American Dream

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Release Date
October 3, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Victor Babin, Amy Beach, Dana Suesse
    • PERFORMER
      Arthur Ancelle, Ludmila Berlinskaya, Orchestre Victor Hugo, Jean-Francois Verdier, Laurent Comte
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511718
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1171
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Jean-Francois Verdier

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Jean-Francois Verdier

    3. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Jean-Francois Verdier

    4. IV. Finale

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Jean-Francois Verdier

    5. I. Prelude

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

    6. II. Old-time Peasant-Dance

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

    7. III. The Ancient Cabin

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

    8. IV. Finale

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

    9. I. Moderato

      Composer: Victor Babin

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Laurent Comte

    10. II. Molto vivo e ben ritmico

      Composer: Victor Babin

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Laurent Comte

    11. III. Molto sostenuto, intimo e calmo

      Composer: Victor Babin

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Laurent Comte

    12. IV. Finale alla fuga - Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Victor Babin

      Ensemble: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté

      Performer: Ludmila Valentinovna Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle

      Conductor: Laurent Comte


The 'American dream' is the thread that connects these three works. Amy Beach was born in New Hampshire in 1867 and composed more than three hundred works, including a monumental suite for two pianos inspired by the Romantic tradition and based on ancient Irish melodies. Nadine Dana Suesse nicknamed the "Gershwin Girl" was born in Kansas City in 1909. She played her own compositions on the radio from the age of thirteen and composed hit songs, notably for Bing Crosby. She refused the attractions of Hollywood and studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Her works disappeared from the repertory after her death, although the Berlinskaya Ancelle duo are keen to revive her music with this 1943 concerto, described as "romantic, but mixed with modern harmonies and chords straight from jazz". Victor Babin was born in Moscow in 1908 and emigrated to the United States with his wife Viktoria Vronskaya in 1937. Their piano duo was very successful there: they gave the first performance of Babin's virtuosic Second Concerto under the direction of George SzelI in Cleveland in 1957.