There's something magical about nighttime - the mystery of darkness, the twinkle of the stars, the romantic glow of the moon. Jim McDonough has captured those familiar elements with his latest CD, a collection of elegant, sophisticated and romantic melodies entitled Music of the Night.

Music of the Night includes solo piano interpretations of 13 beloved evening inspired favorites:

Song Title

Sample*
Some Enchanted Evening Track01Clip.MP3
Clair de Lune Track02Clip.MP3
Moonlight Serenade
Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)  Track04Clip.MP3
Chopin Nocturne in E-flat Major  Track05Clip.MP3
Stardust
Moon River  
Moonlight Sonata
Somewhere Out There Track09Clip.MP3
Chopin Nocturne in E Minor
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)  
Nessun Dorma (No One Sleeps)
The Music of the Night  Track13Clip.MP3


Pop some popcorn, dim the lights, and snuggle close. Jim McDonough has released his latest CD, a collection of often-requested romantic movie themes called Projections: Songs from the Silver Screen.

Projections includes solo piano interpretations of 14 of the most popular – and memorable – movie themes including:

Song Title

Sample*
Can You Read My Mind? (from Superman)
Ice Castles (Theme) Track02Clip.MP3
As Time Goes By (from Casablanca) Track03Clip.MP3
Evergreen (from A Star Is Born)  
An Affair to Remember  
Arthur's Theme (from Arthur)
My Own True Love/Tara's Theme ( from Gone with the Wind)  
Terms of Endearment (Theme)
On Golden Pond Track09Clip.MP3
Brian's Song Track10Clip.MP3
The Summer Knows (from Summer of '42)  
St. Elmo's Fire (Theme) Track12Clip.MP3
A Time For Us (from Romeo And Juliet)  
The Way We Were Track14Clip.MP3


It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! Pianist Jim McDonough's seasonal CD, a compilation of favorite - and soon to be favorite - holiday tunes entitled Home for Christmas, features nearly an hour of solo piano music, and includes 13 holiday tunes:

Song Title

Sample*
Silent Night Track01Clip.MP3
The Christmas Song Track02Clip.MP3
What Child is This? Track03Clip.MP3
White Christmas  
Ave Maria  
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Track06Clip.MP3
O Come, O Come Emmanuel  
Christmas Time is Here Track08Clip.MP3
I'll be Home for Christmas  
O Holy Night Track10Clip.MP3
The Prayer  
What are you Doing New Year's Eve?  
Let There be Peace on Earth  
 


In his debut CD Requests, Jim McDonough performs some of his most requested songs.

Requests features more than an hour of solo piano music, and includes 10 songs:

 
Song Title
Sample*
Somewhere in Time Medley (Somewhere in Time [main theme]/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) Track01.MP3
[
1.7MB - 1'33]
Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) Track02.MP3
[
884K - 0'44]
All I Ask Of You (from 'Phantom of the Opera')  
My Heart Will Go On (Theme from 'Titanic')  
Les Miserables Medley (I Dreamed a Dream/Bring Him Home/On My Own) Track05.MP3
[
1.6MB - 1'27]
Exodus (Main Theme)  
Memory Track07.MP3
[
788K - 0'40]
(Where Do I Begin) Love Story  
Autumn Leaves  
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing  

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