NOVEMBER 2003: Dear Friends: As you probably know, mp3.com will be shutting its doors next month. I've enjoyed being a part of the mp3.com community, and I appreciate your continued interest in my music. I don't know where my new "home base" will be next month, but if you'd like to be included on my mailing list, please send me an email at robin@valmontemusic.com I'm busy recording CLASSICAL PIANO 2 for Serenity Entertainment and recently finished an album of great songs from the early 20th Century. If you'd like more information on my activities or are interested in licensing my music, please contact me directly. THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR LISTENING!!
August 2003: Robin has just completed recording 24 popular songs from the early 20th Century, including such gems as "My Buddy," "Shine On Harvest Moon," Rock-a-bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody)" and other favorites. More information on the upcoming CD will be posted as soon as it is available.
April 2003: Robin's 2-CD album, tentatively titled "Great Moments in Piano History," should be available in stores in July 2003.
January 2003: Robin has just completed recording a 2-CD album for Modified Music. Inc. The album will be available soon - details will follow.
November 2002: Robin was selected as one of 10 Semi-Finalists in Microsoft's nationwide MS. M.O.X.I.E. contest. Thank you to all who voted!!!
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| First Movement of Sonata Opus 27, No. 2, written in 1802. Beethoven didn't name this the "Moonlight" Sonata; rather, it came from a publisher who borrowed it from writer Heinrich Rellstab. Rellstab claimed that the title had been prompted by the vision "of a boat on Lake Lucerne (where Beethoven had never been) by a luminous night." NUMBER ONE on Classical General for the entire month of November 2000; currently Tops on the Piano Chart. |
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| One of Beethoven's best-known and most-loved compositions. |
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| Written in 1890. From Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy |
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| One of the best-known themes from the Romantic Era, and certainly one of Liszt's most popular works. Some consider it too "schmaltzy," while others adore it. You be the judge............ |
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| Written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. From the 1939 Classic "The Wizard of Oz." This is a solo piano version with rich jazz harmonies. |
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| "Gnossienne" is most likely a vague allusion to Gnossos, an ancient city on the island of Crete-the site of the mythical King Minos. This is one of my personal favorites. |
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| Irish and St. Patrick's Day Favorite. Send this song to your Irish friends, or sing along with the lyrics. Also known as "Irish Tune from County Derry." A majestic arrangement by Percy Grainger. |
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| Eric Satie (1866-1925) was one of music's greatest originals. Some consider his music the predecessor to Impressionism. Originally, a "Gymnopedie" was a ceremonial dance performed at ancient Greek festivals. In Satie's vision, they are sad, languorous tone poems with simple melodies and fresh harmonies. Gymnopedie No. 1 is particularly well-known from its use in a vintage TV commercial. |
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| 19-year-old vocalist Julia Randazzo is featured on this track, one of my original songs. I think everyone has a "September" longing in their life. |
Label: Valmonte Records
Credits: Julia Randazzo, vocal; Robin Alciatore, piano/strings; Words and Music by Robin Alciatore. Copyright 1986, 2001 Valmonte Music. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Piano Sonata in A, Third movement (K331). |
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| Scenes From Childhood, Opus 15, No.8 |
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| Scenes From Childhood, Opus 15, No. 13 |
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| The most beautiful and poignant section from Scott Joplin's famous rag. |
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| A beautiful orchestral arrangement of this timeless song. |
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| A tragically romantic, brooding piece, and one of Rachmaninoff's most popular. |
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| A bittersweet instrumental about a lost love. |
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Credits: Written by Robin Alciatore. Copyright 2001 Valmonte Music. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Composed in 1919 (Public Domain). Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. A favorite of both Al Jolson and Judy Garland. |
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| By American composer Edward MacDowell (1861-1908). A beautiful yet simple ballad with a wonderful melody. |
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| A poignant instrumental ballad featuring piano and cello. An MP3.com FEATURED song (10/22) in the Classical-Romantic Genre. |
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CD: Solitude
Credits: Written by Robin Alciatore. Copyright © 1986 Valmonte Music. |
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| Scenes From Childhood, Opus 15, No.1 |
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| Opus 38, No.2 |
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| Early Gershwin - great rag! |
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| Opus 23. Published in 1836, this is the first of Chopin's four ballades. It is like a musical poem, full of impassioned grandeur and tender lyricism, ending on a tragic note. MP3.com FEATURED song (9/11/00) in the overall "Classical" Genre. |
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| "Bethena," composed in 1905, is a charming, slightly sentimental piece, with five different themes in five different tonalities. It is regarded as one of Joplin's finest ragtime waltzes. |
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| Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (1899) is one of Ravel's earliest "major works" for piano. It is most often heard these days in its orchestral transcription also prepared by Ravel. It has become one of his most beloved compositions because of its earnest and poignant melody and its satisfying harmonic elements. |
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| By Robert Schumann. From Kinderszenen (Scenes From Childhood), Opus 15. A Horowitz encore favorite, despite its utter simplicity. |
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| Opus 26, No. 1; A Top-10 hit on francemp3.com's Classical Chart. |
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CD: Afterthought
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| Scott Joplin's most famous rag, popularized in the film "The Sting." |
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| Written and performed by Robin Alciatore. Copyright © 1984 Valmonte Music.***A wonderful "duet" version of this song is featured on composer/violist Ljova's site:http://mp3.com/ljova |
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| Chopin's Nocturnes are considered the most introspective and subjective of all of his works. This Nocturne begins with a somewhat pensive and melancholy main theme, followed by a tempestuous middle section. |
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| Opus 69, No.1 |
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| Opus 70, No.2 |
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| Opus 67, No. 2 |
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| Opus 13, Second Movement (Adagio Cantabile) |
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| Opus 69, No.2 |
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| From "Songs Without Words," Book 1 |
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| One of the best-loved Christmas songs, first introduced by Judy Garland in the MGM musical "Meet Me In St. Louis." Written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine. Used with Permission. |
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| A Nat "King" Cole favorite. Words and Music by Mel Torme and Robert Wells (ASCAP). Used with permission. |
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