{"product_id":"barber-beach-huangci-made-in-usa-music-cd","title":"Barber \/ Beach \/ Huangci - Made In Usa Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented as 'An Experiment in Modern Music' when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin famous, and he soon set to work on a version for solo piano, recorded here by Claire Huangci. In her first solo disc for Alpha Classics, Claire was keen to celebrate this centenary alongside her roots in America, where she was born, studied music and made her debut as a concert artist at the age of nine. The brilliant improviser and transcriber Earl Wild (1915-2010) took Gershwin's songs (Liza, Fascinatin' Rhythm, Somebody Loves Me, I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, Oh, Lady Be Good, The Man I Love) to form the basis of his Seven Virtuoso Etudes for solo piano. Equally virtuosic is the Op. 26 Sonata by Samuel Barber, whom Vladimir Horowitz (who premiered the work in Havana in December 1949) regarded as one of the few Americans capable of writing for the piano. The New Hampshire-born composer Amy Beach took her inspiration from the folk music of both the New World and the Balkans, while retaining her harmonic language inherited from the Romantics. Her Variations Op. 60 (1904) bear witness to these influences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhapsody in Blue for solo piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Thema: Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation I: Più mosso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation II: Maestoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation III: Allegro ma non troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation IV: Andante alla Barcarola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation V: Largo con molta espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VI: Quasi Fantasia - Allegro all' Ongarese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VII: Vivace - Valse lento\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Variation VIII: Con vigore - Lento calmato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Marcia funebre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60~Cadenza: Grave - Quasi fantasia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~I. Allegro energico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~II. Allegro vivace e leggero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~III. Adagio mesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 26~IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~I. Liza\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~II. Somebody Loves me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~III. The Man I Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~IV. Embraceable You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~V. Lady be Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~VI. I Got Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin~VII. Fasinatin' Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3701624510711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alpha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.20.24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rock Band Merch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59582496276561,"sku":"673165","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/4357679-3205601.jpg?v=1780096430","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/barber-beach-huangci-made-in-usa-music-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}