Piano Miniatures, by Richard Anthony Jay

Piano Miniatures

by Richard Anthony Jay

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The gaye device Sat in the conservatory at Device Manor, watching raindrops on the leaves and flowers in the garden and this is perfect.

Scott These piano pieces are engaging but can be relaxing as well and work their way into my subconscious so easily. Favorite track: Everything's Going To Be Fine.

Marc Taksi Over some years now, this is one of a few albums I always keep close by. On top of being beautiful music, it has come to represent how it takes a lot of work and insight to achieve the seemingly simple - or maybe to realize the quality of unrefined, early sketches?

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1.	Walking 03:16	buy track
2.	Still, Empty 03:24	buy track
3.	Everything's Going To Be Fine 02:36	buy track
4.	Something There 01:52	buy track
5.	Europe 02:58	buy track
6.	Improv. 1 02:13	buy track
7.	Improv. 2 02:11	buy track
8.	Griffonia 03:05	buy track
9.	Swan 04:05	buy track
10.	Starting Over 01:57	buy track
11.	Not Then But Now 03:39	buy track
12.	Improv. 3 01:56	buy track
13.	For The Love Of A Child 02:06	buy track

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The release of ‘Piano Miniatures’ is the fourth release by Richard Anthony Jay, but could be seen as his first truly “solo” album. Whereas previous releases has seen him joined by the likes of Peter Gregson, grammy-winner Davy Spillane and members of Britain’s oldest orchestra The Hallé, this digital album consists of 13 solo piano tracks.

“To be honest, solo piano had never interested me much” says Jay. “I’ve always felt that the expressive potential of a piano is limited compared to, say, a string instrument. Once you’ve hit a note on the piano, there’s nothing you can do to it; no dynamic changes, bending, vibrato or anything else”.

But, over time, Jay noticed that the few solo piano pieces he’d recorded for previous releases were among the most popular of his works, and he would often get emails from fans asking for sheet music.

“So I decided to spend a lot of time with piano and I spent the summer of 2016 doing nothing but writing solo piano music.”

Other than one piece, “Swan” which is based on the score Jay wrote to Catherine Linstrum‘s film ‘Things That Fall From The Sky’, the album is all-new work from that busy summer period: a time which also saw him relocate from his Somerset studio of 10 years, to his home in rural Wiltshire.

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released November 3, 2016

Piano: Richard Anthony Jay

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Richard Anthony Jay London, UK

There can’t be many composers who’ve been heard on both ClassicFM and KissFM, but with his unique brand of Classical Fusion, RICHARD ANTHONY JAY is one such composer. He has worked with Grammy-winner Davy Spillane and members of The Hallé Orchestra. His second album, “Imperfect Beauty” which fuses his contemporary classical style with drums, guitars and synths was released in July 2011. ... more

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