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Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto.(Sound Recording Review)
Alan Feinberg, piano; Kenneth Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.559139.
These days Amy Beach (1867-1944) may be more notable for being America's first successful female composer than for any of the actual music she wrote. She was obviously a most refined and elegant lady, and both her Piano Concerto in C sharp minor and her Symphony in E minor (Gaelic) reflect this refinement and elegance.
Unfortunately, refinement and elegance don't always translate into engaging music, and despite the woman's popularity as a pianist and composer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the two works on this disc sound rather mundane by today's standards. I'm sorry if that offends the lady's admirers, but there is little in either the Piano Concerto or the Symphony that stands out as inventive or original. This doesn't mean they aren't pleasant enough, however, and for a single, casual listening they may spark a degree of interest. This is especially so of the ...
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