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They Have Waited Long Enough

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Composer
Saskia Venegas Aernouts, Aftab Darvishi, Annelies Van Parys, Aida Shirazi, Calliope Tsoupaki
Artist
Ragazze Quartet, Katharine Dain, Raphaela Danksagmuller, Osama Abdulrasol, Elif Canfeza Gunduz, Mari
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Channel Classics
Released
Sep 18, 2026
Catalog #
CCS50026
UPC
723385500261

About

The music on this album grew from the idea for a new song cycle in which women-so often silent in history and mythology-were to speak for themselves and in which all material would be created and performed by women. The Ragazze Quartet found a true kindred spirit in soprano Katharine Dain. A remarkable group of female composers and librettists also joined the project entitled They Have Waited Long Enough, each contributing in their own unique and personal way. The result is a rich and diverse collage of songs by Aftab Darvishi, Annelies van Parys, Calliope Tsoupaki, Aida Shirazi, and Saskia Venegas Aernouts. What unites them is the urgency that resonates throughout: it is important-if not essential-that these stories are recorded and heard. The fact that these stories are historical or mythological does not make them any less relevant today. The female perspective carries just as much weight as the male one-and deserves to be remembered. In addition to soprano Katharine Dain, the Ragazze Quartet is joined by Raphaela Danksagmüller (duduk), Anna voor de Wind (clarinet), Osama Abdulrasol (qanun), Elif Canfezâ Gündüz (kemenche), Marianna Soroka (percussion), and Agata Kruszewska (percussion).

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Never Belonged 09:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Never Belonged
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Aftab Darvishi
    Performer
    Katharine Dain, Raphaela Danksagmüller
    Ensemble
    Ragazze Quartet
  2. 2 Medea 15:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Medea
    Duration
    15:52
    Composer
    Annelies van Parys
    Performer
    Katharine Dain, Anna voor de Wind
    Ensemble
    Ragazze Quartet
  3. 3 Penelope 18:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Penelope
    Duration
    18:44
    Composer
    Calliope Tsoupaki
    Performer
    Katharine Dain, Osama Abdulrasol
    Ensemble
    Ragazze Quartet
  4. 4 My Words are Swallows 11:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    My Words are Swallows
    Duration
    11:07
    Composer
    Aida Shirazi
    Performer
    Katharine Dain, Elif Canfezâ Gündüz
    Ensemble
    Ragazze Quartet
  5. 5 Sortzain, Maria San Juan de Garonda 09:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sortzain, Maria San Juan de Garonda
    Duration
    09:52
    Composer
    Saskia Venegas Aernouts
    Performer
    Katharine Dain, Marianna Soroka, Agata Kruszewska
    Ensemble
    Ragazze Quartet