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Cembalowerke: Elisabeth Jaquet de la Guerre / Maria Anna Martinez (a.k.a. Marianne Martines)

Bayer Records (BR 100 056), 1994, performed by Traud Kloft, harpsichord

Cembalowerke

Cembalowerke: $16.00

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1664-1729)
Suite in G major

  1. Allemande 4:06
  2. Courante 1:00
  3. Sarabande 2:02
  4. Menuet en Rondeau 2:27
  5. Gigue 1:02

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1664-1729)
Suite in d minor “La Flamande”

  1. La Flamande La Flamande 3:23
  2. Courante 1:27
  3. Sarabande 1:12
  4. Rigaudon 1 und 2 1:45
  5. Gigue 1:40

Maria Anna Martinez [Marianne Martines] (1744-1812)
Sonate in E major

  1. Allegro 1:48
  2. Rondo 3:06
  3. Allegro 1:33

Maria Anna Martinez (1744-1812)
Sonate in A major

  1. Sonata in A Major (Allegro) Allegro 2:08
  2. Sonata in A Major (Andante) Andante 3:00
  3. Tempo di Minuetto 2:07
  4. Chaconne in D major 3:56

Notes in English, French and German

Choral/Opera Sampler

Choral works and choruses from operas, from the 18th C to the early 20th C. This CD contains excerpts presented for educational purposes. We would like to thank the content owners who have permitted the use of their materials.

Choral/Opera Sampler

Choral/Opera Sampler: $5.00

  1. Maria Antonia Walpurgis Talestri: Regina Delle Amazoni (Opera, 1760), Final chorus.
  2. Marianna Martines (Martinez) – Psalm 114, In Exitu Israel.
  3. Marianna Martines, Mass, Ex resurrexit
  4. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Hiob (Cantata)
  5. Rebecca Clarke, He That Dwelleth in the Secret Place of the Most High (Psalm 91), 1920. SATB unaccompanied, and soloists. Published by Oxford Univeristy Press.
  6. Lili Boulanger, Soir sur la plaine
  7. Ethel Smyth, Mass, Gloria
  8. Amy Beach, Kyrie. Grand Mass in E-flat (1891).

Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River

Directed by Apo Hsu, performed by The Women’s Philharmonic.  Landmark recording of music by Florence Price (1887-1953), the first African-American woman to have a Symphony performed by a major orchestra.

Florence Price

Florence Price: $15.00

  1. The Oak, for orchestra — 12:40
  2. Mississippi River Suite for orchestra — 27:50
  3. Symphony No. 3 in C minor: Andante — 10:43
  4. Symphony No. 3 in C minor: Andante ma non troppo — 8:35
  5. Juba: Allegro Symphony No. 3 in C minor: Juba: Allegro — 5:07
  6. Symphony No. 3 in C minor: Scherzo: Finale — 5:03

Total Time 69:58

Cover art by Mildred Howard

Notes by Rae Linda Brown and Chandra Asken

Klaviernacht-Pianonight

Klaviernacht-Pianonight.  European import!  Piano music by women composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.  Clara Schumann, Maria Szymanowska, Fanny Mendelssohn, Cécile Chaminade, Silvia Sommer

Klaviernacht-Pianonight

Klaviernacht-Pianonight: $16.00

  1. Piano Concerto Clara Wieck-Schumann (1819-1896)
  2. Präludium und Fuge op.16,1 Trois Romances op.10
  3. 3 Valses Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) – 3 Valses
  4. Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) – 2 Lieder für das Pianoforte op.6
  5. Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) – L’Automne
  6. Konzertetüde op.35,2
  7. Silvia Sommer (*1944) – La vida de cada canto
  8. Gloria Coates (*1938) – Tones in Overtones 1972
  9. Gertrud Firnkees (*1925) – Polymetrika 1977
  10. Time Changes Dorothee Eberhardt (*1952) – Time Changes

Performed by Eva Schieferstein, Gertrud Firnkees, Mari Holló, Micaela Gelius, Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher.

Bayer Records (BR 100 255)  1996

Maria Antonia Walpurgis: Talestri

Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria, Elector of Saxony, was not only a politician, seven-time mother and businesswoman, she was also a painter and studied composition with Hasse and Porpora. It is no wonder that her opera “Talestri” is about Amazons! Maria Antonia herself sang the title role in the premiere at Nymphenburg Castle. Maria Antonia was a member of the Academia dell’Arcadia of Rome, and aware of the strength of its founder, Queen Christina of Sweden.

Talestri

Talestri: $16.00

Jana Frey (Talestri) – Soprano

Jeanne Pascale Schulze (Antiope) – Soprano

Gerson Luis Sales (Oronte) – Counter-tenor

Oleg Bezinskikh (Learco) Counter-tenor

Cassandra Hoffman (Tamiri) – Soprano

Batzdorfer Hofkapelle (on historical instruments)

KammerTon in co production with SFB/ORF 1998, from a live performance.

Notes, synopsis, and full libretto in German, Italian, and English.

  1. Sinfonia: Allegro Sinfonia: Allegro 2:21
  2. Sinfonia: Andantino 1:52
  3. Sinfonia: Allegro 1:43
  4. Aria: Vado, ma il core oh Dio! 4:03
  5. Recitative: La sgrido, e anch’io già sento 0:49
  6. Aria: Chi non mai partì 5:02
  7. Chorus: Dea de’ boschi, arciera Diva 2:14
  8. Aria: Non mi lagno del mio fato 3:05
  9. Marcia (Instrumental) 1:40
  10. Recitative:Olà! Ti sdegni! Perchè? 0:55
  11. Aria: Ad abbracciar l’amico 6:44
  12. Ostia novella si cercherà 1:42
  13. Aria: Pensa, che ancora io posso 3:31
  14. Aria: Io di quel sangue ò sete 2:52
  15. Recitative: Parlò Tomiri? 1:33
  16. Chorus: Mora l’amante audace 0:34
  17. Recitative:Inumane! 0:27
  18. Ah mi divide il seno 5:56
  19. Aria: De ma ti dividi 4:18
  20. Aria: Sempre m’avrai sul ciglio 5:16
  21. Recitative: Dove son? Che m’avenne? Parlò Tomiri? 3:14
  22. Aria: Pallid’ombra, che d’intorno 6:22
  23. Recitative: Ed io rimango? 2:45
  24. Marcia (Instrumental) 1:59
  25. Recitative: Compagni più non vive il nostro condottier 2:45
  26. Chorus: Esser gloria in voi non deve Chorus: Esser gloria in voi non deve 1:54

Total time: 73:49

Mozartiana: Hommage à Mozart

Mozartiana: Hommage à Mozart — for cello and piano.  Rare works from the early 19th century, based on themes by Mozart.  Includes the first recording of Helene Liebmann’s “Grande Sonate pour Pianoforte et Violoncell” in b-major, op. 11.  Also works by Beethoven, Mozart, Joseph Wölfl, and Franz Xaver Mozart.

Mozartiana

Mozartiana: $16.00

Mozartiana: Adagio Sample: Adagio
Mozartiana: Allegro Sample: Allegro

David Geringas, cello.  Tatjana Schatz, piano.

EBSRecording, Radio Bremen, 1992.

Notes in English, French, German.

Orchestral Sampler

Movements or excerpts by women composers from the 18th C to the early 20th C. This CD contains excerpts presented for educational purposes.

Orchestral Sampler

Orchestral Sampler: $5.00

  1. Talestri: Regina Delle Amazoni (Opera, 1760) Sinfonia. Maria Antonia Walpurgis. Batsdorfer Hofkapelle. KammerTon (BayerRecords), 1998. CD available through Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy .  Baroquen Treasures: Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic (later The Women’s Philharmonic), dir. JoAnn Falletta. 1990, Newport Classics. (tracks 2, 3, & 4)
  2. Marianne Martines, Sinfonia in C (1770) Allegro con spirito.
  3. Camilla de Rossi, Sinfonia from “Il Sacrifizio de Abramo” (1709) Alla breve.
  4. Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Cantata No. 4, “Jonas” (1708) Air.
  5. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Overture (1830) The Women’s Philharmonic, dir. JoAnn Falletta, (near end of slow intro, to recapitulation). Koch 1992, reissued 2008.
  6. Louise Farrenc — Symphony no. 3 in G minor (1847). Mvt. I, Adagio/Allegro. Orchestre de Bretagne, dir. Stefan Sanderling. Disques Pierre Verany 2001. Also recorded on the CPO label. Score publ. by Heinrichshofen Verlag, distr. Sheetmusicplus.com.
  7. Germaine Tailleferre. Concertino for Harp and Orch (1927), Rondo. The Women’s Phil., dir. JoAnn Falletta. Gillian Benet, harp. Koch 1992, reissued 2008.
  8. Alice Mary Smith. Symphony in A minor (1876), Allegro. London Mozart Players, dir. Howard Shelley. Chandos, 2005. Score published by A-R Editions.
  9. Augusta Holmès. Andromède, poème symphonique (1883). Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic, Samuel Friedmann, dir. Naxos / Marco Polo, 1994.
  10. Amy Beach, Symphony in E min. “Gaelic.” (1896), end of Mvt. 4. Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Kenneth Schermerhorn, dir. Naxos, 2002.
  11. Florence Price, Symphony No. 3, C Minor (1940). Mvt. III. Juba. The Women’s Philharmonic, dir. Apo Hsu. Koch 2000, soon to be reissued.
  12. Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers (Opera, 1906). Prelude. BBC Phil. Odaline de la Martinez, dir. Conifer Classics, (1994), available at Arkivmusic.com
  13. Ethel Smyth, Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra (1927), BBC Phil. Dir. Odaline de la Martinez; Sophie Langdon, vn; Richard Watkins, hn. Chandos, 1996.
  14. Vitěsláva Kaprálova, Partita, Op. 20, mvt. 1 (1938-9). Czech Symph Orch of Brno, dir. František Jílek; Jirí Skovajsa, piano. Studio Matouš, 1998. For more info see www.kapralova.org.
  15. Rebecca Clarke, Sonata for Viola and Orchestra (1919, orchestrated 2006 by Ruth Lomon); distr. by the Rebecca Clarke Society www.rebeccaclarke.org Mvt. II, Vivace. Peter Sulski, viola; Ian Watson, dir. June 8, 2007.

Rebecca Clarke: Flesch Quartet, Chamber Music

Rebecca Clarke

Flesh Quartet: $16.00

An entire CD of unknown and previously unpublished music, most in first recordings.  Includes the recently discovered Nocturne and Danse Bizarre, for two violins and piano (1907), Clarke’s “Dumka,” for viola, violin and piano, and two pieces for String Quartet.  The Flesch Quartet, Lorraine McAslan and David Juritz, violins; Michael Ponder, viola; Ian Jones, piano.

The Flesch Quartet: 1 Sample: Track 1
The Flesch Quartet: 5 Sample: Track 5
The Flesch Quartet: 9 Sample: Track 9
The Flesch Quartet: 10 Sample: Track 10

Dutton Digital CDLX 7132, 2003.

The Women’s Philharmonic – 1992

Directed by JoAnn Falletta, this classic CD first brought Fanny Mendelssohn’s Overture of 1830 to light.  Also, the first recording of Germaine Tailleferre’s Harp Concertino, and works by Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann.  Reissued in 2008 with support from WPA.

Women's Philharmonic

Women's Philharmonic: $15.00

  1. Mendelssohn\’s Overture Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Overture — 10:47
  2. Clara Schumann — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: Allegro maestoso — 6:29, Soloist: Angela Cheng, piano
  3. Clara Schumann — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: Romanze — 4:44, Soloist: Angela Cheng, piano
  4. Clara Schumann — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7: Finale — 10:24Soloist: Angela Cheng, piano; Soloist: Nina Flyer, cello
  5. Germaine Tailleferre, Concertino for harp & orchestra : Allegretto — 7:19, Soloist: Gillian Benet, harp
  6. Germaine Tailleferre, Concertino for harp & orchestra : Lento — 3:32, Soloist: Gillian Benet, harp
  7. Concertino for harp & orchestra Germaine Tailleferre, Concertino for harp & orchestra : Rondo — 5:11, Soloist: Gillian Benet, harp
  8. Lili Boulanger — D’un soir triste — 11:44
  9. Lili Boulanger — D’un matin de printemps — 4:59

Koch International Classics, 1992; reissued 2008 Directed by JoAnn Falletta (all tracks)