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 colour. It is still standard practise 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. Vol. 1, In Nature, and Vol. 2, The Dance were released in 2022 to much critical acclaim. American pianist Sarah Cahill, hailed as 'a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde' by The New York Times and 'instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest living composers' by Keyboard Magazine, has commissioned and premièred over 70 compositions for solo piano. She was named a 2018 Champion of New Music by the American Composers Forum. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 5, No. 3~I. Allegro spiritoso 2. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 5, No. 3~II. Adagio non troppo 3. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 5, No. 3~III. Presto 4. Thème varié, Op. 98 5. Scherzo 6. Guessing 7. Music for Piano 8. Quintuplets Play Pen Homage to Ruth Crawford 9. On the Chequer'd Field Array'd~I. Mindplay 10. On the Chequer'd Field Array'd~II. Middlegame 11. On the Chequer'd Field Array'd~III. Coda 12. Albumblatt 13. Piano Poems~I. Common Things Surprise Us 14. Piano Poems~II. Cockleburs in Wooly Hair/Tiny Pond 15. Piano Poems~III. Beatitudes

Freude, schöner Götterfunken! (Joy, fair sparks of the gods) seems to be the cry of the fifth and penultimate GENUIN album by the Camerata Musica Limburg of the complete recording of Schubert's works for male choir. The title of the program is InchElysium,Inch which says it all. The is a pleasurable stroll through heavenly realms known and unknown, from poems by Schiller, Klopstock and many, many other wonderful poets. The interpretation is on par with the entire collection an immaculate ensemble sound and an interpretation wonderfully worked out by conductor Jan Schumacher and his masters. The only drawback? The next in autumn will be the last of this series. Album Tracks 1. Zur Namensfeier Meines Vaters D 80 2. Frühlingsgesang D 709 3. An Die Freude 4. Hier Umarmen Sich Getreue Gatten D 60 5. Liebe Säuseln Die Blätter D 988 6. Das Stille Lied D 916 7. Das Grab D 377 8. Unendliche Freude Durchwallet Das Herz D 54 9. Gondelfahrer D 809 10. Hier Strecket Der Wallende Pilger D 57 11. Nachtmusik D 848 12. Trinklied in Winter D 242 13. Trinklied (Auf! Jeder Sei Nun Froh) D 267 14. Dessen Fahne Donnerstürme Wallte D 58 15. Trinklied (Ihr Freunde Und Du Gold'ner Wein) D 183 16. Mailied (Grüner Wird Die Au) D 129 17. Mondenschein D 875 18. Unendliche Freude Durchwallet Das Herz D 51 19. Der Wintertag D 984 20. Vorüber Die Stöhnende Klage D 53 21. Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern D 705

In March 1966, Atlantic Records released Percy Sledge's best-known song, the million-selling When A Man Loves A Woman, an epochal Southern soul hymn Sledge achieved his strongest success when devoting himself largely to mid-tempo tunes and soul ballads. 'The Percy Sledge Way' was originally released on Atlantic in 1967 and finds Sledge at the top of his game Album Tracks 1. Tell It Like It Is 2. My Special Prayer 3. Drown in My Own Tears 4. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) 5. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 6. Side 2 1. My Special Prayer 2. Drown in My Own Tears 3. Drown in My Own Tears 4. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) 5. You Don't Miss Your Water