Beatrice Rana - Chopin: 24 Preludes - Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 (2012)

Tracklist
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01. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major
02. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor
03. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major
04. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor
05. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major
06. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor
07. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major
08. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
09. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major
10. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
11. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major
12. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
13. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
14. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
15. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
16. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
17. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major
18. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor
19. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major
20. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor
21. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major
22. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor
23. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major
24. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor
25. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: Prelude No. 25 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
26. Prelude No. 26 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth.: Prelude No. 26 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth.
27. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata Fantasy": I. Andante
28. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy": II. Presto


In June 2011, Beatrice Rana, then 18, became the youngest-ever winner of a first prize at the Montreal International Music Competition. She also won each of that year’s special prizes. She is, said Le Devoir, “not only a pianist but, above all, an artist.” Her ATMA solo CD is dedicated to Chopin’s Preludes Op. 28 and Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 Op.19 — thrilling repertoire for an outstanding young pianist.

Beatrice Rana made her debut last season with several orchestras, including the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, the Südwestdeutsche Orchester, and the Aarhus Symfonieorkester in Denmark. She also performed as a guest artist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the symphony orchestras of Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg, the Kuala Lumpur Philharmonic Orchestra, the Violons du Roy, and the Orchestre Métropolitain with Yannick Nézet-Seguin.

Beatrice Rana made her debut last season with several orchestras, including the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, the Südwestdeutsche Orchester, and the Aarhus Symfonieorkester in Denmark. She also performed as a guest artist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the symphony orchestras of Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg, the Kuala Lumpur Philharmonic Orchestra, the Violons du Roy, and the Orchestre Métropolitain with Yannick Nézet-Seguin.

In addition to her First Prize in the Montreal Piano Competition last year, Rana has won numerous prizes at international competitions such as the Muzio Clementi Competion, the Concours International de San Marino, and the Bang & Olufsen Piano RAMA Competion.

She began studying piano when she was 4, and became a student of Benedetto Lupo at the Conservatorio Nino Rota, from which she graduated at the precocious age of 16. She now studies in Hanover with Arie Vardi.

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