FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony 3 / Mississippi River Suite / The Oak (San Francisco Bay) Women's Philharmonic, Apo Hsu (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] This first important black female composer has become celebrated recently as we discover her works. This includes her third Symphony and major Suite |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Anne Sofie von Otter / Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein / Wiener Philharmoniker; Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] "A leading contender in the anti-theatrical Mahler stakes, in superlative sound, too" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze / Sancta Susanna / Symphony, "Mathis der Maler" Ausrine Stundyte (soprano) Anette Schönmüller (mezzo) / Wiener Singakademie, women section, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] ""Alsop's reading is full of colour and beautiful pacing...the brass players lack for nothing when it comes to that magnificent brass chorale postlude to the Symphony's last movement." MusicWeb Recommended |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) Michelle DeYoung (mezzo soprano) / Women of the San Francisco Chorus / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ Avie SACD / 2 SACD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony reach the 11th instalment of their award-winning Mahler cycle with a live recording of the mighty Eighth Symphony, "Symphony of a Thousand", coupled with the Adagio from Symphony No. 10. |
PERCY GRAINGER / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: The Warriors / Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 Philharmonia Orchestra, Women's Voices of the Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/May/1995 ] Recorded: London, All Hallows, Gospel Oak, 2/1994 |
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women [ Yep Roc Records / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] The self-titled debut from this unique assemblage of players, led by Alvin, is a spirited collection of thoughtful yet dynamic tunes featuring world-class musicianship worthy of his now legendary pedigree. |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 / etc. Budapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] "The playing throughout is of the highest quality" BBC Music |
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women (Vinyl) [ Yep Roc / 2 LP - released 27/Sep/2010 ] |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic - complete score Ilona Domnich (soprano), Christopher Nickol (organ), Women of the Scottish National Orchestra Chorus / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2017 ] "Yates conducts with appropriate majesty, his slow tempos very close to Ernest Irvin's in the film. The RSNO and chorus are in powerful form, and Ilona Domnich contributes a strikingly eerie soprano vocalise." BBC Music Orchestral Choice Christmas 17 |
KIRI te KANAWA
Opera in the Outback Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with the Adnyamathanha Women's Choir [ Kultur / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] G : - Opera in the Outback features internationally renowned diva, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, singing a superb selection of songs from opera favourites to the popular classics. |