Sarah Cahill - The Future is Female Vol. 3 - At Play - 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

The first of two releases to mark the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's birth presents two of his major song collections, while bringing to light a substantial number of songs by the composer's student Elizabeth Maconchy. Her works here are almost all unpublished and virtually unknown since their original first performances from manuscript, and span several decades of the composer's career from the time of her studies with Vaughan Williams in the mid-1920s though to her committed espousal of the British modernist aesthetic by the 1960s and 70s. The songs are performed by tenor James Geer and pianist Ronald Woodley in this continuation of their long-standing partnership. Album Tracks 1. Songs of Travel 2. Love Stood at My Door 3. The Bee-Sting 4. The Woodspurge 5. The Cloths of Heaven 6. The Thrush 7. Impetuous Heart, Be Still 8. Four Poems By Fredegond Shove 9. Faustus

This has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of 'live' recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive's launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Bohm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pre, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances. Celebrated violinist Yehudi Menuhin was very familiar with the Mozart Concertos, and played all seven including the spurious No. 6. These 'live' performances reflect Menuhin's Mozart playing during a single month in 1956 where he performed all the composer's major works with orchestra. Menuhin brings great insight and experience to every concerto and his intonation which became a concern in later life is spot on with these performances. Album Tracks 1. Violin Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Major K207 2. Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major K211 3. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major K216 4. Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major K218 5. Violin Concerto in D Major K271A