''The Piano Player'' is a 2003

music album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ...

created by

Maksim Mrvica Maksim Mrvica (; born 3 May 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audience. This can be seen, for example, (especially in the ...

. The album was released with the

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protection system in some regions.

Track listing

# Flight of the Bumble-Bee – 4:25 (

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

Jeff Wayne Jeffry Wayne (born 1 July 1943) is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released ''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'', his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel ''The War of ...

) #Grieg's

Piano Concerto in A Minor The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works and is among the most popular of the genre. Structure The concerto is in three movements: ...

– 4:04 (

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

) #Exodus – 3:09 ( Ernest Gold) #Claudine – 4:29 (

Tonči Huljić Tonči Huljić (; born 29 October 1961) is a Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as the founding member, songwriter and producer of one the most famous Croatian pop bands, Magazin. During his career spanning more ...

) #Wonderland – 3:38 (

) #Handel's

Sarabande The sarabande (from es, zarabanda) is a dance in triple metre, or the music written for such a dance. History The Sarabande evolved from a Spanish dance with Arab influences, danced by a lively double line of couples with castanets. A dance cal ...

– 3:37 (

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

) #

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini The ''Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'', Op. 43, (russian: Рапсодия на тему Паганини, ''Rapsodiya na temu Paganini'') is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano ...

– 10:08 (

Sergei Rachmaninov Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...

/Jeff Wayne) #Hana's Eyes – 4:31 (

) #Chopin's Revolutionary Etude in C Minor – 3:52 (

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

) #Cubana – 3:08 (

) #Croatian Rhapsody – 3:32 (

) #Dance of the Baroness – 2:51 (Frano Parač) #Cubana Cubana – 3:28 (Bonus Track) (

)

Special Bonus AVCD edition

# "Format Data, Not Playable" # "The Piano Player Interview" (Video) # "Maksim's World Premiere Performance at

The Roundhouse The Roundhouse is a performing arts and concert venue situated at the Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England. The building was erected in 1846–1847 by the London & North Western Railway as a roundhouse, ...

, London (Excerpt)" (Video) # "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" (Video) # "Exodus" (Video) # "Grieg's Piano Concerto" (Video) # "Claudine" (Video) # "Photo Gallery (music: Claudine)" # "The flight of the bumble-Bee (DRUM Remix)" (Audio) # "The flight of the bumble-Bee / Breathe (The ChynaHouse Remix) Maksim featuring Terry Lee and JG ( Urban Xchange)" (Audio) # "Sarabande - Whiteburn (Chillout)" (Audio) # "Sarabande - Whiteburn (Transmix)" (Audio)

Trivia

„Croatian Rhapsody” was first performed by

Magazin Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split. Founded in 1979 under the name Dalmatinski magazin ("Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside ...

under name Cronika at Croatian selection for

Eurovision Song Contest 2000 The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. Organised by the Europea ...

representative, whose Huljić was member at the time. Song lost to

Goran Karan Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acc ...

's „ Ostani” and finished 5th with 101 points.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piano Player, The Maksim Mrvica albums 2003 albums EMI Records albums