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'Bliss' from RIOPY

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Another fascinating conversation for Harmonious World , this time with pianist  RIOPY .     This was a great pleasure, to both interview RIOPY and, indeed, listen back to our conversation in editing this episode. His album,  Bliss  is out now and I hope you enjoy listening to the clips I'm including.     Thanks to RIOPY for allowing me to play extracts from  Bliss  alongside our conversation.

'Nostalgic Russia'

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  I hope you'll enjoy listening to my conversation with violinist  Hideko Udagawa  for my podcast,  Harmonious World .     Nostalgic Russia  - Hideko's latest album - is out now and features some of the most gorgeous pieces written for violin and piano, and transcriptions of two pieces that were originally written for solo piano. We discuss all this and more and I hope you enjoy listening.     Thanks to Hideko for allowing me to play extracts from  Nostalgic Russia  alongside our conversation.

'All Is Not Lost'

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I hope you'll enjoy listening to my conversation in the latest episode of Harmonious World with pianist and composer Lisa Swerdlow.     Lisa's latest single is  All Is Not Lost  and we discuss that, together with her  Coming to America  concerto, which is also available now. Lisa is a beautiful pianist and these compositions have a great deal to offer, both musically and philosophically.     Thanks to Lisa for allowing me to play extracts from both  All Is Not Lost  and  Coming to America  alongside our conversation.

'Overpass' by Marc Johnson

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Another delightful and hugely talented guest on Harmonious World and this time it's bassist,  Marc Johnson .     Marc's latest album,  Overpass , is out now on ECM Records. and I hope you enjoy listening to the sample of the tracks on the podcast. It's a fascinating album and beautiful music - some standards and some originals.     Thanks to Marc for allowing me to play extracts from  Overpass  alongside our conversation.