Album Notes

Depths - Profound Moments of Darian Stavans' music.

Darian Stavans - Piano. Jaime Narvaez - Guitar.
Rossana Frank - Harp.
St. Angelis Symphony Orchestra.


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God is in your soul, if you understand His ways ...

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

CD Depths - Profound music of Darian Stavans' Music is exactly what the name refers to. It is also a musical sampler but in this case has other intentions; to bring to the listener the musical moments of the author that put his music into another frequency: the radiography of his soul and by doing it, speak to our own. It is an instrumental CD, meaning by that the fact that we find in it works for piano solo, harp and guitar music, small ensembles and large orchestra musical artworks. It is a good opportunity to become acquainted with the artist and by doing so, retrieve our own delightful taste for music.


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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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