Piano Heroines

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
February 6, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Amy Beach, Fanny Hensel, Florence Price, Clara Schumann
    • PERFORMER
      Claire Huangci
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 06, 2026
    • UPC
      3701624512319
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1231
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    2. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    3. No. 2. February

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    4. No. 5. May

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    5. No. 6. June

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    6. No. 9. September

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    7. Fantasia

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    8. Fugata

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    9. A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    10. No. 1. In Autumn

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    11. No. 2. Phantoms

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    12. No. 3. Dreaming

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    13. No. 4. Fireflies

      Composer: Amy Beach

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    14. Soirées musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    15. No. 2. Caprice à la Boléro

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    16. No. 4. Scene fantastique (Le Ballet des Revenants)

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    17. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romanze: Andante non troppo con grazia (arr. for cello and piano)

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Tristan Cornut, Claire Huangci

    18. Soirées musicales, Op. 6: VI. Polonaise

      Composer: Clara Schumann

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    19. Fantasie nègre No. 2

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    20. Meditation

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    21. Waltz of the Spring Maid

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    22. Your Hands in Mine

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Performer: Claire Huangci

    23. Cotton Dance

      Composer: Florence Beatrice Price

      Performer: Claire Huangci


After a 'spellbinding' album for Alpha devoted to her American roots (Alpha1071), pianist Claire Huangci now celebrates female composers, acknowledging: 'The realities these women faced are difficult to imagine for any modern woman in the field.' Clara Wieck (who became Schumann after her marriage to Robert in 1840) was a mother of eight and the main breadwinner, constantly on tour. Fanny Hensel composed largely in private. Often publishing under her brother's name. Amy Beach's career was practically silenced during her marriage; only upon her husband's death did she return to the stage. Florence Price faced both racial and gender discrimination and later raised two children alone. Across the centuries, the voices of these women reach us thanks to musicians like Claire: 'In their music, we don't just hear history. We hear transformation. Heroines is my way of listening back-and adding my voice to theirs.'