Pianist Beata E. Golec

Beata E. Golec is an intensely expressive artist whose striking personality immediately engages the listener's attention and imagination. Her piano playing is captivating and poetic; her interpretations are clever, creative and enlightening.

Vitality, freshness, youthful energy and joy of playing, combined with sophistication, are the hallmarks of Beata's pianistic style. Beata is keen on exploring new music, especially by women composers, which was her motivation for this disk to combine music written by men and women, both early and modern.

Composer Beata E. Golec

Simplicity and directness of expression, color, versatility and some extent of repetitivism are attractive features describing Beata's music. Her language of sound is also very descriptive, imaginative, free, facile, and accessible to a diverse audience. Beata's mission is to open "mental space" with music: to let humans imagine, open their minds and let them be directed by their own imagination. Beata Golec stresses: "My intention is not to make my audience be bound by what I envision but to let them imagine anything; to stimulate brain activity in the listener which promotes a strong psychological and physical experience."

She adds: "Color versatility is a crucial component of my musical language: various registers represent different color features; every harmony creates a different color, and it is important for the performers to seek out and express this uniqueness. Voicing, articulation, and pedaling all work together to enhance vivid color effects."

"This record is dedicated to my parents -- Alicja and Dariusz Golec, who raised me in an artistic and highly intellectual spirit."

Track listing

1. Prelude for Piano solo No. 2
2. Toccata for Piano solo
3. Forests for Piano solo
4. Calendar Collection for Piano part 1
5. Calendar Collection for Piano part 2
6. Calendar Collection for Piano part 3
7. Calendar Collection for Piano part 4
8. Calendar Collection for Piano part 5
9. Calendar Collection for Piano part 6
10. Calendar Collection for Piano part 7
11. Calendar Collection for Piano part 8
12. Calendar Collection for Piano part 9
13. Calendar Collection for Piano part 10
14. Calendar Collection for Piano part 11
15. Calendar Collection for Piano part 12
16. Sonatina for Piano Op. 1 No. 1 Allegro
17. Sonatina for Piano Op. 1 No. 1 Larghetto
18. Sonatina for Piano Op. 1 No. 2 Allegro energico
19. Sonatina for Piano Op. 1 No. 2 Largo
20. Sonatina for Piano Op. 1 No. Allegro
21. Sonata in C Major KV 330 Allegro moderato
22. Sonata in C Major KV 330 Andante cantible
23. Sonata in C Major KV 330 Allegretto

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