nna Heller plays the 2st movement from Suite Nr. 1 (1980) by Latvian composer Georgs Pelecis. Georgs Pelecis was born in Riga in 1947. He studied composition with Aram Khatchaturian at the Moscow Tchaikowsky Conservatory. Since 1970 he has been teaching polyph

From the composer: “These pieces [24 Preludes for Piano] were composed without interruption over several months. As a consequent they exhibit a fairly narrow range in style and expressive intent, rather like a collection of short stories that take place

Anna Heller plays Nocturne Nr 1 from the book of Nocturnes by Belgian composer Michael Lysight. Aesthetically, the composer was influenced by repetitive and minimalist music, but not only : a certain “romanticism” is present in his music, because he wants

Anna Heller plays “Reverie” by Jeffrey J. Torres. (dedicated to Moving Classics) Composer about his music: “Reverie was a student work composed in 1979 during my conservatory studies and revisited in 2019. It is a dreamy, simple tune that mos

Anna Heller plays Prelude in a moll by Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891-1953) from 24 Préludes and Fugues (1937/1938). Jascha Nemtsov wrote a very insightful and emotional blog about this composer: This music was written in Gulag (Magadan) camp. “But it was an

Anna Heller plays the second movement “Waltz” from the Partita Nr. 5 by Ukrainian composer Miroslav Skoryk (1938-2020). His music is contemporary in style and contains idioms from diverse sources including German, Welsh, English, and Eastern Europe

“Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud” (“Go forth, my heart, and seek delight”) is a summer hymn with a text in German by theologian Paul Gerhardt written in 1653. It was first published that same year in the fifth edition of Johann Crü

Moving Classics’ tribute to the composers of the 20th century. Anna Heller plays the 10th prelude (Andante) from the cycle of 24 preludes by the Greek-Ukrainian composer Ivan Karabyts (Karabits). Prelude № 10 (Andante, rubato e recitando cis-moll) from

Anna Heller plays the original music by @Bethany Wakim from the album “Days of Beauty”. The composer about her new music: “Every so often, I feel as though I can see glimpses of another world – moments of perfect beauty that take your b