Deborah Moriarty – Connecting Cultures (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Deborah Moriarty – Connecting Cultures (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Connecting Cultures: Piano Four Hand – Music from Around the World
Part of the College of Music Artist-Faculty Guest Recital Series sponsored by WKAR.Renowned artists and MSU faculty Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang present a concert to celebrate their newly released album, Connecting Cultures: Piano Four Hand Music from Around the World. Program includes eclectic repertoire from the album, and works by Mozart, Florence Price, and more.

Brendan Shea – All Roads (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Brendan Shea – All Roads (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

The award winning Shea-Kim duo was formed in 2014 by husband and wife duo Brendan Shea and Yerin Kim. Since then, they have competed internationally and toured the world, performing in Belgium, Italy, Canada, South Korea, and the United States. Their awards include the Ackerman Chamber Music Award and Gold Medal at the Manhattan International Music Competition. Their performances have been broadcasted on Klara Continuo in Belgium, PBC in Seoul, and WUFT Classic in the USA. Their debut performance in Seoul, South Korea was recorded live and published by Ark Studio in 2016. Their second album, “The Sound and the Fury”, was released in November 2021 by Blue Griffin records.

Asher Ian Armstrong – Brahms: Last Thoughts (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Asher Ian Armstrong – Brahms: Last Thoughts (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

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.”

ArtNova Project String Quartet – Amid the Winter’s Snow (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

ArtNova Project String Quartet – Amid the Winter’s Snow (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Project String Quartet is a vibrant new initiative that combines world-class training for young professional string quartets, with invaluable educational and performance opportunities in schools across the UK, utilising the string quartet as a powerful tool to educate and inspire. Our projects places three Young Professional Quartets and nine International Artists in schools for concerts, masterclasses, workshop presentations, and chamber music coaching.

Aiman Mussakhajayeva, Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra, Tigran Shiganyan – Liebermann: Violin Concerto, 2 Chamber Concertos, Air (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

Aiman Mussakhajayeva, Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra, Tigran Shiganyan – Liebermann: Violin Concerto, 2 Chamber Concertos, Air (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]

World-premiere recording of Lowell Liebermann magnificent Violin Concerto, Op. 74, as well as Chamber Concerto No. 1 and Chamber Concerto No. 2 adapted specifically for this album for String Orchestra. Also includes Liebermann’s Air, Op. 118, originally written for flute and orchestra, in its first recording for violin. Truly an international project, connecting a leading American composer Lowell Liebermann with preeminent Kazakh violinist Aiman Mussakhajayeva and Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra.