Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto
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Composer: Amy BeachConductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony
Performer: Alan Feinberg
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-06-17
Music Label: Naxos American
Soundtracks:
- Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: Allegro moderato
- Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: Scherzo: Vivace (Perpetuum mobile)
- Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: Largo
- Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: Allegro con scioltezza
- Symphony in E minor ('Gaelic'), Op. 32: Allegro con fuoco
- Symphony in E minor ('Gaelic'), Op. 32: Alla siciliana - Allegro vivace - Andante
- Symphony in E minor ('Gaelic'), Op. 32: Lento con molta espressione
- Symphony in E minor ('Gaelic'), Op. 32: Allegro di molto
Music reviews of Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto
Music Review: A masterpiece indeed
Rating: 5 Stars
A previous reviewer hits the nail on the head; the "Gaelic" symphony is more than competent but the Piano Concerto is a masterpiece. It is long (four movements, forty minutes), full of good tunes and asks the soloist to be almost continually virtuosic with little respite, and he rises to the challenge brilliantly, as does the conductor and orchestra. A look at the score (from IMSLP) confirms this; the composer clearly completely understood the piano and wrote magnificently for it, but also gives the orchestra a lot to do.
My only minor criticism is that the recording places the piano a little too forward and, as its part is stuffed with instructions like "tutta forza" (with all force) and "martellato" (hammered), it tends to drown out the orchestra, which is frequently doing something interesting rather than a simple accompaniment.
But I recommend this recording wholeheartedly; it is the best recording of a piano concerto I have heard for some time.
Description of Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto
Naxos brings together, for the first time on a single disc, two of Amy Beach?s finest compositions, her Piano Concerto, Op. 45, and her "Gaelic" Symphony, Op. 32 which makes use of four traditional Irish tunes in addition to original themes composed in the same idiom and spirit. Born supremely gifted in piano and composition, she grew up in an era when society expected women to marry and stay at home, not have professional careers. Against opposition from family and society, she first became a concert pianist and, after marriage, this country ?s first successful female composer of major concert works.General CDs
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