Sarah Cahill - The Future is Female, Vol. 2 - The Dance - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Future is Female is a three-volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe and include many new commissioned works and world première recordings. Most pianists grow up with the classical canon, which has always excluded women composers as well as composers of color. It is still standard practice to perform recitals consisting entirely of music written by men. The Future is Female aims to be a corrective towards rebalancing the repertoire. It does not attempt to be exhaustive, in any way, and the three albums in this series represent only a small fraction of the music by women which is waiting to be performed. Album Tracks 1. Pièces de Clavecin Suite No. 1 in D minor~I. Prelude 2. Pièces de Clavecin Suite No. 1 in D minor~IV. Courante II 3. Pièces de Clavecin Suite No. 1 in D minor~V. Sarabande 4. Pièces de Clavecin Suite No. 1 in D minor~VIII. Chaconne L'inconstante 5. Pièces de Clavecin Suite No. 1 in D minor~VI. Gigue 6. Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 20 7. Partita~I. Perpetuum mobile 8. Partita~II. Notturno 9. Partita~III. Allegramente 10. Rhapsody 11. Colour Suite~IV. Blue Air 12. Colour Suite~V. Brown Study 13. Tango Si 14. Peggy's Rag 15. St. Petersburg Waltz 16. Preludio y Estudio No. 3~Preludio 17. Preludio y Estudio No. 3~Estudio 18. She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees