American Romantics - The Boston Scene

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
February 24, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FOOTE WHITING PAINE CHADWIC
    • PERFORMER
      Artem Belogurov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2015
    • UPC
      5060385450154
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL0080
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Prelude

      Composer: Arthur Foote

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    2. No. 2. Fugue

      Composer: Arthur Foote

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    3. No. 3. Romance

      Composer: Arthur Foote

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    4. No. 4. Capriccio

      Composer: Arthur Foote

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    5. I. Caprice in C Major

      Composer: Arthur Battelle Whiting

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    6. II. Humoreske in E Minor

      Composer: Arthur Battelle Whiting

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    7. III. Bagatelle in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Arthur Battelle Whiting

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    8. IV. Idylle in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Arthur Battelle Whiting

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    9. 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 41: No. 3. Fuga giocosa

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    10. No. 1. Woodnotes

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    11. No. 2. Wayside flowers

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    12. No. 4. The shepherd's lament

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    13. No. 5. Village Dance

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    14. No. 7. The Mill

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    15. No. 10. Welcome home

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    16. No. 2. In the Canoe

      Composer: George Whitefield Chadwick

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    17. No. 5. Prelude Joyeux

      Composer: George Whitefield Chadwick

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    18. No. 1. Dragon Fly

      Composer: Ethelbert Nevin

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    19. No. 2. Ophelia

      Composer: Ethelbert Nevin

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    20. No. 3. Water Nymph

      Composer: Ethelbert Nevin

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    21. No. 4. Narcissus

      Composer: Ethelbert Nevin

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    22. No. 5. Barcarollees

      Composer: Ethelbert Nevin

      Performer: Artem Belogurov

    23. Rhapsody, Op. 21

      Composer: Margaret Ruthven Lang

      Performer: Artem Belogurov


A unique collection of American romantic piano music, written largely in the last third of the 19th century, by Foote, Whiting, Paine, Chadwick and Nevin. In a period where in Europe piano music was in the hands of towering virtuosos like Liszt, Anton Rubinstein and later Rachmaninoff, the American scene was notably less tormented, focusing on tone painting idyllic landscapes, rural scenes and charming dance forms. These genre pieces share the same delightful characteristics as their European pendants by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Gade, Sinding and others. Young pianist Artem Belogurov (born in Latvia, grew up in Odessa/Ukraine and now lives in Boston) is a former student of Peter Serkin. For this recording he plays a beautiful period instrument, a 1873 Chickering piano. Chickering was one of the most respected and successful piano builders of the 19th century; Hans von B�low premiered Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto in Boston on a Chickering, and Franz Liszt owned two of their instruments. The booklet contains extensive liner notes on the music and composers, an artist biography and information and photos of the instrument.