musicians. He is an acclaimed pianist, arranger and conductor with compositions that are universally admired, and whose Beatles Go Baroque album (8.555010) has to date sold a quarter of a million copies. In the second of Breiner’s Calm Romantic Piano Music series (Volume 1 is on 8.574256), he again achieves the rare feat of fusing melodic beauty with genuine musical expression. These beguiling original pieces sit alongside serenely beautiful new arrangements drawn from the classical repertoire.

The second volume of ‘Calm Romantic Piano Music’ from the Slovak-born pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, Peter Breiner, offers a very diverse programme.

Each given a descriptive title, Breiner’s own ‘songs’ for piano and orchestra are composed to revitalise the dwindling numbers of quality ‘crossover’ works that we are presently enjoying. Mostly quiet and soothing music, such as the opening The Magic Goblet, and the charming Snowfall Song, and you can create your own picture for the quizzical Mama, Can You See Me? Interleaved with Breiner’s music, he has added arrangements of famous ‘classical’ works, such as his version of Faure’s Pavane, here scored for piano and chamber group. The tempo moves up in Come and Tell Me, with an added orchestral backing group for the jazzy piano, and there is an element of sadness in the cello solo featured in The Final Song. Just a Tiny Waltz is delightful, and without knowing the meaning, I much enjoyed his most extended track, Sunday Morning on Sunday, its dreamy atmosphere reminding me of my feelings on that restful day. The thought of an Elephant on a Parachute, is a very kindly picture of a funny title. Within the context of this mix of music, Handel and Haydn are treated with period respect, the main thematic melody given to the keyboard, the long disc of eighty-six minutes ending in the serenity of Bach’s Largo. Breiner conducts from the keyboard a group of musicians from London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gathered in the Henry Wood Hall during the pandemic to work with a first class recording team." (David’s Review Corner)

Peter Breiner, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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