Composer: Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, Robert Schumann
Performer: Beatrice Rana
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMU907606
Release: 2013
Size: 544 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
01. Thema: Andante
02. Etude I: Un poco piu vivo
03. Etude II
04. Etude III: Vivace
05. Etude IV
06. Etude V
07. Etude VI: Agitato
08. Etude VII: Allegro molto
09. Etude VIII
10. Etude IX: Presto possibile
11. Etude X
12. Etude XI: Con espressione
13. Etude XII: Allegro brillante
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
14. I. Ondine
15. II. Le gibet
16. III. Scarbo
Bartók: Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB89
17. I. With Drums and Pipes. Pesante
18. II. Barcarolla. Andante
19. III. Musettes. Moderato
20. IV. The Night’s Music. Lento
21. V. The Chase. Presto
With performances heralded as “sheer enchantment, alternately out-of-body and almost fearsome in intensity” (Dallas Morning News) and “an endlessly fascinating piece of humanity that had the orchestra riveted on every note” (Huffington Post), Italian pianist Beatrice Rana drew mass attention during the 2013 Cliburn Competition, capturing second prize, as well as the Audience Award.
A prizewinner many times over, Ms. Rana was named “One to Watch” by International Piano magazine just before her Cliburn appearance. Highlights of her 2013–14 season include invitations to perform with Yannick Nézet-Seguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain, Miguel Harth-Bedoya with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Fayçal Karoui with the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and tours of the United States arranged by the Cliburn. Beatrice has previously been invited to several festivals around the world, including the Busoni, La Folle Journée, La Roque d’Anthéron, Lanaudière and Radio-France Festivals. In 2012, she released her first CD of works by Scriabin and Chopin on ATMA Classique.
Born in Copertino (Apulia) into a family of musicians, Beatrice Rana began musical studies at the age of 4 and made her concerto debut when she was 9. She currently studies with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, having previously graduated from the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music where she studied with Benedetto Lupo.