Amy Beach: By the Still Waters

Amy Beach: By the Still Waters

Amy Beach: By the Still Waters
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Composer: Amy Beach
Performer: Joanne Polk
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1997-07-29
Music Label: Arabesque Recordings
Soundtracks:
  1. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Theme: Adagio malincolico
  2. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:I. Piu mosso
  3. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:II. Maestoso
  4. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:III. Allegro ma non troppo
  5. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:IV. Andante alla Barcarola
  6. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:V. Largo con molta espressione/Poco piu mosso
  7. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:VI. Quasi Fantasia/Allegro all' 'Ongarese
  8. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:VII. Vivace/Valse lento
  9. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:VIII. Con vigore/Lento calmato
  10. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Marcia funerale
  11. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Cadenza. Grave/Quasi fantasia/Maestoso come Var.IIdo/Adagio...
  12. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Scottish Legend, Op.54, No.1
  13. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Gavotte fantastique, Op.54, No.2
  14. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Scherzino: A Peterboro Chipmunk, Op.128, No.1
  15. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Young birches, Op128, No.2
  16. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:A Humming Bird, Op.128, No.3
  17. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Far Awa'
  18. Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60:Out of the Depths (Ps.130), Op.130
  19. Trois morceaux caracteristiques, Op.28:No.1 Barcarolle
  20. Trois morceaux caracteristiques, Op.28:No.2 Menuet italien
  21. Trois morceaux caracteristiques, Op.28:No.3 Danse des fleurs
  22. Trois morceaux caracteristiques, Op.28:By the Still Waters, Op.114

Music reviews of Amy Beach: By the Still Waters

Music Review: BEACH AT HER BEST (REDUX)
Rating: 5 Stars

I can scarcely believe it's been nearly two and a half years since I wrote my first review [October 24, 2000!!] of Joanne Polk's enlightening second volume traversal ["Under the Stars"] of the complete Amy Beach piano oeuvre. But it has been, and time, that great elucidator and thief, has once again returned me to face the music.

And what music it is, most noticeably for the premiere volume's prescient inclusion of Mrs. Beach's haunting and evocative, nearly thirty-minute-long Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60, written in 1904. With a life that bridged two very different centuries, and a fresh musical mind, forever searching, growing and transforming, Beach [1867-1944] could do no less with her innate gifts than to compose with genuine originality, as is evidenced by the emotional depth and lyrical reach of the Variations.

Although pieces such as the Trois morceaux caracteristiques, Op. 28 [1897] and the Scottish Legend and Gavotte fantastique, Op. 54, No.'s 1 and 2 [1903] may smack of the New England "school," the earlier not coincidentally dedicated to MacDowell, they are nonetheless inventive and charming. However, the Op. 114 (By the Still Waters) [1925] and miniatures of Op. 128 [1928], especially No. 2 (Young Birches), show the composer venturing into melodically undefined, but thoroughly gorgeous Lisztian territory.

Out of the Depths, Op. 130, also written in 1928, but not published until 1930, is a wonderful piano "distillation" of Psalm 130, without pretense, and again, not unlike Liszt in its austere sincerity and modernity.

Far Awa' brings us full circle in the most magical of ways. Originally No. 4 from Beach's Op. 43 song cycle of 1899, the composer herself transcribed the work for piano (and organ) in 1935 while at the MacDowell Colony, with ongoing revisions. It's a beautiful, heartfelt piece.

Polk produces exquisite sound, captured warmly by the engineers, undeniably proving the appeal and value of this music. Not only is she a fine pianist, she is at one with the composer. I applaud her talent, and I applaud her efforts to bring Mrs. Beach's endearing creations to life. There is much to immerse oneself in here.

[Running time: 67:55]
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