Women and Music: Recordings
From left to right: Yuja Wang (concert pianist), Hillary Hahn (violinist), Gabrielle Lena Frank (pianist and composer), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Sarah Willis (horn player), Tina Guo (cellist), Nkeiru Okoye (composer).
CDs
New Historical Anthology of Music by Women. Companion compact discs by
Contains vocal and instrumental music composed by women from the Middle Ages to the present.
"The authoritative recorded collection of women's music, now expanded and updated in a 3-CD set"--Publisher's website.
Call Number: CD 9601/03Publication Date: 2004
Transformation / Stravinsky [and others]. by
Three movements from Petrouchka. Russian dance (2:30) ; Petrouchka's room (4:16) ; The Shrovetide fair (8:37) / Igor Stravinsky -- Sonata in E major, K. 380 / Domenico Scarlatti (5:21) -- Variations on a theme by Paganini : op. 35 / Johannes Brahms (19:44) -- Sonata in F minor, K. 466 / Domenico Scarlatti (5:36) -- La valse / Maurice Ravel (11:47).
Notes
The 1st work, a suite; the 5th, originally for orchestra transcribed for piano by the composer
The 23rd and 28th variations omitted from the Brahms
Yuja Wang, piano
Recorded January 2010, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany.
Compact disc
Program notes by Michael Church (3 pages) inserted in container
Produced by Helmut Burk.
Call Number: CD 22747Publication Date: 2010
Yuja Wang / Ravel by
Piano concerto in G major / Maurice Ravel (20:36) -- Ballade in F sharp, op. 19, for piano solo / Gabriel Fauré (12:03) -- Piano concerto for the left hand in D major / Maurice Ravel (17:28).
Notes
Title from disc label
Producers: Christ Hazell (Ravel), Sid McLauchlan (Fauré).
Yuja Wang, piano ; with, in the 1st, 3rd works: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich ; Lionel Bringuier, conductor
The 1st and 3rd works recorded 2015 April, Tonhalle Zurich, Switzerland.
The 2nd work recorded 2015 May, Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Call Number: CD 22850Publication Date: 2015
Sonatas & Etudes by
Piano sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 / Frédéric Chopin (24:32) -- Etude 4 : Fanfares / György Ligeti (3:40) -- Piano sonata no. 2 in G sharp minor, op. 19 / Alexander Scriabin (12:20) -- Etude 10 : The sorcerer's apprentice / György Ligeti (2:15) -- Piano sonata in B minor, S. 178 / Franz Liszt (31:11).
Description
A beautiful effort from soloist Yuja Wang that flows effortlessly and encompasses the angelic qualities of these magnificent compositions.
Notes
Yuja Wang, piano
Recorded in Friedrich-Ebert-Hall, Hamburg-Harburg, November 2008.
Biographical notes on the performer by Shirley Apthorp (7 pages : portraits) inserted in container
Executive producer: Christian Lens. Producer & recording engineer (Tonmeister): Helmut Berk. Assistant engineer: Mark Buecker.
Call Number: CD 23616Publication Date: 2009
Women of Note by
Concertino for harp. Allegretto / Germaine Tailleferre (Gillian Benet, harp; Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor) (7:19) -- Three pieces for cello and piano. Vite et nerveusement rythmé / Nadia Boulanger (Nina Flyer, cello; Chi Fun Lee, piano) (4:20) -- Sonnets from the Portuguese. How do I love thee? / Libby Larsen (Arleen Auger, soprano; members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra & Minnesota Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor) (3:31) -- Das Jahr. Mai / Fanny Mendelssohn (Jennifer Eley, piano) (2:29) -- D'un matin de printemps / Lili Boulanger (Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor) [originally for violin or flute and piano] (4:59) -- Ballad in D♭ / Amy Beach (Virginia Eskin, piano) (7:38) -- Symphony no. 3. Largo / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Louisville Orchestra; James Sedares, conductor) (6:27) -- Missa gaia. Introit / Libby Larsen (Oregon Repertory Singers; Gilbert Seeley, conductor) (4:52) -- Sonata. Impetuoso / Rebecca Clarke (Pamela Frame, cello; Barry Snyder, piano) (7:34) -- Sonata. Adagio / Clara Schumann (Jennifer Eley, piano) (3:01) -- Ten preludes for cello. Preludes 1-4 / Sofia Gubaidulina (Maya Beiser, cello) (7:00) -- Travel song / Meredith Monk (Anthony deMare, piano) [opera excerpt] (1:36) -- Three fantasy movements. Slow / Shulamit Ran (Nina Flyer, cello; English Chamber Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor) [originally for cello and piano] (7:25) -- Orfeo II. Orpheo laments / Thea Musgrave (Alexa Still, flute; New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor) (4:23) -- Sonata no. 6 / Galina Ustvolskaya (David Arden, piano) (6:39).
Notes
The 3rd and 8th works sung in English.
Various performers
Program notes by Leslie Stewart (12 unnumbered pages) inserted in container
Call Number: CD 13795Publication Date: 1997
The Women's Philharmonic: Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Fanny Mendelssohn by
Ouverture / Fanny Mendelssohn (10:47) -- Piano concerto in A minor, op. 7 / Clara Schumann (21:39) -- Concertino for harp and orchestra / Germaine Tailleferre (16:04) -- D'un soir triste (11:44) ; D'un matin de printemps (4:59) / Lili Boulanger ; ed. JoAnn Felletta.
Notes
The 4th-5th works performed in the versions for orchestra
Angela Cheng, piano (2nd work) ; Gillian Benet, harp (3rd work) ; The Women's Philharmonic ; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Recorded at Skywalker Sound, San Rafael, California.
Program notes by Nan H. Washburn and biographical notes on the performers in container
Jack Vad, producer and engineer. J. Karla Lemon, assistant producer.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 5, 6, 9, 10 of program notes).
Call Number: CD 3988Publication Date: 1992
Contemporary Anthology of Music by Momen by
Contents
Fantasy on "O sacred head" / Emma Lou Diemer -- Three poems by Osip Mandelstam. What has caused my heart to feel songful / Elena Firsova -- Blow flute : answer echoes in antique lands dying / Jennifer Fowler -- Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten / Sofia Gubaidulina -- Tagebuch : für Violine und Klavier. Teil II, Die Linien, movements I and II / Barbara Heller -- Hängebrücken : Streichquartett an Schubert : excerpt / Adriana Hölszky -- Plupart du temps II / Betsy Jolas -- Millefoglie : excerpt / Barbara Kolb -- To hear the wind roar : excerpt / Joan La Barbara -- How it thrills us / Libby Larsen -- Tangram / Hope Lee -- The old woman of Beare : conclusion / Nicola LeFanu -- Momentum / Tania León -- Music from night's edge. Ritual on a moonlit plain / Alexina Louie -- Standing in the gap for you / Babbie Mason -- Hejira : from the album Hejira / Joni Mitchell -- Atlas : an opera in three acts. Airport : excerpt / Meredith Monk -- Mother to son / Undine Smith Moore -- Songstream. Lethe / Alice Parker -- Coat of many colors / Dolly Parton -- Concerto for marimba and orchestra. Thorn trees. Movement III, Tema con 7 variazioni / Marta Ptaszyńska -- The L and N don't stop here anymore / Jean Ritchie -- The secret garden. Come to my garden / Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman -- Hymn of promise / Natalie Sleeth -- A distant dream / Grace Wiley Smith -- Night fields : for string quartet / Joan Tower -- Chernobyl / Nancy Van de Vate -- The consolations of scholarship : excerpts / Judith Weir -- The journey of Matuku Moana : beginning excerpt / Gillian Whitehead -- Mary Lou's Mass. Our Father / Mary Lou Williams -- Parable : a tale of Abram and Isaac : excerpt / Judith Lang Zaimont.
Call Number: CD 5641/43Publication Date: 1999
Women Composers: The Lost Tradition Found by
Contents
Medieval through classical: Kyrie / Hildegard of Bingen -- Selections from the opera La liberazione di Ruggiero ; Chi desia di saper / Francesca Caccini -- Tradimento! / Barbara Strozzi -- Kyrie from First mass, op. 18 / Isabella Leonarda -- Selections from the cantatas Samson and Le sommeil d'Ulisse / Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre -- March for the regiment Graf Lottum / Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia -- Selections from the Singspiel Erwin and Elmire / Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar -- Sicilienne / Maria Theresia von Paradis [i.e. Samuel Dushkin].
Romantic songs: Hier liegt ein Spielmann begraben ; Betteley der Vögel / Louise Reichardt -- Nachwanderer ; Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass ; Morgenständchen / Fanny Mendelssohn -- Der Winter ; Frühzeitiger Frühling ; Wie glänzt so hell dein Auge / Josephine Lang -- Das ist ein Tag der klingen mag ; Warum willst du And're fragen ; Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen ; Liebst du um Schönheit / Clara Wieck Schumann -- Das Vöglein ; Die Beschwörung / Pauline Viardot-Garcia.
Instrumental music, romantic and early 20th century: Scherzo from Trio in E minor, op. 45 ; Finale (Adagio-Allegro) from Nonetto, op. 38 / Louise Farrenc -- La morena (Caprice espagnole) : op. 67 / Cécile Chaminade -- Serenade from Quartet, op. 11 / Louise Héritte-Viardot -- Nocturne ; D'un matin de printemps / Lili Boulanger -- Quartet for strings, op. 89 [excerpts] / Amy Beach -- Finale from Trio / Rebecca Clarke.
Six USA composers: Divertimento [excerpts] / Katherine Hoover -- Schicksal and Elisabeth, from the song cycle Einsame Nacht / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich -- String quartet (1962) [excerpts] / Ruth Schonthal -- Homage to Keith Jarrett and Gary Burton / Barbara Kolb -- Landscapes of the mind II [excerpts] / Marga Richter -- Nocturne, La fin de siècle / Judith Lang Zaimont.
Notes
"Music by 25 composers, 1098-present"--Container
Vocal works sung in German, Italian, Latin, French, and English.
Various performers
The Sicilienne attributed to Maria Theresia von Paradis is spurious, probably the work (after a Weber violin sonata op. 10 no. 1) of its purported discoverer, Samuel Dushkin-- Cf. New Grove
"Can be used with the book (same title) by Diane Peacock Jezic, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY"--Disc 2
Performer credits and vocal texts with English translations (16 p.) inserted in container
Call Number: CD 17173/74Publication Date: 2001Women Composers. I. by Contents scatter 2.0 / Katharina Rosenberg (2010) (11:24) -- Piccolo studio da concerto / Ada Gentile (2004) (5:32) -- OMENS. Thesaurós / Carmen Maria Cârneci (2009) (12:03) -- Sonorous body / Liza Lim (2008) (9:15) -- Yellow axis / Noriko Hisada (2009) (10:09). Notes The 1st, 3rd, 5th works for sextet (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello); the 2nd work for piano solo; the 4th work for clarinet Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich (Hans-Peter Frehner, flute ; Manfred Spitaler, clarinet ; Lorenz Haas, percussion ; Viktor Müller, piano ; Urs Bumbacher, violin ; Nicola Romanò, cello) ; Andreas Brenner, conductor Recorded at Kongreasshaus Aarau, Kammermusiksaal June 27, 2010 (2nd, 4th works) and October 2-3, 2010 (1st, 3rd, 5th works). Compact disc Program notes in English printed on container
Call Number: CD 17970Publication Date: 2011
Notes on light ; Orion ; Mirage by
Contents
Notes on light, for cello and orchestra (2006) (27:31): Translucent, secret (4:57) ; On fire (3:12) ; Awakening (7:52) ; Eclipse (4:22) ; Heart of light (7:06) / Kaija Saariaho -- Orion, for orchestra (2002) (21:58): Momento mori (6:58) ; Winter sky (9:28) ; Hunter (5:32) / Kaija Saariaho -- Mirage, for soprano, cello and orchestra (2007) / Kaija Saariaho -- María Sabina (13:37).
Notes
Title from disc label
The 1st work for violoncello and orchestra, the 2nd work for orchestra, and the 3rd work for soprano, violoncello and orchestra
Sung in English.
Karita Mattila, soprano (3rd work) ; Anssi Karttunen, violoncello (1st and 3rd works) ; Orchestre de Paris ; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Recorded live at Salle Pleyel, Paris, March 12-13, 2008.
Durations: 27:31; 21:58; 13:37
Program notes by Stéphane Roth in French with English, German and Finnish translations and song text in English with French, German and Finnish translations (19 pages) inserted in container
Produced by Alain Duchemin.
Call Number: CD 14564Publication Date: 2008
La Passion de Simone by
Notes
Chemin musical (oratorio) in 15 stations; libretto by Amin Maalouf
Sung in French.
Title from disc label
Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Tapiola Chamber Choir ; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Recorded in performance 2012 October 19-20 Helsinki Music Centre, Finland.
Super audio CD (hybrid); multi-channel and stereo sound; playable on CD and SACD players
Program notes in English, French and Finnish and text with English translation in container
Call Number: CD 22565Publication Date: 2013
Piano Music by
Contents
Piano sonata in G minor (16:52) -- Prelude in E minor for piano (2:33) -- Six character pieces : for piano, [from] MA Ms. 44. No. 2, Andante (4:04) ; No. 7, Allegro agitato (4:17) ; No. 8, Allegro moderato (3:57) ; No. 9, Largo con espressione (4:34) ; Allegro molto vivace ma con sentimento (5:05) ; Andante con moto (4:23) -- Six mélodies pour le piano : op. 4 & op. 5 (19:37).
Notes
Béatrice Rauchs, piano
Recorded Oct.-Nov. 1996 at Studio Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland.
Booklet with program notes in German with English and French translations (19 pages) inserted in container
Call Number: CD 22282Publication Date: 1997
Lieder by
Contents
Italien (Felix Mendelssohn's op. 8 no. 3) (2:11) -- Die Ersehnte : op. 9 no. 1 (2:12) -- Ferne : op. 9 no. 2 (2:23) -- Der Rosenkranz : op. 9 no. 3 (2:35) -- Die frühen Gräber : op. 9 no. 4 (3:42) -- Der Maiabend : op. 9 no. 5 (1:19) -- Die Mainacht : op. 9 no. 6 (3:05) -- Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen (3:33) -- Die Schiffende (2:56) -- Schwanenlied : op. 1 no. 1 (2:47) -- Wanderlied : op. 1 no. 2 (1:49) -- Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass : op. 1 no. 3 (2:20) -- Maienlied : op. 1 no. 4 (1:46) -- Morgenständchen : op. 1 no. 5 (1:58) -- Gondellied : op. 1 no. 6 (3:48) -- Nachtwanderer : op. 7 no. 1 (2:18) -- Erwin : op. 7 no. 2 (1:59) -- Frühling : op. 7 no. 3 (1:38) -- Du bist die Ruh : op. 7 no. 4 (2:35) -- Bitte : op. 7 no. 5 (1:47) -- Dein ist mein Herz : op. 7 no. 6 (2:46) -- Traum (3:05) -- Suleika (3:06) -- Dämmrung senkte sich von oben (2:23) -- Nach Süden : op. 10 no. 1 (2:04) -- Vorwurf : op. 10 no. 2 (2:54) -- Abendbild : op. 10 no. 3 (2:16) -- Im Herbste : op. 10 no. 4 (2:40) -- Bergeslust : op. 10 no. 5 (1:56).
Notes
Sung in German.
Title from container
Susan Gritton, soprano ; Eugene Asti, piano
Recorded in All Saints Church, East Finchley, London, March 15-17, 1999.
Program notes by Eugene Asti and Susan Gritton in English, French, and German with texts in German and English (51 pages : illustrations) inserted in container
Call Number: CD 22619Publication Date: 2000
Records
Women's Orchestral Works by
Sinfonie / Maria Grimani (3:20) -- Concertpiece for violoncello and small orchestra / Nancy Van de Vate (7:34) -- Crosswinds / Barbara Kolb (11:05) -- Concertino for harp and orchestra / Germaine Tailleferre (18:05).
Notes
New England Women's Symphony with various conductors
Elizabeth Goy, violoncello (2nd work) ; Susan Allen, harp (4th work) ; Jean Lamon (1st work), Miriam Barndt-Webb (2nd work), Kay Gardner (3rd work), Antonia Brico (4th work), conductors
Recorded in concert at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Apr. 29 and Nov. 18, 1979.
Program notes on container and inner sleeve
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection-- TXA
Call Number: Record 20687Publication Date: 1980
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Rediscovered by
Contents
Sechs Lieder, op. 9. No. 2, Ferne (2:05) ; No. 4, Die frühen Gräber (4:10) ; No. 6, Die Mainacht (1:50) -- Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 2 (19:15) -- Gartenlieder, op. 3. No. 1, Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen (2:15) ; No. 3, Im Herbste (2:20) ; No. 4, Morgengruss (1:55) -- Sechs Lieder, op. 7. No. 3, Frühling (1:30) ; No. 5, Bitte (1:10) ; No. 6, Dein ist mein Herz (2:20) -- Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, op. 8 (11:10) -- Fünf Lieder, Op. 10. No. 5, Bergeslust (1:20) -- Praeludium für die Orgel (4:20).
Call Number: Record 2273Publication Date: 1984
Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective by
Contents
Frog tongue stomp -- Blue Monday blues -- That Creole band -- Perdido Street blues -- Gatemouth -- Trust no man -- When the levee breaks -- Sophomore -- Nightlife -- Wild party -- Witch doctor -- You bring out the savage in me -- It's murder -- Doing the Suzie Q -- Beaumont Street blues -- I met you then, I know you now -- Scratching the gravel -- Zonky -- Three ways to smoke a pipe -- Memories of you -- After you get it -- Tuxedo Junction -- Sweet Georgia Brown -- Dorothy's boogie woogie -- St. Louis blues -- In a mist -- Rose room -- Conversation -- Mamblues -- Anything you can do -- Red light -- Zero hour -- My reverie -- Gee baby ain't I good to you.
Notes
Title on container: Jazz women : a feminist retrospective, volumes 1 and 2
Mary Lou Williams ; Marian McPartland ; Lovie Austin ; Dotty Jones ; Lil Armstrong ; Lil Henderson ; Memphis Minnie ; Billie Rogers ; Norma Teagarden ; Dardanelle ; International Sweethearts of Rhythm ; Viola Burnside; Dorothy Donnegon ; Valaida Snow ; Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears ; Jewel Paige ; Una Mae Carlisle ; Mary Osborne ; Margie Hyams ; June Rotenberg ; Rose Gottesman ; Terry Pollard ; Beryl Booker ; Norma Carson ; Elaine Leighton ; Bonnie Wetzel ; Sarah McLawler ; Adele Girard ; Melba Liston ; Kathy Stobart
Recorded between June 1923 and November 1957 in various locations.
Notes by Mary Lou Williams and personnel on container
Recorded between June 1923 and Nov. 1957 in various locations.
Call Number: Record X2170/71Publication Date: 1977
Online
- NAXOS Music Library This link opens in a new windowOnline recordings of classical, jazz, world and folk musics, with liner notes and other supplementary texts. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio recordings of American music, along with liner notes and essays. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
- Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new windowDigital Theatre+ is an expansive platform providing access to a wide array of high-quality theatrical performances, documentaries, interviews, and educational materials.More InfoUB ONLY