Keynote Records

John Kane, piano

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Welcome to Keynote Records!

Begun in 1983, Keynote Records is the label of amateur pianist John Kane, whose 17 albums of Masterpieces for Dance (classical excerpts for ballet class music) & Homemade Series (full-length works) are now exclusively available online!   Enjoy the music of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert & Schumann!

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  • All-Beethoven Ballet Class
  • All-Brahms Ballet Class
  • All-Chopin Ballet Class
  • All-Mozart Ballet Class
  • All-Schubert Ballet Class
  • All-Schumann Ballet Class
  • All-Schubert Ballet Class II 

MASTERPICES FOR DANCE:  138 tracks in 7 single-composer ballet class music albums with short excerpts from the works of Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Schubert & Schumann - adapted to accompany beginning through advanced ballet classes.  John Kane, piano. 

Originally released in 1983, this ground-breaking series of ballet class music has recently been transferred to digital/CD format.   All-Schubert Ballet Class II, recorded in 2010, is also now available!


Available NOW on CD or MP3 download!   Click on album cover images to view contents, listen to excerpts or watch performance videos!

Click image below to view Homemade Series albums
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  • Homemade Chopin (1994)
  • Homemade 1994 Recital
  • Homemade Mozart (1995)
  • Homemade Rachminanoff (1995)
  • Homemade Mozart, vol. 2 (1995)
  • Homemade Liszt (2000)
  • Homemade 2010 Recital
  • Homemade Chopin Favorites (2010)
  • Homemade Ravel (2011)
  • Homemade Brahms (2012)

HOMEMADE SERIES: 96 tracks on 10 albums with full-length compositions by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Ravel & Schubert (recorded 1994- 2012) recorded by pianist John Kane.   Homemade 2010 Recital, features 3 late works in B-flat major by Bach (Partita No. 1), Mozart (Sonata, K. 570) and Schubert (the monumental Sonata, D. 960) & Homemade Chopin Favorites (19 of his "greatest hits").   Homemade Ravel (Gaspard de la Nuit) was made in late 2011 and Homemade Brahms (Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op.5 and Handel Variations, Op. 24) was recorded in September, 2012.

Available NOW on CD or MP3 download!   Click on album cover images to view contents, listen to excerpts or watch performance videos!

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