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 |
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Musicians |
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Lucie Vellère
(1896-1966) (Belgium) Lucie
Vellere
Quatuor a Cordes No. 3 (16:31) |
mp3
(:23) |
Crescent String Quartet |
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Sarah Aderholdt (b.1955)
(USA)
String Quartet (8:54) |
mp3
(:39) |
Crescent String Quartet |
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Ruth Schonthal
(1924-2006)
(Germany-USA via Sweden and Mexico)
String Quartet
(13:26) |
mp3
(:29) |
Crescent String Quartet |
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Amy Beach (1867-1944)
(USA)
Quartet for Strings, Op. 89 (14:44) |
mp3
(:28) |
Crescent String Quartet |
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Priaulx Rainier
(1903-1986) (South Africa-England)
Quartet for Strings (17:55) |
mp3
(:28) |
Alard String Quartet |
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Links to alphabetical list of composers:
Bios and links to all their recordings at this site
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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