Mendelssohn / Broman / Musica Vitae Chamber Orch - Musica Vitae - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The four works that this album brings together are among the most beautiful of the French repertoire for violin. In the last decades of the 19th century, a new kind of music emerged in France that revisited French culture and tradition. For until then, the German classics and romantics had dominated the concert halls of France. Works by French composers were rarely performed. Saint-Saëns recalled in retrospect, InchIt was not long ago [...] when [...] the name of a French composer, a living one at that, was enough to scare the whole world away.Inch The lost Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was the impetus for a new orientation. Now the InchGrande NationInch had to prove itself anew and find a new self-image. People looked back to their own traditions and wanted to revive French music. To this end, several composers founded the InchSociété nationale de musiqueInch. Among the founding members were Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck and Gabriel Fauré. Under the motto InchArs gallica,Inch this society was to promote and disseminate French music. It was to be music that combined German profundity with French charm and esprit.

Art is a field that has always been open to women, and where they have also accomplished a great deal. It can not be denied that whilst women have had success in the performing arts their achievements in the creative arts have not been so illustrious. As for Swedish women in particular they have won great acclaim abroad but always as performers. Consequently many people rush to the assumption that women do not have the ability to create significant works of art. Objectively, there is no evidence to suggest this is true or false with regard to the field of music. On the other hand, it should be assumed that a woman, given the same conditions as a man, can create equally impressive works of art. All efforts in this area should be met with respect even by those who have been skeptical to previous attempts. Amongst those, who have seriously dedicatedly applied themselves to redressing this imbalance in Swedish music, Laura Netzel holds a special position. (F. Herman) Laura Netzel (1839-1927) is yet another Swedish composer of forgotten treasures. Malin Broman and Simon Crawford-Phillips are back with their third album on dB Productions, this time along with soprano Sabina Bisholt and the Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra. This chamber music album present never before recorded works for violin & strings, violin & piano, and selected songs and piano pieces by this remarkable composer, just waiting to be discovered by a broader public.

Mendelssohn / Bamberg Sym Orch / Flor - Overtures [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/21/2007