Martina Frezzotti – Amy Beach: Piano Music (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Martina Frezzotti – Amy Beach: Piano Music (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:34 minutes | 1015 MB | Genre: Classical
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Amy Beach (1867-1944) was a pioneering American composer and pianist. She was the first female composer in the United States to achieve significant recognition, and her works were frequently performed during her lifetime. Beach’s piano works are an important part of her legacy and are a testament to her virtuosity as a performer and her innovative approach to composition. Her style is marked by her ability to capture the essence of folk music while incorporating her own unique musical style. Her piano music is full of complex rhythms and harmonies and requires great technical skill. Beach composed numerous works for solo piano, including preludes, waltzes, and nocturnes. These pieces feature rich harmonies, lyrical melodies, and intricate textures. They attest to Beach’s ability to create evocative musical landscapes and are documents of her status as one of the most important American composers of her time. In addition to a selection of shorter character pieces, this CD presents the extensive Variations on Balkan Themes, a masterpiece of its genre. Italian pianist Martina Frezzotti studied with Lazar Berman at the Imola Piano Academy and later with Elisso Wirsaladze at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where she received her doctorate in music with full marks in 2012 – the first Italian in the history of this prestigious university. Also in 2012, she made her debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Her first CD for Piano Classics with piano works by Fanny Mendelssohn (PCL 10238) received many excellent reviews, 5 stars and the “Recording of the Month” award in the Italian magazine Musica.

Tracklist:
1-1. Martina Frezzotti – Out of the Depths in B Minor, Op. 130 (02:44)
1-2. Martina Frezzotti – Variations on Balkan Themes in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 60: Theme. Adagio malincolico I. Più mosso II. Maestoso III. Allegro ma non troppo IV. Andante alla Barcarola V. Largo con molta espressione /Poco più mosso VI. Quasi Fantasia (25:16)
1-3. Martina Frezzotti – 4 Sketches, Op. 15: III. Dreaming (04:28)
1-4. Martina Frezzotti – Serenade “Ständchen” after Richard Strauss (03:49)
1-5. Martina Frezzotti – Prelude and Fugue, Op. 81 (10:32)
1-6. Martina Frezzotti – Canoeing, Op. 119 No. 3 (01:10)
1-7. Martina Frezzotti – From Grandmother’s Garden, Op. 97: V. Honeysuckle (02:57)
1-8. Martina Frezzotti – A Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92 No. 1 (04:49)
1-9. Martina Frezzotti – Nocturne, Op. 107 (03:45)
1-10. Martina Frezzotti – 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 128: I. Scherzino. A Peterborough Chipmunk (01:09)
1-11. Martina Frezzotti – 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 128: II. Young Birches (02:46)
1-12. Martina Frezzotti – 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 128: III. Humming Bird (01:02)

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