Credits:

Orchestre National De Metz

Description:

Before listening to a collection of title music works by women composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, do we need to know if it was composed by a man or a woman? Does this information affect our listening and judgment? The works selected for this recording are what is called "motto music. The composer describes non-musical themes through aural means. This is a piece of pure sound storytelling! Although Olmes was not admitted to the Paris Conservatory because she was a woman, Liszt encouraged her talent and she was initiated into Franck. Debussy also recognized her talent. The second piece of Franck's posthumous organ work "Three Chorales" is dedicated to Olmes. This work is Ormes' last symphonic poem. Lili Boulanger was the first female composer to win the Grand Prix de Rome. Her works are not numerous, as she died prematurely due to health problems, but all of them are gems and light of genius. Mel Boni does not give any indication of the poem on which the work is based other than the title, so the listener is free to let his or her imagination run wild with the title of the work. This is a work from the period when he was refining his orchestral writing style under Kecklan, and it offers a richly colorful world. Joras's "A Little Summer Suite" was named after the fact that it was written in the summer (June).This is a work in seven movements, commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Rattle. ≪It is said to have been greatly influenced by "Pictures at an Exhibition," and is a very exciting work with a low-string opening and powerful dissonances that were welcomed with open arms by the members of the Berlin Philharmonic. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Andromede, poeme symphonique
2.D'un matin de printemps
3.D'un soir triste
4.Le Songe de Cleopatre
5.Ophelie
6.Salome
7.A Little Summer Suite~Strolling Away
8.A Little Summer Suite~Knocks and Clocks
9.A Little Summer Suite~Strolling About
10.A Little Summer Suite~Shakes and Quakes
11.A Little Summer Suite~Strolling Under
12.A Little Summer Suite~Chants and Cheers
13.A Little Summer Suite~Strolling Home