Claire Huangci
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Piano Heroines

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Works by Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel), Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Florence Price

Claire Huangci's album Piano Heroines is a heartfelt celebration of four remarkable female composers — Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and Florence Price — whose voices persisted through extraordinary adversity.

Press

“A superb album, smartly programmed and brilliantly played.”

“'Fireflies' is beguiling - as is Huangci's liquid touch.”

Tracklist

  1. 1
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Capriccio in B Minor, H. 349, H. 349 — I. Andante
    1:31
  2. 2
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Capriccio in B Minor, H. 349, H. 349 — II. Allegro molto
    3:58
  3. 3
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr, H. 385, H. 385 — No. 2, February. Scherzo
    2:42
  4. 4
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr, H. 385, H. 385 — No. 5, May. Frühlingslied
    2:28
  5. 5
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr, H. 385, H. 385 — No. 6, Juni. Serenade
    4:44
  6. 6
    Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr, H. 385, H. 385 — No. 9, September. Am Flusse
    2:42
  7. 7
    Amy Beach: Fantasia Fugata, Op. 87 — I. Allegro vigoroso
    1:54
  8. 8
    Amy Beach: Fantasia Fugata, Op. 87 — II. Fuga. Allegro moderato
    3:16
  9. 9
    Amy Beach: Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108
    3:56
  10. 10
    Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15 — No. 1, In Autumn
    2:09
  11. 11
    Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15 — No. 2, Phantoms
    1:47
  12. 12
    Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15 — No. 3, Dreaming
    4:29
  13. 13
    Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15 — No. 4, Fire-Flies
    2:48
  14. 14
    Clara Schumann: Soirées musicales, Op. 6 — No. 2, Notturno
    3:57
  15. 15
    Clara Schumann: Quatre pièces caractéristiques, Op. 5 — No. 2, Caprice à la Boléro
    3:26
  16. 16
    Clara Schumann: Quatre pièces caractéristiques, Op. 5 — No. 4, Scène fantastique
    4:12
  17. 17
    Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7 — II. Romanze (with Tristan Cornut, cello)
    3:40
  18. 18
    Clara Schumann: Soirées musicales, Op. 6 — No. 6, Polonaise
    3:13
  19. 19
    Florence Price: Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G Minor
    6:24
  20. 20
    Florence Price: Meditation
    2:14
  21. 21
    Florence Price: Waltz of the Spring Maid
    3:12
  22. 22
    Florence Price: Your Hands in Mine
    2:59
  23. 23
    Florence Price: Cotton Dance
    3:04