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The final track for my upcoming studio session where I will record some pieces on a Steinway Model D in Cologne. Updated 26.12.2014 with the final piano room rehearsal recording

Dirk Maassen - River (follow @dirk_maassen on instagram)

Chopin, as always, making pain beautiful.
IMO the most perfect of his 21 nocturnes.

Chopin Nocturne In C Minor Opus 48/1

#1 iTunes Classical (9.22.14)

Steinway artist, Chad Lawson, introduces a new spin on 10 beloved Chopin works. With the undeniable resurgence in classical/instrumental music, Lawson felt compelled to show how Chopin's masterpieces are as spellbinding in most simplest form as they are in their original nature.

Disc One (tracks 1-10)
Chad Lawson - piano
Judy Kang - violin
Rubin Kodheli - cello

Disc Two (tracks 11-21)
Chad Lawson - solo piano

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Chopin Prelude in E Minor-Op. 28, No. 4 (Variation Arr. for Piano, Vioin and Cello) - Chad Lawson

I feel very thankful and fortunate to have had a truly amazing summer in 2014.  I visited no fewer than seven counties between July and August.  I witnessed so many amazing things in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland. I spent quality time, working, playing, and planning for the future with close friends and colleagues. I met and befriended many new and truly wonderful people whom I now consider close friends.

I was asked many times both by friends and family in the US, as well as the local people in the various cities I was in, what I thought about all the various political instability in the world today.  The questions invariably centered around something to the effect of "Aren't you worried/concerned/afraid to be traveling at the moment?"

My standard answer, which I became quite practiced in reciting, was:  I think that if some alien species which did not speak any human language came to Earth and visited New York, Washington DC, Bucharest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Copenhagen, and Reykjavik it would have a very hard time telling us all apart.  Despite our small cultural differences, people everywhere generally want the same things.  We all look quite similar when we smile and laugh as well as when we cry.

It is said,  everybody loves something, is afraid of something, has lost something, and is looking to find something.  Which will you focus on?  Will you give love unconditionally, or will you help create fear in effort to mask your own?  Will you help yourself and others get lost, or will you try your best to find something of true value and meaning?  Will you focus on artificial divisions and all the reasons why you think you can not do something, or will you open the borders of your heart to new experiences and opportunities for growth? The choice is yours.  It is all of ours.



A deep and humble thanks to everyone in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland for sharing part of your lives and wonderful culture with me.  The memories will last a lifetime and have already become a formative experience to my creative process.  Thank you!

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.


Andrew Souter -- Without Borders

Otjánbird Pt. I

Fourth etude in the series "Elemental Etudes".  Water.

Elemental Etude No.4 - Water

This is my piano improvisation on Grieg's  Solveig's Song

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Solveig's Song Piano Improvisation /free download in uncompressed sound quality possible/

Satie The Soul - Les Fugues Fantômes - 2015

Stairways Down

L'Ave Maria de Caccini est une pièce religieuse dédiée à Marie. Cet arrangement à quatre voix a été écrit par le compositeur américain Patrick Liebergen (né en 1949).

L'Ensemble Sottovoce est un quatuor vocal français, fondé en janvier 2011, qui réunit d'ancien élèves de la maîtrise de Sainte-Anne d'Auray, ainsi que des conservatoires de Vannes et de Lorient.

Angéline Johnston : Soprano
Hélène de Saint Roman : Soprano
Tristan Fourault : Ténor
François Le Mer : Basse
Laudine Bignonet : Piano

Ingénieur son : Nicolas Haezebaert

YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/ensemblesottovoce
Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/ensemble.sottovce
Twitter : http://twitter.com/esottovoce
Site Internet/Website : http://www.ensemble-sottovoce.com

Enregistrement réalisé en l'Église Saint-Pierre d'Arradon (France), le 26 Août 2017.

Chopin Nocturne In C Minor Opus 48/1

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