Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony; Piano Concerto

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Naxos brings together, for the first time on a single disc, two of Amy Beach’s finest compositions, her Piano Concerto, Op. 45, and her "Gaelic" Symphony, Op. 32 which makes use of four traditional Irish tunes in addition to original themes composed in the same idiom and spirit. Born supremely gifted in piano and composition, she grew up in an era when society expected women to marry and stay at home, not have professional careers. Against opposition from family and society, she first became a concert pianist and, after marriage, this country ’s first successful female composer of major concert works.

Tracks:

Allegro Moderato
Scherzo: Vivaco (Perpetuum Mobile)
Largo
Allegro Con Scioltezza
Allegro Con Fuoco
Alla Siciliana - Allegro Vivace - Andante
Lento Con Molta Espressione
Allegro Di Molto

Album Description

Naxos brings together, for the first time on a single disc, two of Amy Beach's finest compositions, her Piano Concerto, Op. 45, and her "Gaelic" Symphony, Op. 32 which makes use of four traditional Irish tunes in addition to original themes composed in the same idiom and spirit. Born supremely gifted in piano and composition, she grew up in an era when society expected women to marry and stay at home, not have professional careers. Against opposition from family and society, she first became a concert pianist and, after marriage, this country 's first successful female composer of major concert works.

Customer Reviews:

Splendid Works.......2007-03-04

Although I have had a solid appreciation for classical music for 5 decades, and own an extensive collection, I had never had the pleasure of hearing Beach's music until I purchased this CD from Amazon. The sympony is well structured and true to 19th century styles, but the concerto is simply brilliant and very much on the Olympian level of Chopin and Liszt. I had also never heard the Nashville Symphony perform, and this is one very accomplished ensemble, not necessarily expected from the home of country music. This bargain priced CD is a gift from the Gods and a find that any lover of traditional classical music will certainly welcome.

The best recording of the Beach Piano Concerto.......2004-06-19

Finally a recording of the piano concerto that does justice to it! Feinberg works wonders with this piece, and Schermerhorn backs up his soloist to the hilt. This is really a symphony for piano and orchestra-many times the orchestra has the big, romantic melodies while the pianist plays glittering arabesques around it. For the pianist, many large cadenzas fuel the piece with virtuoso fireworks. The Gaelic symphony to me is not as amazing as the piano concerto although Schermerhorn does the work justice, but not as well as the Jarvi/DSO on Chandos. But either performance does not convince me that the 3rd movement is not a note too long. Anyway, a most impressive achievement, and a great addition to the Naxos catalog (I must have 1,000 Naxos CD's now!)

Amy Beach - a wonderful discovery.......2003-12-12

Thank you Naxos for bringing us yet again rarely heard performances of our American heritage of classical composers. This time around it is Amy Beach's Piano Concerto and "Gaelic" Symphony. These compositions are finely crafted pieces that are worthy of regular appearances in concert halls.
The Piano Concerto is richly and warmly Romantic, with the piano sparkling like a cold glass of champagne. Her "Gaelic" symphony has to be ranked as one of America's finest symphonic outputs ever. If you think of Gershwin and Copeland when you think of American classical music, then you are missing out on some truly amazing works.

Naxos and the NSO do it again.......2003-09-15

Scott Morrison has already provided the salient details about this wonderful recording. This was arguably the best of last season's NSO concerts, and the recording is even better. TPAC's Jackson Hall seems to be an excellent symphonic recording studio, an interesting contrast to the scattered "dead spots" one must occasionally suffer through as a concertgoer depending on the seat assignment (the symphony will move to a new, allegedly acoustically superior hall in 2006). For those few who might hesitate to purchase a recording by a "second tier" orchestra, I can assure you that the mostly youthful members are graduates of America's best conservatories and university music departments. The core group has been together long enough to establish a cohesive tone with precision which rivals the "name" orchestras when they play their best, as they do here. Bernstein protege Schemerhorn conducts these works with grace and sensitivity - and Feinberg's piano performance is amazing. Highly recommended.

Two Sunny Beaches.......2003-08-06

Oh, how I envy pianist Alan Feinberg. If I were a virtuoso pianist, his is the kind of career I'd choose. He specializes in mostly American, mostly new music and has the advantage of presenting generally unknown pieces to an admiring audience. He has recorded music by such composers as Andrew Imbrie (the Concerto), Charles Ives (Songs, other pieces), Charles Wuorinen (3rd Sonata, Trio), John Adams (China Gates), Henry Cowell, Mario Davidovsky, Ralph Shapey, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Leo Ornstein, Paul Bowles, and even Thelonious Monk, among others. He rarely plays 'old-fashioned' American music, although he has recorded some music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, our primary impressionist composer. Here he plays, with the admirable support of the Nashville Symphony conducted by their long-time music director Kenneth Schermerhorn, the 1899 Piano Concerto of Amy Cheney Beach (1867-1944; known in my student days as Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, and invariably referred to by us whippersnappers as Mrs Haha Beach).

The Piano Concerto is a four-movement, 37-minute, grandiloquent showpiece that is from the sound world of Grieg or MacDowell: melodious, big-gestured, rigorously crafted with an immediately discernible Romantic form--a crowd-pleaser if ever there was one. And in its day it pleased many concert-goers. Beach herself played the solo part at its 1900 première by the Boston Symphony. It was recorded before, perhaps twenty years ago, by Mary Louise Boehm, a pianist who has made something of a specialty of Beach's music, but this new recording supersedes the older one largely because Feinberg's performance is more assured and brilliant, the sound is crystalline, and the Nashville Symphony's playing is much better than that by the Westphalian Symphony under Siegfried Landau.

Another advantage of this issue is that Beach's once-familiar 'Gaelic Symphony' (1896) is coupled with the Concerto. It has tougher competition on CD--a Chandos recording by Neeme Järvi conducting the Detroit Symphony--but this performance is quite as good, and of course Naxos's budget price, as usual, is a definite plus.

If anything, the 42-minute, four-movement Gaelic Symphony, making use of Irish tunes (as well as original tunes that Beach wrote in the style of Irish folksongs), is even more tuneful and immediately attractive than the Concerto. The Andante second movement is particularly appealing; its major theme is the kind that immediately sticks in your mind's ear and won't let go (what the Germans call an Ohrwurm, an 'ear worm'). The third movement (Lento con molta espressione) is luscious and deeply melancholic. The symphony ends with a congeries of Irish tunes and dances in a paean of dramatic exultation.

I have no hesitation in recommending this CD. It is another recording in Naxos's admired American Classics series which seems to go from glory to glory. Naxos is doing for American classical music what Lyrita, Conifer, Hyperion and Chandos have done for native British music. The ongoing discovery of the depth and value of our American classical heritage continues to thrill me.

Tracks:

Amy Beach: Romance
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Dvorak: Songs My Mother Sang
Sibelius: Musette
Marion Eugenie Bauer: Up the Ocklawaha
Chopin: "Minute" Waltz
Carl Venth: Aria
Selim Palmgren: May Night
Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River
Dvorak: Humoreske
H.P. Danks: Silver Threads Among the Gold
Herman Bellstedt, Jr.: Caprice on Dixie
Henry Holden Huss: Romance
Harry Mathena Gilbert: Marionettes (Scherzo)
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Massenet: Twilight
Max Liebling: Fantasia on Sousa Themes
J. Rosamund Johnson: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Album Description

"Everything about this release by violinist Rachel Barton Pine is exceptional." --ClassicsToday [10/10] (on Scottish Fantasies)

"Recordings don't get any better than this." -- ClassicsToday [10/10] (on Brahms & Joachim Violin Concertos)

Chicago native Rachel Barton Pine was a child prodigy who began performing in public at age seven. Today she is one of America's most acclaimed violinists, as well as the best selling artist on Cedille Records. Maud Powell (1867-1920) was the premier female American violinist of her era, and she made numerous classic recordings between 1904 and 1919 that are still sought after by collectors. This CD is a tribute from one eminent American violinist to another, honoring Maud Powell for the tremendous positive influence she had on later American artists. All of the selections are works recorded originally by Powell, now able to be heard in contemporary sound. Many of the selections are seldom or never recorded elsewhere, and all are extremely accessible.

Customer Reviews:

Great Tribute--Wonderfully Performed.......2007-07-13

This recording is just plain fun! Rachel Barton Pine is one of my favorite young violinists, and this may be my favorite of her albums! Not only is the music exceptionally well chosen, Mrs. Pine's performances are top-notch across the board. As usual, her technique is wonderful. And the musicality of the performances leaves nothing to be desired. Just listen to the sweetness of her playing in Amy Beach's Romance! I can listen to this one track over and over and not become bored. Then contrast the fiery virtuosity Pine exhibits in Bellstedt's Caprice on Dixie. Just wonderful! Let's just say this disc is going to remain in my CD player for a long time! Highly, highly recommended.

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TOTALLY FUN & FAB!
A DELIGHT

Children's Cello

Manufacturer: Bis
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ASIN: B000FIGGNC
Release Date: 2006-05-23

Customer Reviews:

TOTALLY FUN & FAB!.......2006-07-12

Every aspect of this CD gets 5 stars. (Even the cover art is adorable!) I bought this because my daughter is a cello student; I keep hoping some of that good juicy Isserlis stuff will rub off if she keeps listening to the Grand Poo Bah play. We have lots of Isserlis CDs now. This CD has 30 short songs, in a wide variety of styles. All of them are full of color and character. Anyway, it's a great collection because either you know it and love it, or you don't but you should and you will.
Stephen Hough's piano artistry is perfect, as always, and he even wrote two unique and charming cello pieces (one more than Steven Isserlis wrote!) The Isserlis one is called "The Haunted House" and I won't give away any of the surprises in it, but my kid loved it, and started sleuthing out how she thought certain things might have been done, and yours probably will, too.
The liner notes will make you laugh and are full of bits of information about the pieces, composers and the musicians.
This was really a great idea and if you are a beginning or advanced student or a teacher you will like this CD a lot. It sets a good example of what the cello sounds like when a master plays it, whether it's a two note beginner piece or something more advanced. Hearing how these are done, some students will probably be inspired to go back and have another crack at a few of their old Suzuki book pieces, which are cool pieces, too. I think the main goal here was to inspire the student cellist, but I don't play cello or piano, I'm just the mom, and I still enjoy listening to it. It's definitely worth your 20 bucks or whatever, especially if your kid plays cello.

A DELIGHT.......2006-06-13

What a lucky little boy Steven Isserlis's son must be. His father is a leading cellist in the world and is good friends with a leading pianist of the world (Stephen Hough).The aforesaid two musicians are well known as a splendid chamber music team! Obviously (evidenced by this album) the son (Gabriel) is surrounded by great music. Also evidenced by this album, Gabriel has a loving father that is very much concerned for his musical education. This album, (that is geared towards the young would be cellist) comprises short works that are played splendidly by Hough and Isserlis.(Hough as always is the sensative accompanist;he matches Isserlis's most beautiful tones spendidly. Isserlis does play with gorgeous tones throughout this disc--he exhibits some of the most beautiful cello tones I've ever heard!) Not only children can enjoy this album but old farts like me can enjoy it too--I enjoyed the album immensely! Although the works on a "Children's Cello" require only a short attention span, they are very beautiful and intriguing (the album is filled with some of the most gorgeous short peices for cello and piano that I've ever heard!).

I particularly liked the compositions by Stutchewsky (from his "Six Israeli Melodies") along with the composition by Amy Beach. Steven and Stephen both contributed delightful compositions of their own to the recording. Isserlis's composition, "The Haunted House" has the esteemed actor, Simon Callow as narrator.

Do buy this album for any potential young musician or, like me, buy the album just to enjoy some wonderful rather unknown short works for cello and piano (some arrangements such as Boccherini's "Minute' are included also included is Mendelssohn's "Song Without Word" Opus 109)

(Steven Isserlis also wrote the notes in the album that are both informative and very humorous!)

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Really Glad I bought this CD
Excellent!

A La Carte - Short Works for Winds
Percy Grainger , Darius Milhaud , Vincent Persichetti , Nino Rota , Gunther Schuller , Joseph Turrin , and Borealis Wind Quintet
Manufacturer: MSR Classics
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ASIN: B0009KBTRY
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

Rota: Petite Offrande Musicale
Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Farkas: Hungarian Dances
Beach: Pastorale
Schuller: Suite
Schuller: Suite
Schuller: Suite
Grainger: Walking Tune
Turrin: Three Summer Dances
Turrin: Three Summer Dances
Turrin: Three Summer Dances
Persichetti: Pastoral
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Briccialdi: Potpourri Fantastico

Product Description

Through our years of touring and performing, one of our biggest challenges has been concert programming-finding, rehearsing & presenting works that we and our audiences will find stimulating, enjoyable and entertaining. While we are always on the lookout for larger, substantial works, we inevitably come across smaller pieces that capture our imagination, little gems we feel deserve exposure. We have included these pieces in our performances to give our listeners a respite, a breather from the more challenging works inherent in the wind repertoire. This CD is a collection of some our most-played, most-requested, most-enjoyed shorter works. It is our hope that you will enjoy these pieces as much as we have over the years.

Customer Reviews:

Really Glad I bought this CD.......2006-03-11

I'm just getting into classical music at the tender age of 41 so I'm far from an expert here. Like another reviewer I heard about this CD (which had been nominated for a grammy) on NPR. It sounded interesting so I decided to buy it. And I'm really glad I did! The music is lively & playful in some parts and gentle & soothing in others. It makes perfect background music when I'm working. And the music sounds simply wonderful coming out of my new iPod Hi-Fi!

Excellent!.......2006-02-22

I discovered this work while listening to NPR and could not wait to own it.

A wonderful CD, a MUST HAVE.....my ipod is smiling;-)

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Canticle of the Sun: Excerpts From Published Reviews

Amy Beach: Canticle of the Sun

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009N6V
Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

Canticle Of The Sun, Op. 123, 1928
Invocation For The Violin, For Violin And Piano, Op. 55, 1904
With Prayer And Supplication, Op. 8, 1891
Te Deum, From Service In A, Op. 63, 1905
Constant Christmas, Op. 95, 1922
On A Hill, 1929, Solo Song
Communion Responses: Kyrie Eleison, Op. 122, 1928
Communion Responses: Sanctus, Op. 122, 1928
Communion Responses: Agnus Dei, Op. 122, 1936
Communion Responses: Spirit Of Mercy, Op. 125, 1930, Solo Song
Communion Responses: Evening Hymn, Op. 125, 1936
Communion Responses: I Will Give Thanks, Op. 147, 1939
Communion Responses: Peace I Leave With You, Op. 8, 1891

Customer Reviews:

Canticle of the Sun: Excerpts From Published Reviews.......2000-11-26

"The latest recording of (Beach's) work, 'Canticle of the Sun,' has just been issued by Albany Records and features the Capitol Hill Choral Society and a fine group of Washington (DC) soloists, directed by Betty Buchanan... The performances are skilled and idiomatic throughout." The Washington Post

"This sacred music collection represents an important contribution to the recorded literature of American composers... In this performance the text is presented clearly, and fine attention is given to the dynamic extremes of the (Canticle of the Sun). Unison passages highlight the choral ensemble's good blend... A particular strength of this recording is the variety of the selections it contains. Included are large accompanied choral works, unaccompanied selections, two solo songs, and (a) composition for violin and piano." The Choral Journal of the American Choral Directors Association

Tracks:

The Rainy Day
Ariette
When Far From Her
Empress Of Night
The Secret
Ecstasy
Within Thy Heart
Sleep, Little Darling
Night
Forgotten
Dearie
Far Awa'
The Year's At The Spring
Ah, Love, But A Day!
I Send My Heart Up To Thee!
Come, Ah Come
Canzonetta
I Did Not Say
We Three
June
I Ask The Bird
Go Not Too Far
Shena Van
Baby
Hush, Baby Dear
A Prelude
O Sweet Content
An Old Prayer
The Funeral Wreath
The Candy Lion
A Thanksgiving Fable
In The Twilight
The Host
May Flowers
I Sought The Lord
Though I Take The Wings Of Morning

Album Description

One of America's most prolific and successful composers, Mrs H. H. A. ("Amy") Beach was one of the first women composers whose works were as highly regarded as those produced by men. Best known during her lifetime for her well-crafted songs and short piano pieces, she was also the first American woman to compose in the larger forms. Beach's 117 art songs span the whole of her compositional career. By incorporating musical ideas from many cultures and musical traditions within a late-Romantic framework, Beach's songs show her skillful craftsmanship and profound understanding of text.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2004-11-11

I take private voice lessons from Kathie Kelton and she is amazing! She brings Amy Beach's music to life! I strongly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys listening to classical and operatic music. The music is so beautiful it will give you chills! Fantastic!

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A break-through Vox Box

Chamber Works by Women Composers

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001K2J
Release Date: 1992-11-09

Tracks:

I. Allegro Moderato - The Macalester Trio
II. Scherzo - The Macalester Trio
III. Andante - The Macalester Trio
IV. Allegretto - The Macalester Trio
I. Allegro - The Macalester Trio
II. Lento Espressivo-Presto - The Macalester Trio
III. Allegro Con Brio - The Macalester Trio
I. Mod Sans Lenteur - Joseph Roche
II. Scherzo - Joseph Roche
III. Assez Lent; IV. TrVite - Joseph Roche
Nocturne - Joseph Roche
Cort - Joseph Roche

Tracks:

I. Allegro Molto Vivace - The Macalester Trio
II. Andante Espressivo; III. Leid: Allegretto - The Macalester Trio
IV. Finale: Allegro Moderato - The Macalester Trio
I. Allegro Maestoso - Joseph Roche
II. Andante - Joseph Roche
III. Scherzo - Joseph Roche
IV. Allegro Risoluto - Joseph Roche
I. Allegro - The Macalster Trio
II. Andante - The Macalster Trio
III. Presto - The Macalster Trio
IV. Allegro Molto - The Macalster Trio

Customer Reviews:

A break-through Vox Box.......2002-05-18

This was a break-through box set when first released in the Seventies, & it's still an excellent collection. The Talleferre & Schumann compositions are wonderful. Beach was a genius trapped in the Teutonic Boston Brahma tastes of her era; but she was, in my modest opinion, the top banana of the bunch, & did pay some attention to the 20th Century. Fanny Mendelssohn had talent & maturity. Lili Boulanger (Nadia's sister) died very young; the works by her & Carreno have a great deal of charm. Only the Chaminade Trio doesn't hold my interest.

The thirty year old liner notes have a bit of a "Gee whiz, women CAN compose music" attitude. But the music is the thing here. & the price is swell for a two CD set. The playing is gracious, the sound just fine...

Choral Music of Amy Beach and Randall Thompso

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Choral Music of Amy Beach and Randall Thompso

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Great Voices of the Twentieth Century: Jussi Björling

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Great Voices of the Twentieth Century: Jussi Björling

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Release Date: 2005-07-04

Tracks:

Pearl Fishers Duet (With Robert Merrill-Baritone)
Recitar Vesti La Giubba
La Fleur Que Tu M'avis Jetee (The Flower Song)
Sylvia
Angels Guard Thee (Berceuse)
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Cielo E Mar
Se Quel Guerrier Lo Fossi Celete Aida
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Swedish tenor with a smooth, refined style, ringing high notes of great power, and impeccable musicianship. Includes the all-time favourite duet with Robert Merrill "The Pearl Fishers". Castle. 2005.

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Swedish Tenor with a Smooth, Refined Style, Ringing High Notes of Great Power, and Impeccable Musicianship. Includes the All-time Favourite Duet with Robert Merrill "The Pearl Fishers".

Women of Note ~ Beach, Boulanger, Clarke, Gubaidulina, Larsen, Mendelssohn, Monk, Musgrave, Ran, Zwilich

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Great collection of 19th/20th Century music
It's about Time!

Women of Note ~ Beach, Boulanger, Clarke, Gubaidulina, Larsen, Mendelssohn, Monk, Musgrave, Ran, Zwilich
Libby Larsen , Sofia Gubaidulina , Nadia Boulanger , Germaine Tailleferre , Amy Beach , Lili Boulanger , Ellen Taaffe Zwilich , Rebecca Clarke , Clara Wieck Schumann , Sofiya Asgatovna Gubaydulina , Meredith Monk , Shulamit Ran , Thea Musgrave , Galina Ustvolskaya , Royal Philharmonic Chorus , Minnesota Orchestra , Women's Philharmonic , Louisville Orchestra , English Chamber Orchestra , New Zealand Chamber Orchestra , Joann Falletta , Joel Revzen , James Sedares , Nicholas Braithwaite , Arleen Auger , Nina Flyer , and Chi Fun Lee
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ASIN: B000001SKH
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

Concertino For Harp (Allegretto)
Three Pieces For Cello And Piano (Vite et nerveusement rythme)
Sonnets Fro The Portuguese (How Do I Love Thee?)
Das Jahr (Mai)
Du'un Matin de Priintemps
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Symphony No. 3 (Largo)
Missa Gaia (Introit)
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Sonata (Adagio
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Ten Preludes For Cello (Preludes 1 - 4): Con Sordino - Senza Sordino
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Travel Song
Three Fantasy Movements (Slow)
Orfeo II (Orpheo Laments)
Sonata No. 6

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of 19th/20th Century music.......2003-08-12

This is a great collection of works from 19th and 20th century women composers. Keep in mind, it is only a small sample of what's available, but an excellent place to start. It is also a good choice if you are a teacher wanting to introduce women composers to your class and do not want to invest in dozens of CDs. There are no large-scale works on this CD, so it is ideal as a sampler (or for use with kids in a classroom setting). I highly recommend this CD.

It's about Time!.......2001-12-07

A top-notch sampling of mainly 20th-century music by women composers, including Lili Boulanger and Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Shulamit Ran, this cd proves that the music has been excellent all along. What we have needed are good recordings of superior performances. The samples often are brief--e.g., a single movement from Clarke's cello sonata--yet do provide jumping off points for more concentrated pursuit of favorite composers. Those uninitiated in women's works will become familiar here with some of the best of the last 150 years: Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Thea Musgrave, and on and on. I hope every author of a text on music since 1840 will come to know and adore this cd, then include the music in their discussions of music history. It's about time!

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The Lost Christmas Eve

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