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Rachel Barton Pine's Tribute to Maud Powell

From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:56:30

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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine pays tribute to America's first internationally famous woman violin virtuoso. Read the full description.

Rachel_barton_pine_cover_small Barton Pine introduces and plays music performed by Maud Powell on her concert tours and recordings, including works by Amy Beach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Antonin Dvorak, and Cecil Burleigh. Pieces include Silver Threads Among the Gold, Deep River, Humoreske, Caprice on Dixie, Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Fantasia on Sousa Themes, and Nobody Knows the Trouble I See. Rachel Barton Pine is accompanied on the piano by Matthew Hagle. Fred Flaxman provides the wrap-around for this public radio special, which he produced and edited using recordings supplied by Cedille Records.

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Piece Description

Barton Pine introduces and plays music performed by Maud Powell on her concert tours and recordings, including works by Amy Beach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Antonin Dvorak, and Cecil Burleigh. Pieces include Silver Threads Among the Gold, Deep River, Humoreske, Caprice on Dixie, Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Fantasia on Sousa Themes, and Nobody Knows the Trouble I See. Rachel Barton Pine is accompanied on the piano by Matthew Hagle. Fred Flaxman provides the wrap-around for this public radio special, which he produced and edited using recordings supplied by Cedille Records.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell. Cedille 2007 52:00