Original piano compositions and classical interpretations

Albums

1. Suite, Watercolors (2007) – Original compositions
2. 10 Songs for My Children (2004) – Classical lullabies and personal favourites

Suite, watercolors (2007)

Recorded in the historic Holywell Music Room, Oxford
This album features two collections of original solo piano works: Suite and Watercolors, composed and performed by Tallis Barker. The pieces are meditative, expressive, and emotionally rich — blending structure with lyrical improvisation.

Listen to selected tracks below, or purchase the full album:
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Suite:

1. Allegro spiritoso
   
2. Moderato – Piú adagio, espressivo
   
3. Poco scherzando, tempo rubato
   
4. Andante tranquillo
   
5. Allegro risoluto
   

Watercolors:

1. Ebbing and flowing
   
2. Murmuring, gently eddying
   
3. To the horizon deep
   
4. Like shoals of sunlight shimmering
   
5. Foaming, with rage
   
6. Barcarolle, lilting but not pushed
   
7. A piacere
   
8. As it now and ever shall be
   

 

10 Songs for my Children (2004)

A timeless bedtime collection — classical piano for children and parents alike

This album consists of a compilation of pieces which my own kids loved as small children, as they heard me practising in the next room. It went on to become their favourite CD to listen to before bedtime. Besides the works of traditional composers, it also features one of my transcriptions (Track 5) and an original composition (Track 11).

You can buy the full CD on CD Baby here, download from iTunes or Spotify, or listen to selected tracks here on this page:

1. Brahms – Intermezzo in E♭ major, Op. 117, No. 1

2. Chopin – Étude in A♭ major, Op. 25, No. 1

3. Scriabin – Prelude in B major, Op. 16, No. 1

4. Liszt – Sposalizio

5. Tchaikovsky-Barker – Transcription from Cradle Song, Op. 16, No. 1

6. Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5

7. Chopin – Nocturne in F sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2

8. Chopin – Berceuse, Op. 57

9. Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G flat major, Op. 23, No. 10

10. Debussy – Clair de Lune

11. Barker – Song for Réka (original composition)