Sophia Agranovich - Rhapsodies Etudes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Birds in Dreamland Sleep, for High Voice & Guitar 2. Dream Faces, for Voice & Guitar 3. Moonlight on the Lake, for High Voice & Guitar 4. Maguerite, for High Voice & Guitar 5. A Mother Is the Best Friend After All, for High Voice & Guitar 6. Why Does This Day? 7. I've Called You Back Again, Kathleen, for High Voice & Guitar 8. Steering Home, for Voice & Guitar 9. You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till She's Gone, Song 10. The Maid of the Mill, Ballad for Voice & Piano 11. The Fisherman and His Child, for High Voice & Guitar 12. Rock-A-Bye Baby, for High Voice & Guitar 13. Last Night 14. Rock-A-Bye Baby, for High Voice & Guitar 15. Only a Little While

Sophia Agranovich adores the piano works of Chopin, and it shows in these deeply-felt performances. Internationally acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator, Sophia Agranovich is Incha bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics... A tigress of the keyboardInch - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the Inchorison of uncommon beautyInch - Audiophile, Inchthe extraordinary dramatic urgencyInch, Inchthe ideal balance she achieves between the intellectual and the emotionalInch - Fanfare, Inchinterpretation that dares to be differentInch, Inchmagnificent shading and superior musicianshipInch - American Record Guide. Sophia Agranovich is an esteemed pedagogue, lecturer, master class clinician, adjudicator, and is a recipient of numerous teaching awards. Her students are consistently winning top prizes in regional, national and international competitions and are performing at prestigious venues. Ms. Agranovich is active member of various professional music organizations, listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World, a voting member of NARAS, Artistic Director of 'Classicals at the Circle' music series at the Watchung Arts Center, Program Chair and Board member of Music Educators Association of New Jersey. Album Tracks 1. Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 35~I. Grave - Doppio movimento 2. Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 35~II. Scherzo 3. Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 35~III. Marche funèbre 4. Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 35~IV. Finale Presto 5. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 6. Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 7. Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 8. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 9. Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'

Multi-award-winning pianist, recording artist, educator and artistic director, Sophia Agranovich is Incha bold, daring pianist in the tradition of the Golden Age Romantics... A tigress of the keyboardInch - Fanfare. Her performances are captivating audiences by the Inchorison of uncommon beautyInch - Audiophile, Inchthe ideal balance she achieves between the intellectual and the emotionalInch - Fanfare, Inchinterpretation that dares to be differentInch, Inchmagnificent shading and superior musicianshipInch (American Record Guide). A Steinway Artist, Ms. Agranovich has performed in USA, Europe, Israel, and Canada. Recently she played solo concerts at the Pennautier Festival and Juan-les-Pins in France where she premiered compositions dedicated to her by Françoise Choveaux, and was invited to China and Brazil. Some of her prestigious venues are David Geffen Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium and Paul Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Roerich and Metropolitan museums, Steinway Hall and gal-leries, Bargemusic, Tenri Cultural Institute, Polish Cultural Foundation, Lambert Castle, Watchung Arts Center, Salle Cortot, Théâtre Na Loba, Ehrbarsaal, Gesellschaft für Musiktheater, Kaiser Hall. She also performed at libraries and numerous colleges and universities, such as the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rubin Academy of Music, National Music Academy of Ukraine and Lviv State Conservatory. Ms. Agranovich has collaborated with Mark Peskanov, Shlomo Mintz, Christopher Collins Lee, Andrew Litton, Alexander Mishnaevsky, Andrew Lamy, Brett Deubner, Gregory Singer, Anatole Wieck, Rupam Sarmah, Lili Haydn, Hamid Saeidi, Kathleen Supove, award-winning Emmy, Grammy, and Billboard top ten musical artists, and members of the major orchestras. Sophia Agranovich has released ten solo albums from 2010 through 2022, including seven on Centaur tag. Her albums ar