Album Notes

Espacios - Darian Stavans.

Darian Stavans - Piano.

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"We are spaces, internal, expressive spaces…
evidencing life."


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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION



Spaces is a programmatic work in five parts for piano. It speaks about our internal spaces, our corners and turns; our spaces for thought and expression; expression that evidences every personal experience as it combines the life we’ve led with our very own pristine essence.

Every space signifies and represents an area for creation, recreation, reflection, emotion and so on. Altogether they constitute our makeup as individuals, as sensitive human beings.

From a formal perspective, Spaces is a work in five programmatic parts that take us inside our own process of evolution, from the fragile beginning of things to dialog and introspection, to acts of faith and hope, and finally into spaces of silence. It is a spiral that invites listeners to evoke profound and sensitive personal internal moments, and to enjoy relaxing music for meditation or as a companion.



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ABOUT THE ARTIST


Evocative is a word that has been used to describe, or better said, react to the music of Darian Stavans. Evocative? One would imagine that such a music would bring to the mind and heart shared memories, but one does not necessarily share memories with an artist; one shares feelings, reflections, dreams. These are the things one finds in the music of Darian Stavans— a passage of sorts to that special place we all have deep in our souls.

The apparent simplicity of works such as Interiors, Passion, and Poetic is powerfully touching and intensely beautiful. Captivating melodies hold our attention as their notes drop ever deeper into the soul of the listener, retrieving echoes of the human experience we all share. Our lives may be different, but our feelings are not. Stavans’ music glides us soothingly into currents of profoundly romantic reverie, pools of sunlit serenity, and occasionally into the depths of fleeting melancholy.

Stavans, the composer, imbues his music with texture: a guitar lends its sometimes earthy, sometimes airy quality to Els Segons Temps; whereas a lighter, more translucent harp is used to render Lullabies. In making his music come alive, Stavans has also become a producer (he produced all the works featured here) and a conductor. He conducted and recorded the St. Angelis Symphony Orchestra for his works Noir et Blanc and Prayer.

Nonetheless, Darian Stavans is first and foremost a gifted composer and pianist. His music speaks his soul and in so doing, speaks to our own. Perhaps listening to his works we might become acquainted with the artist, but it would be more accurate to say, we become reacquainted with ourselves.


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