In June, Steinway & Sons Spirio, the world’s finest high resolution player piano, dips into music from the best-selling band of all time, The Beatles. We are delighted to offer stylish arrangements of some of The Fab Four’s hits for Spirio. We also spotlight the wunderkind of the 18th century, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; a fine jazz pianist from Sweden; and Steinway Immortal Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

The Spirio catalog has over two hours of The Beatles’ music played by pop, jazz and classical artists. It’s easy to hear the classical connection when David Osborne blends “Here, There and Everywhere” with Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” but it’s pure jazz when Ramsey Lewis takes the same tune and mixes it with another Beatles tune, “And I Love Her.” In addition to a group of new Beatles tracks this month, we have also added tunes from two other pop legends, each strongly influenced by The Beatles: Elton John and Billy Joel. Among these is a belated addition to the essential Spirio playlist, Piano Man.

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There are many works by Mozart that point to his genius — the finales of the Jupiter Symphony and Act II of The Marriage of Figaro, the Clarinet Concerto, et cetera. But his works for solo piano are an especially intimate view into his art, partly because Mozart, himself, was a virtuoso on the instrument. This month we add four more of his Piano Sonatas to the Spirio catalog as part of our ongoing effort to bring his complete piano music to Spirio listeners.

The Swedish Pianist and Composer Jacob Karlzon is a fine jazz pianist whose original works display influences from many sources while remaining grounded in his exceptional improvisational skills and Scandinavian heritage. The solo piano works he has created especially for Spirio highlight his jazz pedigree but embraces pop as well, with compelling arrangements of music by U2, Coldplay and Tears for Fears.

Finally, this month we invite you to hear and see one of the great Italian pianists of the last century, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Our featured Spirio-Sync video this month is his performance from 1962 of Chopin’s much-loved Berceuse. It is a marvelous illustration of the touch and technique of a great master of the piano.

So, from all of us here at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Bonita Springs, here’s our top-10 Spirio playlist for the month of June:

1. 1) Piano Man – Billy Joel
2. 2) And I Love Her – The Beatles
3. 3) Tiny Dancer – Elton John
4. 4) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – JS Bach
5. 5) Berceuse – Frederic Chopin
6. 6) Minute Waltz – Frederic Chopin
7. 7) White Shadows – Coldplay
8. 8) I Got Rythm – George Gershwin
9. 9) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
10. 10) Let it Be – The Beatles