Bright Window take two!

Excellent work Wayne.  Your piano and strings sound great.  I think perhaps your horns aren't quite up to the same standard though.  Which samples are you using?  In particular, the trombone lead sounds a little synthetic on the higher notes (which I presume is not what you're going for), and also considering its attack on those passages running down a few notes quickly.  It sounds like it was played on a synth keyboard, rather than a slide trombone, if you know what I mean.  That being said, these are relative subtleties.  Overall, this is a very nice piece.  Well done!

Hi Walt and Wooki. For piano I use pianoteq, which I love. For the rest I've used miroslav philharmonic. I like to build these pieces with solo orchestral instruments, but it can be hard to find enough really convincing samples. Perhaps I should get some real instruments recorded at least for the prominent parts like trombone. It would help it sound natural. When I do electronic pieces/soundscapes it's less of an issue if the instruments sound real or not and much easier to get the right sounds, yet I like writing these small ensemble numbers.

Anyone know brass samples that are really convincing?

Yeah I guess the samples could be a little more realistic, but on another note (see what happened there), the piano work sounds great and is beautifully played, well done.

Since you asked about other orchestral sampler options, I'll mention that I've had good success with NI Kontakt as a very capable and flexible instrument, although admittedly I haven't done a lot of sampled brass in my music.  However, just listening to the Trombone patch in Kontakt (without any backing music) I think it sounds (much) better than the Miroslav Philharmonik you used in your song.
 
I've also heard good things about the East West Quantum Leap stuff, as John mentioned above, although I don't have personal experience with that.

Thanks for the input guys and your suggestions regarding brass samples.

I used to use kontakt 2 but have not upgraded and went for dedicated orchestras instead. Didn't like it for orchestral but it did have some great sounds.

I also used sonar SI bass and SI drums in this. I think the modelled instruments really good. My piano is a 4th gen modelled piano.

I've enjoyed my first experience posting and also listening to everyone's work and hearing the diversity of great music being produced. !

Thanks.

Nice playing and composition and a nice balanced mix Wayne. 
Horns are difficult to replicate without spending a fortune - easiest thing to do would be to replace it with a different sound all together - maybe an ethereal synth or something.

That lead instrument up to 1:28~ was too harsh for my ears. I mean this in the kindest way. It was kind of a Casio keyboard sound straight out of the 80s'. Then that beautiful viloin comes in. Then that "sound" comes back in.
 
I could hear that part/sample as a French Horn.