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Presented as 'An Experiment in Modern Music' when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin famous, and he soon set to work on a version for solo piano, recorded here by Claire Huangci. In her first solo disc for Alpha Classics, Claire was keen to celebrate this centenary alongside her roots in America, where she was born, studied music and made her debut as a concert artist at the age of nine. The brilliant improviser and transcriber Earl Wild (1915-2010) took Gershwin's songs (Liza, Fascinatin' Rhythm, Somebody Loves Me, I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, Oh, Lady Be Good, The Man I Love) to form the basis of his Seven Virtuoso Etudes for solo piano. Equally virtuosic is the Op. 26 Sonata by Samuel Barber, whom Vladimir Horowitz (who premiered the work in Havana in December 1949) regarded as one of the few Americans capable of writing for the piano. The New Hampshire-born composer Amy Beach took her inspiration from the folk music of both the New World and the Balkans, while retaining her harmonic language inherited from the Romantics. Her Variations Op. 60 (1904) bear witness to these influences.
Tracklist:
Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Thema: Adagio
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation I: Più mosso
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation II: Maestoso
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation III: Allegro ma non troppo
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation IV: Andante alla Barcarola
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation V: Largo con molta espressione
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VI: Quasi Fantasia - Allegro all' Ongarese
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VII: Vivace - Valse lento
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VIII: Con vigore - Lento calmato
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Marcia funebre
Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Cadenza: Grave - Quasi fantasia
Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~I. Allegro energico
Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~II. Allegro vivace e leggero
Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~III. Adagio mesto
Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~I. Liza
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~II. Somebody Loves me
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~III. The Man I Love
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~IV. Embraceable You
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~V. Lady be Good
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~VI. I Got Rhythm
7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~VII. Fasinatin' Rhythm
UPC: 3701624510711 Label: Alpha Release Date: 9.20.24 Format: CD
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