Women Write Music
CD
RRP £19.55 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Composer
- Maconchy, Elizabeth
- Performers
- Snell, David, Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra
- Label
- Atma
- Barcode
- 9786305490425
Amazon.co.uk A collection of orchestral composition comprising a series of works by nine female artists of the 20th century. It is as diverse a selection as it is contemporary; the unique and experimental scoring is approached respectfully by the multi-faceted Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra. Performance and spacial position is important and never more so than on Ge Xu (Antiphony) by Chen Yi. The music is hesitant and notably teasing for the listener. It presents a strong ornamental theme in a progressive Western style with intermittent flurries and a colossal second section. More instantly explosive, Barbara Kolb's All In Good Time opens with a brief but startling attack of harmonious noise which paves the foundation for a taught and minimalist movement. With Sir George Martin acting as Executive Producer, this album is wonderfully contrary to the unspoken confines of classical music, yet still retains a traditional quality. --David Trueman
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