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Composer: Amy Beach
- Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60
- 3 Movements for Piano Four-Hands
- Suite for 2 Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104
- Summer Dreams, Op. 47
Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo
Aglika Genova & Liuben Dimitrov, pianos
Date: 2022
Label: cpo
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Playing from newly published editions, Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov have done both Amy Beach and the piano duo repertoire an excellent service here. From the splendidly Brahmsy Variations on Balkan Themes to the audibly 20th-century tapestries in the Suite Founded Upon Old Irish Melodies, these are works that should be welcomed with open arms by duo-pianists and audiences alike.
A pianist and composer from childhood, who won through without formal conservatoire training, Beach (born Amy Cheney) was one of the most important American composers of her day and enormously respected in her lifetime. Her first works for piano duo, the Three Pieces, simple but atmospheric and deftly written, were written when she was just 16. Summer Dreams (1901) is a series of short tone-poems, each bearing a line or several of poetry by way of inspiration from Shakespeare, Whitman and more. Folksong was a preoccupation for Beach as for many of her peers in early 20th-century music, and Bulgarian folk music, which a missionary friend who had worked there played to her, inspired the substantial Variations Op. 60. Finally the Suite Op. 104, was written before World War I, but published in 1924 and enjoyed notable public success thereafter.
Genova and Dimitrov, who have devoted themselves to their duo since their student days, perform this technically demanding and richly imagined music with enormous affection and flair, conjuring its atmospheres and textures seamlessly, as if with one mind. A must-hear album for all who want to explore Beach’s highly rewarding output.
-- Jessica Duchen, BBC Music Magazine
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Amy Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. She was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training, and one of the most respected and acclaimed American composers of her era. As a pianist, she was acclaimed for concerts she gave featuring her own music in the United States and in Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Beach***
Genova & Dimitrov is a Bulgarian piano duo. The duo consists of Aglika Genova (born 29 June 1971) and Liuben Dimitrov (born 12 October 1969). Formed in the city of Hanover in 1995, the Duo's international concert career began with winning all the major piano duo competitions from 1995 to 1997. Since then the duo has performed at the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa, collaborating with well known orchestras and conductors. Genova & Dimitrov has appeared on radio and TV broadcasts, served as jurors in competitions, and have given master classes worldwide.
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