Artist: Bracha Eden
Album: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; 5 Easy Pieces; 3 Easy Pieces
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 1969/2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 44:41
Total Tracks: 22
Total Size: 753 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Bracha Eden – 1. Andante (00:43)
1-2. Bracha Eden – 2. Española (01:08)
1-3. Bracha Eden – 3. Balalaika (00:52)
1-4. Bracha Eden – 4. Napolitana (01:13)
1-5. Bracha Eden – 5. Galop (01:59)
1-6. Bracha Eden – 1. March (01:25)
1-7. Bracha Eden – 2. Waltz (01:35)
1-8. Bracha Eden – 3. Scherzo (00:49)
1-9. Bracha Eden – 1. Introduction (Version for Piano Duet) (03:05)
1-10. Bracha Eden – 2. The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents (Version for Piano Duet) (03:40)
1-11. Bracha Eden – 3. Mock Abduction (Version for Piano Duet) (01:24)
1-12. Bracha Eden – 4. Spring Rounds (Version for Piano Duet) (03:39)
1-13. Bracha Eden – 5. Games of the Rival Tribes (Version for Piano Duet) (01:50)
1-14. Bracha Eden – 6. Procession of the Sage (Version for Piano Duet) (00:39)
1-15. Bracha Eden – 7a. Le Sage (Version for Piano Duet) (00:14)
1-16. Bracha Eden – 7b. Dance of the Earth (Version for Piano Duet) (01:15)
1-17. Bracha Eden – 1. Introduction (Version for Piano Duet) (04:40)
1-18. Bracha Eden – 2. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents (Version for Piano Duet) (03:00)
1-19. Bracha Eden – 3. Glorification of the Chosen One (Version for Piano Duet) (01:32)
1-20. Bracha Eden – 4. Evocation of the Ancestors (Version for Piano Duet) (00:43)
1-21. Bracha Eden – 5. Ritual of the Ancestors (Version for Piano Duet) (04:09)
1-22. Bracha Eden – 6. Sacrificial Dance (Version for Piano Duet) (04:56)

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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.