Dreaming

Featuring

Sunhwa Park
Fanny Hensel
Clara Schumann
Amy Beach

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Compositional Technique

Fanny Mendelssohn's 4 Lieder for piano, Op. 8, feature expansive melodic writing that may evoke the "endless melody" style characteristic of Richard Wagner's works.

Performer Biography

Sunhwa Park, the pianist on this album, has won First Prizes at the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music and the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York on August 21-22, 2017.

Album & Artwork

This album, titled "Dreaming," features works by three lesser-known women composers from the 19th and 20th centuries: Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Clara Schumann.

Composer Biography

Amy Beach, one of the composers on this album, was among the most acclaimed women composers active in the United States.

Composer Biography

Fanny Mendelssohn, whose 4 Lieder for piano are featured, was the older sister of the famous composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

Performer Biography

Pianist Sunhwa Park has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Weill Hall in New York, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and the Smetana Hall in Prague.