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Solipsism (Sonderling / Deutsche Grammophon, 2015)

“Solipsism” is the debut and a piano solo album by Joep Beving.

The first track, “Midwayer” is mid-tempo, simple refreshing and beautiful piano piece.

“Etude” is simple and melancholic piano piece associates Erik Satie and his representative work “Gymnopédies”.

“For Steven” is a three-beats apathetic and improvisational piano piece.

“Zoetrope” is a fantastic, mysterious and melancholic piano piece like Oskar Schuster.

“Saturday Morning” is a very simple piano backing based song with environmental noises.

“Sleeping Lotus” is a Classical also Folk taste apathetic piano piece.

“Wanderlust” is a fine arpeggio based sorrowful and beautiful song like Impressionism Music.

“Reflection” is the same as the title, a reflective, serious and significant composition.

“Autumn” is a very apathetic and pure song is composed by few notes, may express an autumn atmosphere.

A nice and simple Post-classical piano solo album, includes the elements of Classical, Folk, New Age and Jazz.

Prehension (Sonderling / Deutsche Grammophon, 2017)

“Prehension” is a Classical and Folk taste Post-classical piano solo album. The word “Prehension” is the term by Alfred Whitehead. And this album put emphasis on perception, not cognition.

“Ab Ovo” is a left-hand arpeggio based sentimental song.

“Kawakaari” is a mild, sentimental and beautiful piano piece, also I felt Beving’s inner passion.

“The Gift” is a fragmental but gentle piano piece.

“Impermanence” is an experimental track is constructed by delay modulated arpeggio layers.

“Sonderling” and “Le Souvenir Des Temps Gracieus” are slow sorrowful, pathetic and fantastic piano piece.

“Pippi’s Theme” is and arpeggio based Folk taste sorrowful song.

“Seelenkind” is a European taste beautiful piano piece.

“432” is arpeggio based Minimal Music associates Philip Glass.

“Hanging D” is the most grandiose and serious song in the album with hard chord backings and fine melodies of the top notes of backings.

“An Alamagation Waltz 1839” is a melancholic, solitary also very beautiful and precious unique Waltz.

“Every Ending Is A New Beginning” is sorrowful but refreshed wonderful composition.

A one of very good piano solo works in today’s Post-classical music.

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