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First Ladies - Three Romantic Violin Sonatas / Vogel, Cesetti
Toccata

First Ladies - Three Romantic Violin Sonatas / Vogel, Cesetti

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Details

Composer
ANDREE BONIS SMYTH
Artist
Vogel, Cesetti
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Aug 20, 2021
Catalog #
TOCN0013
UPC
5060640070134

About

One could hardly intuit from these fresh and flowing violin sonatas the obstacles their female composers had to face - family opposition for Mel Bonis in France and Ethel Smyth in England, institutional conservatism for Elfrida Andrée in Sweden. It has taken a century and more for that initial prejudice to fall away, and they are now beginning to attract a fair hearing for their music. What ultimately matters, of course, is not whether composers are male or female but whether they write good music, and these three sonatas - melodically expansive, rhythmically vivacious, harmonically warm - point to the musical riches that further exploration of their creators' output will uncover.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con spirito 05:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Elfrida Andrée
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  2. 2 II. Andante cantabile 02:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Elfrida Andrée
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  3. 3 III. Finale: Allegro moderato e risoluto 06:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro moderato e risoluto
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Elfrida Andrée
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  4. 4 I. Moderato 05:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  5. 5 II. Presto 03:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  6. 6 III. Lento (Thème populaire grec recueilli par Bourgault-Ducoudray) 04:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Lento (Thème populaire grec recueilli par Bourgault-Ducoudray)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  7. 7 IV. Final: Con moto 06:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Final: Con moto
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  8. 8 I. Allegro moderato 08:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Ethel Smyth
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  9. 9 II. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso 02:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Ethel Smyth
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  10. 10 III. Romanze: Andante grazioso 07:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Romanze: Andante grazioso
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Ethel Smyth
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti
  11. 11 IV. Finale: Allegro vivace 05:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Ethel Smyth
    Performer
    Annette-Barbara Vogel, Durval Cesetti