℗ 2021 CPO
Released | January 14, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 03m 51s |
Record Label | CPO |
Catalogue No. | 555453-2 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo
Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
1.1
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Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
19:30 | |||
3 Movements for Piano Four-Hands
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1.2
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No. 1, Allegro appassionata
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
1:55 | |||
1.3
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No. 2, Moderato
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
2:24 | |||
1.4
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No. 3, Allegro con fuoco
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
3:48 | |||
Suite for 2 Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104
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1.5
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I. Prelude
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
6:29 | |||
1.6
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II. Old-Time Peasant Dance
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
4:34 | |||
1.7
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III. The Ancient Cabin
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
7:00 | |||
1.8
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IV. Finale
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
4:19 | |||
Summer Dreams, Op. 47
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1.9
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No. 1, The Brownies
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
3:56 | |||
1.10
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No. 2, Robin Redbreast
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
1:37 | |||
1.11
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No. 3, Twilight
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
2:18 | |||
1.12
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No. 4, Katy-Dids
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
0:48 | |||
1.13
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No. 5, Elfin tarantelle
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
1:40 | |||
1.14
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No. 6, Good Night
Amy Beach; Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo |
3:33 | |||
Digital Booklet
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The recent release of the world premiere of Sergei Rachmaninoff: Complete Works for Piano Duo on cpo with over 150 minutes of music on two pianos and for four hands on one piano immediately rose to No. 1 on the jpc charts. Now the famous and successful Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo turns to the American composer Amy Beach. Her compositional oeuvre marks a high point within the great phase of consolidation experienced by art music in the United States between the Civil War and World War I. Amy Beach was not the first American woman who composed or the first America woman who earned money with her compositions; but she created a stir in the music world by forging ahead into genres in which previously only men had distinguished themselves. However, it was above all the piano that was Amy Beach’s lifelong companion. She honored her instrument with solo compositions in a total of twenty-six opus numbers distributed equally over her entire compositional career from the 1880s to the 1930s. Even though her music for piano four hands or for two pianos is limited to a few compositions, they just as positively attest to their author’s talent as do her works for two hands. The original version of Amy Beach’s Variations on Balkan Themes op. 60 is her most extensive composition for piano two hands and the one that is the most challenging in playing technique. At the same time, the variations represent one of her most significant endorsements of folk music.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – CPO Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.58 -10.93 to -0.50 | -25.70 -32.65 to -20.38 | -22.41 -29.50 to -16.90 | 13 12 to 15 | |
1 | Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 | -0.50 | -23.99 | -20.0 | 15 |
2 | No. 1, Allegro appassionata | -0.77 | -25.15 | -22.4 | 15 |
3 | No. 2, Moderato | -5.94 | -28.11 | -24.8 | 12 |
4 | No. 3, Allegro con fuoco | -0.50 | -22.17 | -19.2 | 13 |
5 | I. Prelude | -1.63 | -24.51 | -20.5 | 13 |
6 | II. Old-Time Peasant Dance | -3.13 | -25.58 | -22.1 | 13 |
7 | III. The Ancient Cabin | -1.27 | -25.24 | -21.2 | 14 |
8 | IV. Finale | -0.50 | -20.38 | -16.9 | 12 |
9 | No. 1, The Brownies | -1.56 | -24.15 | -21.2 | 14 |
10 | No. 2, Robin Redbreast | -9.24 | -28.26 | -25.5 | 12 |
11 | No. 3, Twilight | -10.33 | -32.65 | -29.5 | 14 |
12 | No. 4, Katy-Dids | -1.44 | -24.83 | -21.1 | 12 |
13 | No. 5, Elfin tarantelle | -2.39 | -22.70 | -20.0 | 12 |
14 | No. 6, Good Night | -10.93 | -32.03 | -29.3 | 13 |