Asher Ian Armstrong – Brahms: Last Thoughts (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Asher Ian Armstrong – Brahms: Last Thoughts (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:47 minutes | 881 MB | Genre: Classical
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American pianist Asher Armstrong can be seen frequently in Canada, the US and Europe as a recitalist, chamber performer, and orchestra soloist. His performances have been noted for their “total honesty with regard to the composer and the connection to the audience … an imaginative, sensitive, powerful, wide palette of sounds … deep and sophisticated tone quality,” “deeply expressive and sensitive spirit,” “astounding technique and originality,” “marvelous, huge sound” and for an unusually intuitive communicative power: “listening to Asher perform gives one the impression he is a ‘piano natural’, born to play the piano.”

Asher’s first encounters with music involved the sounds of the acoustic and folk traditions of Appalachia, but studies with an enthusiastic pianist from South Africa made him fall in love with the keyboard, and he remembers early exposure to piano recitals and orchestra concerts as a highlight of his childhood. A prizewinner in many local competitions (MTNA Young Artist, Celebration of Excellence Competition, University of Maryville Concerto competition), Asher made his solo recital debut at the age of 14 in a performance of Chopin’s B-flat minor Sonata and works of Liszt, and subsequently with orchestra in a performance of the Grieg Piano Concerto.

Tracklist:

1-1. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: I. Capriccio in D Minor (02:14)
1-2. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: II. Intermezzo in A Minor (04:23)
1-3. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: III. Capriccio in G Minor (03:05)
1-4. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: IV. Intermezzo in E Major (05:31)
1-5. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: V. Intermezzo in E Minor (03:08)
1-6. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: VI. Intermezzo in E Major (04:36)
1-7. Asher Ian Armstrong – 7 Fantasien, Op. 116: VII. Capriccio in D Minor (02:13)
1-8. Asher Ian Armstrong – 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: I. Intermezzo in B Minor (04:37)
1-9. Asher Ian Armstrong – 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: II. Intermezzo in E Minor (05:20)
1-10. Asher Ian Armstrong – 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: III. Intermezzo in C Major (01:40)
1-11. Asher Ian Armstrong – 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: IV. Rhapsodie in E-flat Major (04:53)
1-12. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: IV. Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (02:02)
1-13. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: V. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (01:59)
1-14. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: VIII. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (03:27)
1-15. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: IX. Herzlich tut mich verlangen I (01:08)
1-16. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: X. Herzlich tut mich verlangen II (02:21)
1-17. Asher Ian Armstrong – 11 Choralvorspiele, Op. 122: XI. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (04:00)

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