With this CD, Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg make a welcome (and unconventional) contribution to the deluge of Christmas music that appears every year. This collection of mostly obscure songs and piano solos should be of strong interest to those looking to expand their collection of Christmas music beyond the relentlessly recycled ...
Charlotte Mueller's recital of piano works by women composers might be likened to an afternoon tea party: it's a pleasant hour spent tasting tidbits of the music of several composers, some more well-known than others, none of it meant to fill you up. She begins her program with Amy Beach's Eskimos, Op. 64. Beach used melodies from Eskimo songs, ...
Norway's Agatha Backer-Grøndahl, a touring pianist as well as a composer, was lionized at her death as "the man" among women pianists, just to give you an idea of the gender dynamics of a century ago. Apparently her life was uneventful -- the nameless annotator here writes that "one soon has to give up any attempt to pepper the description with ...
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