1. A PRECIOUS PLACE 00:04:43 CARRIED BY A FLOWING AND UP AND DOWN MELODY AND PATTERN. THE SLOWER FALLING MAIN THEME IS GENTLY INTERRUPTED BY A MORE HOPEFUL RISING THEME. OVERALL, THE PIECE HAS A MELANCHOLIC AURA TINGED WITH HOPE. A PRECIOUS PLACE SYMBOLISES A NEW MAGICAL PLACE IN US OR IN OUR LONGING.

2. GENTLENESS 00:02:57 VERY DELICATE AND SIMPLE, WHICH ALMOST EXUDES SOMETHING NAÏVE AND INNOCENT. DUE TO THE INTIMATE FELT RECORDING TECHNIQUE AND THE PIANISSIMO PLAYED ALMOST THROUGHOUT, IT HAS A VERY CALMING EFFECT.

3. ASYMMETRY OF LIFE 00:01:57 FAST PIANO FIGURES IN FLOWING MOVEMENTS AND UNUSUAL TIME SIGNATURES. CONSTANTLY CHANGING, QUIET-LOUD, SLOW FAST AND YET EVERYTHING FLOWS INTO EACH OTHER. HAS AN ALMOST DOCUMENTARY CHARACTER.

4. HOMELAND 00:04:37 TWO THEMES THAT ALTERNATE TO CREATE A VERY ATMOSPHERIC, NARRATIVE CHARACTER. IN THE FIRST THEME, WHICH IS MORE CHORAL AND HARMONIC, A MELANCHOLY IS IMPLIED, WHICH IS COMPLEMENTED BY LONGING AND NOSTALGIA THROUGH THE SECOND THEME, IN WALTZ TIME AND WITH A SIMPLE CHILDLIKE CHARACTER. THE FOREIGN, THE LONGING FOR HOME - INFLUENCED BY TRAGIC CURRENT WORLD EVENTS.

5. AND YET SO FAR 00:03:23 LIKE A FORGOTTEN AND REDISCOVERED PIANO BALLAD. A FLOWING ACCOMPANYING HARMONIC FIGURE IN THE LEFT HAND AND A GENTLE TO INTENSE ROMANTIC MELODY THAT ALSO HAS A LOT OF NOSTALGIC CHARACTER. WARM, PASSIONATE AND ROMANTIC.

6. PARIS 00:02:37 A NOSTALGIC BALLAD WITH A LOT OF PASSION. THE SECOND VERSE TAKES ON AN ALMOST TRAGIC, DRAMATIC CHARACTER DUE TO THE MORE INTENSE PLAYING AND THE OCTAVATION OF THE MELODY. LOVE, TRAGEDY, PASSION. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED PARIS?

7. ALL FOR E 00:04:20 A MELLOW AND THOUGHTFUL PIECE. THE FIRST THEME BEGINS IN A LOW REGISTER AND CONTRASTS WITH THE SECOND, MORE OPEN AND LIGHTER THEME. NEVERTHELESS, IT REMAINS LIKE A GENTLE, SOFT PILLOW IN ITS BASIC CHARACTER. THE PARTLY JAZZY HARMONIES ALSO GIVE THE PIECE A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA AND LONELINESS.

8. WATERLOO 00:03:04 CHARACTERISED BY ACCOMPANYING 7TH AND 9TH CHORDS AND PATTERNS IN THE LEFT HAND AND A MINIMALIST MELODIC LINE, THE THEME WANDERS UP AND DOWN LIKE A GREAT WAVE. ALWAYS FLOWING AND ALWAYS CALM. MUSIC FOR DREAMING AND REFLECTION. BY THE WAY, WATERLOO IS A STRETCH OF BEACH NORTH OF LIVERPOOL WHERE I USED TO GO TO RELAX IN MY STUDENT YEARS.

9. SINCE BEFORE 00:02:45 A ROMANTIC WALTZ WITH NARRATIVE CHARACTER. THE PASSIONATE MELODY IS SOMETIMES QUESTIONING, SOMETIMES ANSWERING, ALWAYS IN MOTION. MUSIC THAT RADIATES PASSION, FLOW AND NOSTALGIA.

10. SILENCE REMAINS 00:02:34 A VERY QUIET PIECE THAT RADIATES A DEEP CALM. IT ALLOWS TIME FOR REFLECTION, TIME TO LET IMPRESSIONS TAKE EFFECT. UNOBTRUSIVE. WARM. GENTLENESS.