Bracha Eden

Bracha Eden – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; 5 Easy Pieces; 3 Easy Pieces (1969/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:41 minutes | 753 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Bracha Eden (15 July 1928 – 23 May 2006) and Alexander Tamir (2 April 1931 – 15 August 2019) were Israeli pianists who performed as a duo.

Alexander Wolkovsky (later Tamir) was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1942, as an eleven-year-old boy, he composed a Yiddish song called “Shtiler, shtiler” (“Quiet, quiet”; also known as “Ponar” in Hebrew), for a music competition held in the Jewish ghetto. The song was set as a lullaby in order to confuse the Nazi occupiers. Many of the intended singers were killed before they could compete. The story of this episode and Tamir’s return to his birthplace is told in the Israeli film Ponar.

He changed his name to Tamir after settling in Jerusalem after World War II. Very little is recorded about the life of Bracha Eden. She was the elder partner and appears to have been publicity-shy. In her professional life she was overshadowed by her partner.

The duo met while studying at the Rubin Academy with Alexander Schroeder, a pupil of Artur Schnabel. Schroeder encouraged them to play together and they formed their piano duo in 1952. They continued their studies with Vronsky & Babin in the United States.

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Bracha Eden – Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Duet (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:49 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Decca Music Group presents this legacy recording of Israeli piano duo Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir as part of a series of high-fidelity digital transfers covering their illustrious career! Here, the two legendary pianists presents works from Mozart!
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Bracha Eden – French Music for Two Pianos; Poulenc; Debussy; Satie (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:37 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Israeli duo pianists Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir are highlighted on this stunning legacy recording from Decca records, taken from the mid-career of these duo greats! The programme presents works from the great French master-composers, including Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, and Erik Satie, alongside Benjamin Britten!
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Bracha Eden – Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme; Grand Duo Sonata (1977/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:23 minutes | 905 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Decca Music Group presents this legacy recording of Israeli piano duo Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir as part of a series of high-fidelity digital transfers covering their illustrious career! Here, the two legendary pianists presents works from Schubert!
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