The Music of Don Freund

NEW DOUBLE CD/DVD!!

AVAILABLE AT: Ama­zon,  Arkiv Music,  f.y.e, Clas­sic­sOn­line, and select retail stores.

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: A Composer’s Approach

On this three-disc release, com­poser and pianist Don Fre­und takes Book 1 of Bach’s mas­ter­piece and offers per­for­mance and analy­sis with “A Composer’s Approach,” a unique, crit­i­cal eye for a series of pieces that are typ­i­cally viewed through the lens of a per­former. Freund’s composer-centric piano inter­pre­ta­tions of the com­plete Book 1 are accom­pa­nied by a third disc, a video series of “lessons” that pro­vide deeper insight into the master’s works and process of composition.

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PASSION with Tropes- New Full Video

The full ver­sion of Don’s PASSION with Tropes is now avail­able! You can also check out the com­plete score, text col­lage, pro­gram notes, or reviews. Enjoy!

Cello wiz­ard Paul Christo­pher tears into Don’s Fast Music:

A new record­ing of 9 min­utes of solo cello vir­tu­os­ity which flies, pro­pels, dri­ves, flashes, chugs, blurs, and rocks. Paul Christo­pher is Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Music The­ory and Low Strings at North­west­ern State Uni­ver­sity in Natchi­toches, Louisiana.

Video of Don Freund’s Crunch Time:

Com­po­si­tion Lessons with J.S. Bach:

In this fas­ci­nat­ing 32-part video lec­ture series, Don uses color-coded scores and piano excerpts to make Bach’s WTC Book 1 a liv­ing cre­ative expe­ri­ence. Lis­ten to an inter­view with Don about the project here. For expla­na­tion of terms used in these lec­tures, here is a link to the pdf file.

Instru­men­ta­tion Stud­ies for Eyes and Ears:

Instru­men­ta­tion Stud­ies for Eyes and Ears is an inter­ac­tive score/video/commentary project cov­er­ing every­thing from the pic­colo to the celesta.