Piano Instrumental

This is a package of 6 CDs of beautiful music played by the Labeque sisters (Katia and Marielle) with emotion and technical precision. You get music by Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, De Falla, Lecuona,Ravel, Dvorak, Brahms, among others. If you enjoy piano music, you will enjoy this set. I can guarantee you will not be disappointed!

This is one of the clearest and most enjoyable CDs I have purchased. The music is pure and all piano, no frills. I feel like I can play, which of course I can not. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys excellent piano.

Most celebrated for his alternatingly touching and dynamic orchestral film scoring, Joe Hisaishi is a prolific Japanese composer of classical works, film scores, and experimental electronic and animation music who is best known for his beloved collaborations with Studio Ghibli animation director Hayao Miyazaki on classics films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle.

Most celebrated for his alternating touching and dynamic orchestral film scoring with Studio Ghibli animation director Hayao Miyazaki, Joe Hisaishi is a prolific Japanese composer of classical works, film scores, and experimental electronic and animation music. Born Mamoru Fujisawa in Nakano, Japan, Hisaishi began studying the violin at age five and went on to major in music composition at the Kunitachi College of Music. He released his first album in 1981. Titled Mkwaju, it was written for percussion ensemble with keyboard and computer programming. That was followed in 1982 by Information, credited to himself and his oft-used pseudonym for collaborators, Wonder City Orchestra. 1983 marked his first film score and first collaboration with Miyazaki, on 1984's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. With moments of sentimental strings and percussive fanfare, its range marks the dramatic emotional content of his scores to come.

An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. Specifically, this term is used when referring to popular music; some musical genres make little use of the human voice, such as jazz, electronic music, and large amounts of European classical music (although in electronic music the voice can be sampled just like anything else). In commercial music, some tracks or songs on a compact disc include instrumental tracks.

This contemporary instrumental album Lovely Skies Piano Orchestrations features pianist / composer Peggy Duquesnel and Friends including musicians Jeff Lorber, Ric Braun, Jimmy Haslip, Greg Vail, Tony Guerrero, Grant Geissman plus fifteen other musician friends and colleagues of Peggy. The album includes sixteen enjoyable tracks of easy listening, smooth jazz music with twelve originals and four cover songs. There are also instrumental versions of several vocal songs from Peggy's various recording projects. Produced by: Peggy Duquesnel; Mastered by: Andre Mayeux; Piano: Peggy Duquesnel (all songs except Tr 12) Steve Hall (Tr 7 & 12), Steve Donovan (Tr 12); Trumpet / Flugel Horn: Ric Braun, Tony Guerrero; Sax / Flute: Greg Vail; Keyboards / Organ: Jeff Lorber , Andre Mayeux , Edo Guidotti, Peggy Duquesnel; Guitar: David Patt , Michael Higgins, Michael Thompson, Grant Geissman; Bass: Jimmy Haslip, Ernie Nunez, Gordon Rustvold, Dave Stone; Drums / Percussion: Jimmy Branley, Gary Novak, Dave Owens, Tony Moore, Suzanne Morissette, Sinclair Lott.