F. Mendelssohn, C. Schumann, Bonis et al.: Out of the Shadow / Swarts, Malinova

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Lucia Swarts writes: “Even as a young child, I was taught to be extra alert when women did not have the same opportunities as men. Many women did not have the same opportunities as men to compose and publicly share their musical ideas and lead public lives as composers, with some having their freedom limited by ill health or because family or society had different plans for them. Through the ages, female composers encountered considerable difficulties, often with fewer opportunities, support and education, even when they were members of the upper social classes. They were not in a position to enjoy worldwide fame, but several of them accomplished a great deal. Strong women, in other words. I have chosen from the works of five special women for this album. Five women with eventful lives who deserve a podium because of their musical qualities. Two Germans – Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Wieck – both trained in the classic Romantic school, and two French women, Melanie Bonis and Lili Boulanger; Melanie, also a classic Romantic composer in style and Lili, impressionist and exotic. Finally the Dutch composer Henriette Bosmans, whose parents influenced her in the German Romantic style but whose own interests wandered eagerly towards the French Impressionists in an ongoing quest for her own independent compositional method.”


Product Description:

  • Release Date: May 13, 2022


  • Catalog Number: CC 72888


  • UPC: 608917288827


  • Label: Challenge


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: Romantic



Works:

  1. Drei Romanzen

    Composer: Clara Wieck Schumann

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova


  2. Serenade op. 46 no. 1

    Composer: Mel Bonis

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova


  3. D'un soir triste

    Composer: Lili Boulanger

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova


  4. Impressions

    Composer: Henriette Bosmans

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova


  5. Fantasia in G Minor

    Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova


  6. Capriccio in A flat Major

    Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

    Performer: Lucia Swarts, Elena Malinova