A romantic collection of great melodies,
performed on the piano, from film and the world.
To be enjoyed by lovers, and others, everywhere.
Performed by Michael J Lewis and
Bryan Pezzone
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1. Moon River
All time great
song from 1961 Paramount picture Breakfast at Tiffany’s starring Audrey
Hepburn.
Lyrics Johnny Mercer. Music Henry Mancini.
Best Song 1961 Academy Awards.
2. Love Theme Beautiful melody,
composed by Michael J Lewis.
From The Unseen, an obscure 1980 horror movie starring Barbara Bach.Click twice on play arrow.
3. Moonlight Sonata – Slow
movement
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the nickname that stuck after a critic wrote that the slow movement of ‘Piano
Sonata Op. 27’, by Ludwig Van Beethoven, reminded him of moonlight on Lake
Lucerne in Switzerland. Beethoven simply called the sonataSonata quasi una Fantasia Op27.
4. Kazakh Moon
An original composition for this CD, by Michael J Lewis. Inspired by romantic
stories of the vast steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia.
5. Clair de Lune
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Highly evocative original piano composition by French impressionist composer,
Claude Debussy.
6. The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe Theme
Click twice on play arrow. Theme from the 1979 Emmy winning animated
movie based on the C.S. Lewis classic story. Music
by Michael J Lewis
7. Blue Moon
This all-time classic Rodgers and Hart song went through many changes before
reaching its final form. Initially intended for a Jean Harlow movie, it then
became the title song for Manhattan Melodrama, a Clark Gable film. It
finally emerged as the ever-lasting Blue Moon.
8 Tra Bo Dau
Welsh folk song and traditional music by anonymous composers is abundant in
beautiful, sophisticated melodies. This is a perfect of example of Wales’s rich
cultural heritage.
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9. Amazing Grace
Click twice on play arrow. Beloved melody, known throughout the
world. First appeared in print in New
Britain, from Virginia Harmony,
1831. The opening piano sounds represent the bagpipes on which this
wonderful melody is so often played.
10. All Through the Night
Click twice on play arrow. Perhaps the best known Welsh traditional melody. Finely constructed tune
sung by countless people throughout the world.