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Explorations, by Brian Stains. All of the "explorations" are improvised. NEW!

Little Prelude in C Major, by J.S.Bach. There's no one like Johann. (.39MB)

Minuet, by J.S.Bach. The first minuet from Partita No. 1 in B flat major. (1.06MB)

Sonata in D Minor, by Domenico Scarlatti. A sparkling work, full of ornaments and runs, from one of Bach's most famous contemporaries. (1.53MB)

Sonata in G Major, Opus 49, No. 2, First Movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven is my favorite. (3.0MB)

Sonata in C Minor, Opus 13, Second Movement, by Ludwig van Beethoven. This familiar middle movement has been called "The most beautiful song Beethoven ever wrote." (4.49MB)

Prelude in E Minor, by Frederic Chopin. What would a piano concert be without a little Chopin? (2.2MB)

Noctourne in C# Minor, by Frederic Chopin. This rarely heard work was discovered and published after Chopin died. (3.27MB)

Traumerei, by Robert Schumann. This is one of my mother's favorites. (2.4MB)

Silhouette, by Anton Dvorak. A miniature gem for piano from the celebrated composer of orchestral works and string quartets. (1.04MB)

Clair de Lune, by Claude Debussy, 1890. A great masterwork by a highly innovative composer. (5.21MB)

To a Wild Rose, by Edward MacDowell. My Uncle Russell used to play this subtle little piece, which is from the American composer's "Woodland Sketches". (1.67MB)

Sonatina, 1st Movement, by Bela Bartok, 1915. Based on Rumanian folk tunes, but shaped unmistakably by the composer's own personality. (1.65MB)

Prelude in D Major, by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1951. From the composer's remarkable series of 24 preludes and fugues in all the keys, patterned after Bach's famous Well-Tempered Klavier. (1.41MB)

About Five, by Brian Stains. Something jazzy for a change of pace. (1.90MB)