Alongside his work as a pianist and composer, Peter Breiner is an experienced political commentator. He has spent almost 30 years writing weekly columns for newspapers and magazines, as well as hosting radio and television talk shows.

Angry Piano Music for Desperate Times—or The Ill-Tempered Clavier includes twenty-four short preludes for solo piano. Careful listening reveals that some pieces, while not openly angry, are filled with sorrow or, at least, nostalgia. Breiner’s outlook, shaped by his observations of world events and his years living in the United States, gives the music a special poignancy. The names and feels of these preludes suggest that this musical ‘state of the union address’ is far from hopeful.

Peter Breiner—composer, conductor and pianist—has always been about mixing things up, blending genres and styles into one smooth and funky sound. Most of these preludes play around with bold harmonies—modern but never off-the-wall. Some are stripped back, letting the melody do the talking.

There’s a steady groove pulsing through, keeping things moving. Now and then, you’ll get a jolt of harsh dissonance, echoing the composer’s emotional battle. Still, even with all the grit and frustration, Breiner’s always searching for a bit of balance—offering rare flashes of calm, reflection, and beauty that cut through the gloom.

To capture the magnificent depth of Breiner's opus there was no choice but Yamaha CFX Grand Piano, engineered to deliver the most lifelike and detailed recording possible.

Like all Audiophile Society releases, Angry Piano Music is available as a high resolution download, in a single package containing DSD and 192/24 WAV file formats all in 3D Mega-Dimensional Sound™!

Song Setlist

1    Was It Better Before?                                    
2    Naturally Stupid, Very Confident, and Too Many of Them                     
3    Desolate Among Fearless Morons (After Ilf & Petrov)                      
4    We Need Golden Ornaments Everywhere                             
5    Let’s Have Criminal Psychopaths for Leaders—the Older the Better                  
6    Money Can’t Buy Good Taste or Wisdom                              
7    Forget Vaccines—God Will Sort It Out                                 
8    Miracle That Solves Everything: The Market econOFy                           
9    This Guy Almost Read a Book Once!                                  
10    The Entire World Is Driving Under Influence(rs)                               
11    We’re Totally Zucked and Lobotomized                                   
12    These Pieces Are Short Because You Can’t Concentrate                       
13    So Now Stalin and Hitler Are the Heroes?                              
14    Who the Hell Needs Science? Or Arts?                                 
15    Land of the Greedy, Home of the Complicit                              
16    God Controls the Sun and the Sun Controls the Weather, but We Control the Lasers! 
17    For All the Kids Shot in Schools—Never Enough Guns                         
18    I Am Suing the Entire World for All the Money There Is—That Will Be the End of Capitalism
19    Fake King on a Fake Throne Being Licked                                  
20    Doomsday Clock Is TikToking, Trumpets of Judgment Are Blowing                         
21    However, Money Can Buy Underground Bunkers in New Zealand—or on Mars             
22    Oh Dear, I Hope You’re Not Offended                               
23    No Point—Everyone Is Just Scrolling Endlessly                             
24    As a Species, We Do Not Deserve to Survive