Album of the Week: Rêverie, by Teresa Carreño & Alexandra Oehler

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Rêverie, by Teresa Carreño & Alexandra Oehler

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About the artists:

The Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño was one of the most virtuosic artists of her age. A child prodigy, she won the admiration of Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein, and gave sold-out concerts throughout America, Europe and Australasia. This selection of piano compositions, the earliest of which was written at the age of nine, reveals exacting technical demands allied to an impressively expressive arsenal, exemplified by the Rêverie-Impromptu and the little-known Caprice-Études. Elements of bel canto infuse Plaintes au bord d’une tombe whilst Mendelssohnian warmth can be savoured in the Elégie.

Alexandra Oehler, based in Leipzig, is a prizewinner of several piano competitions, including the Franz Liszt Competition Weimar. Concert tours have taken her to North America, Mexico, Chile, The Philippines, and South Africa. She has performed at prestigious festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, MDR-Musiksommer, Heidelberger Frühling, Mendelssohn Festival Leipzig, Budapest Spring Festival, Music Festival Tropea and the Cervo Music Festival in Liguria.

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