String Quartets by 5 Women from 3 Continents: Vive la Différence

CD: String quartets by Lucie Vellère (Lucie Vellere), Sarah Aderholdt, Ruth Schonthal and Amy Beach performed by the Crescent String Quartet: Nancy McAlhany, Alicia Edelberg, Jill Jaffe, Maxine Neuman; and a string quartet by Priaulx Rainier performed by the Alard String Quartet: Joanne Zagst, Donald Hopkins, Raymond Page, Leonard Feldman. Leonarda Catalog #LE336. Total Time 71:30.

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  String Quartets by Women Composers Audio Samples Musicians
  Lucie Vellère (1896-1966) (Belgium) Lucie Vellere
Quatuor a Cordes No. 3 (16:31)
mp3 (:23) Crescent String Quartet
  Sarah Aderholdt (b.1955) (USA)
String Quartet (8:54)
mp3 (:39) Crescent String Quartet
  Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006)
(Germany-USA via Sweden and Mexico)

String Quartet (13:26)
mp3 (:29) Crescent String Quartet
  Amy Beach (1867-1944) (USA)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 89 (14:44)
mp3 (:28) Crescent String Quartet
  Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986) (South Africa-England)
Quartet for Strings (17:55)
mp3 (:28) Alard String Quartet
 

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Reviews: CD: "Nicely performed and recorded. ...I recommend this collection" American Record Guide. * Crescent Quartet (Vellère, Aderholdt, Schonthal, Beach): "Music of genuine value...I found the disc a joy throughout." Fanfare (LP review, Leonarda LP #LPI 111). * "Fine mainstream works which have lain undiscovered far too long." American Record Guide. * "As fresh and fascinating a collection of modern string quartets as I have heard on a single disc." The Washington Post. * "Highly recommended." The New Records. * Alard Quartet: (Rainier): "Rainier's music is far too good to continue to go unrecognized. This quartet succeeds marvelously - full of awareness and life, occasionally 'primitive' in its sonorities, authentic and sturdy." Oakland Tribune

Recording: Recording producer and post-production: Marnie Hall. Recording engineers: Malcolm Addey (Crescent Quartet), John Thomas (Alard Quartet). Recording venues: First Hungarian Reformed Church, New York City, 1981 (Crescent Qrt.); Recital Hall of the Music Building at Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania (Alard Qrt.), 1982. ADD. Support: This recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional generous support was provided by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music. The original Rainier recording was funded in part by The Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts. Music Publishers: Vellere: We lost touch with daughter. Try the Performing Rights Society for Belgium for information. Aderhold: Contact Leonarda for information. Schonthal: FuroreVerlag in Kassel, Germany. Beach: Score and parts are available from A-R Editions. Rainier: Schott, distributed in the USA by European American Music. CD Cover: Jacquelyn Thunfors, "Tulip Morning," © Jacquelyn Thunfors, 1992. For information about her works, call 203-254-8594 or fax 203-256-1394 in Connecticut. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall. © Leonarda Productions, Inc., 1994. All rights reserved. CDs Made in the U.S.A.

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