Louise Alder / Joseph Middleton CHÈRE NUIT

 

CHÈRE NUIT

Hiroko Ishimoto PIONEERS

PIONEERS

 

Juliette Hurel / Hélène Couvert COMPOSITRICES À L’AUBE DU XXE SIÈCLE

                                       COMPOSITRICES À L’AUBE DU XXE SIÈCLE

Ludmila Berlinskaya / Arthur Ancelle BELLE ÉPOQUE

Melodiya presents Belle Époque, a new album recorded by the piano duet of Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle. The album is named after the period of time between the late 19th and early 20th centuries in France when science, arts and economy were flourishing in Paris. The Exposition Universelle held in 1900 with previously unseen splendour and scope attracted millions of visitors. However, the Paris salons were the major points of attraction - the most serious issues of life and arts, literary and artistic novelties were discussed there with ease of small talk. And indeed, music played a central part in that special environment. Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle, who have successfully performed together for many years, offer a fascinating musical tour of Paris. The piano duet presents music of the 'Beautiful Era' written by French composers - Cécile Chaminade, Charles Koechlin, Louis Aubert and Reynaldo Hahn. Claude Debussy's En blanc et noir concludes the album. Its music reflects the tragic reality of the war that buried the Beautiful Era forever.

Judith Pfeiffer KLAVIER

Judith Pfeiffer, born in Germany, holds five degrees in Piano Performance/Piano Education from three different countries.

Her CD, “Brahms and His Time,” features romantic piano works by Johannes Brahms,

Clara and Robert Schumann, and Frederic Chopin. A CD with piano works by women composers was released by Dreyer-Gaido Musikproduktionen (Germany) and acclaimed by critics and the general public alike.
Judith has performed throughout Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Italy, France, Portugal, and the United States. With her expertise of Brahms, she enthusiastically accepted the invitation from Friends of Goethe and the German Consulate in Atlanta to perform “Brahms and His Time” on a Southern tour. She also performed in several venues in Florida, including the Royalty Theater in Clearwater, Keene Faculty Center Recital Series at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and at the 7 th International Festival of Women Composers in Gainesville (recorded for National Public Radio).
An outstanding feature of her recitals is her illuminating commentary on the pieces, in which she draws from music history, philosophy, and psychology, thus allowing the audience to find new connections between the composer, the music, and itself.