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Listen to the latest classical music releases, last updated on January 15th, 2021. Featuring the soprano Inga Kalna, Schubert by the Höbarth-Rudin-Häkkinen trio, a tribute to Heifetz by the violonist Benjamin Schmid, Korngold by Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner, Riccardo Muti's New Year's Concert...
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Alfreds Kalnins, Composer - Inga Kalna, MainArtist - Diana Ketler, MainArtist
2021 SKANI 2021 SKANI, Concert Hall Great Amber
Franz Schubert, Composer - Erich Höbarth, Artist, MainArtist - Alexander Rudin, Artist, MainArtist - Aapo Hakkinen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Naxos (P) 2021 Naxos
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dan Ettinger, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2020 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2020 haenssler CLASSIC
Benjamin Schmid, Artist, MainArtist - William Kroll, Composer - Ariane Haering, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Gramola Records (P) 2020 Gramola Records
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Edward ELGAR, Composer - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - La Petite Bande, Ensemble, MainArtist - Sigiswald Kuijken, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas E. Bauer, Artist, MainArtist - Stephan Scherpe, Artist, MainArtist - Lucia Napoli, Artist, MainArtist - Anna Gschwend, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Accent (P) 2021 Accent
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Philippe Pierlot, Conductor, MainArtist - Julian Pregardien, Soloist, MainArtist - Collegium Vocale Gent, Choir, MainArtist - Carlos Mena, Soloist, MainArtist - Maria Keohane, Soloist, MainArtist - Ricercar Consort, Ensemble, MainArtist - Mathias Vieweg, Soloist, MainArtist
2021 Mirare 2021 Mirare
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - James Johnstone, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Metronome (P) 2020 Metronome
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Benjamin Alard, Soloist, MainArtist
2020 harmonia mundi 2021 harmonia mundi
Luigi Rossi, Composer - Elena Sartori, Conductor, MainArtist - Allabastrina, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Glossa (P) 2021 Glossa
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ensemble les Surprises, MainArtist - Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France & Ensemble Les Surprises
Mike Fentross, Conductor, MainArtist - La Sfera Armoniosa, Orchestra, MainArtist - Willem de Fesch, Composer - Lidewij van der Voort, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Challenge Classics (P) 2020 Challenge Classics
Georg Philipp Telemann, Composer - Tomasz Pokrzywinski, Artist - Aisslinn Nosky, Artist, MainArtist - Holland Baroque, Ensemble, MainArtist - Judith Steenbrink, Artist - Tineke Steenbrink, Artist - Christoph Sommer, Artist - Chloe Prendergast, Artist - Filip Rekieć, Artist
(C) 2021 PENTATONE (P) 2021 PENTATONE
Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - Jerome Lejeune, RecordingEngineer - Patrick Peikert, AAndRAdministrator - Brice Sailly, MainArtist - Juliette Roumailhac, MainArtist - Le Concert Universel, Ensemble, MusicArranger - Silvia de Maria, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Claves Records (P) 2021 Claves Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor, Contralto Vocals, MainArtist - Nicola Francesco Haym, Poet - Orfeo 55, Orchestra - Agostino Piovene, Poet
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2021 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2021 Parlophone Records Limited
Marin Marais, Composer - Kaori Uemura, MainArtist
2021 Outhere Music 2021 Kaori Uemura
Philippe Verdelot, Composer - Profeti Della Quinta, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Pan Classics (P) 2021 Pan Classics
Orlande De Lassus, Composer - Eric Rice, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Origo, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Naxos (P) 2021 Naxos
Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marko Mimica, Bass-Baritone Vocals - René Barbera, Tenor Vocals - Thomas Atkins, Tenor Vocals - Albina Shagimuratova, Soprano Vocals
© 2021 Opera Rara ℗ 2020 Opera Rara
Tibor Harsanyi, Composer - Giorgio Koukl, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Grand Piano (P) 2021 Grand Piano
Frank Martin, Composer - Arie Van Beek, Conductor, MainArtist - L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Orchestra, MainArtist - Estelle Revaz, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Solo Musica (P) 2021 Solo Musica
Gidon Kremer, Artist, MainArtist - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orchestra, MainArtist - Daniele Gatti, Conductor, MainArtist - Mieczysław Weinberg, Composer
(C) 2021 Accentus Music (P) 2021 Accentus Music
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Edward Gardner, Conductor, MainArtist - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stuart Skelton, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 Chandos (P) 2021 Chandos
Hans Gál, Composer - Christian Immler, Artist, MainArtist - Helmut Deutsch, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BIS (P) 2021 BIS
Johann Strauss, Jr., Composer - Riccardo Muti, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Philharmoniker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Friedemann Engelbrecht, Producer - René Möller, Recording Engineer - Tobias Lehmann, Recording Engineer - Riccardo Muti & Wiener Philharmoniker, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Wiener Philharmoniker under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Oliver Triendl, Artist, MainArtist - Georgy Catoire, Composer - Vogler Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 CapriccioNR (P) 2021 CapriccioNR
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Nils Schweckendiek, Conductor, MainArtist - Alex Freeman, Composer
(C) 2021 BIS (P) 2021 BIS
Alberto Ginastera, Composer - Camerata Bern, MainArtist - Patricia Kopatchinskaja, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Radio SRF 2 Kultur & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Michael East, Composer - Chelys Consort of Viols, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BIS (P) 2021 BIS
Pietro Locatelli, Composer - Ilya Gringolts, Artist, MainArtist - Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BIS (P) 2021 BIS
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Eva Zaïcik, MainArtist - Le Consort, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France & Le Consort
Traditional, Lyricist - Hans Jörg Mammel, Singer, MainArtist - Alex Potter, Singer, MainArtist - Jorg-Andreas Botticher, Conductor, MainArtist - Markus Flaig, Singer, MainArtist - Jessica Jans, Singer, MainArtist - Balthasar Erben, Composer - Isabel Schicketanz, Singer, MainArtist - Abendmusiken Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Florian Cramer, Singer, MainArtist
2020 MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion oHG 2020 MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion oHG
Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Stefano Montanari, Conductor, MainArtist - Francesca Ascioti, Artist, MainArtist - Enea Barock Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2020 CPO (P) 2020 CPO
Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, Lyricist - Marcus Bosch, Conductor, MainArtist - Katharina Thalbach, Soloist, MainArtist - Georg Anton Benda, Composer - Cappella Aquileila, Orchestra, MainArtist
2020 MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion oHG 2020 MBM Mielke Bergfeld Musikproduktion oHG
Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Marc Mauillon, MainArtist - Sébastien Daucé, MainArtist - Myriam Rignol, MainArtist - Valérie Balssa, MainArtist - Yoko Kawakubo, MainArtist - Anne Danican Philidor, Composer - Romain Falik, MainArtist - Julie Dessaint, MainArtist - Mathilde Vialle, MainArtist - Thibaut Roussel, MainArtist - Danaé Monnié, MainArtist - Josèphe Cottet, MainArtist - Thomas Leconte, MainArtist
2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles 2021 Château de Versailles Spectacles
Josquin Desprez, Composer - Dominique Visse, MainArtist - Ensemble Clément Janequin, MainArtist
2021 Outhere 2021 Satirino
Tobias Ringborg, Artist, MainArtist - Helena Munktell, Composer - Peter Friis Johansson, Artist, MainArtist - Kristina Winiarski, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BIS (P) 2021 BIS
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Vladimir Feltsman, MainArtist - Adrian Farmer, Producer
(C) 2021 Wyastone Estate Limited (P) 2021 Wyastone Estate Limited
Yumeto Suenaga, MainArtist - Isabelle Fraisse, Composer
2020 ARTALINNA, a label D2C Production & Management 2020 ARTALINNA, a label D2C Production & Management
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Pierre Boulez, Composer - Florent Boffard, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2020 Mirare 2020 Mirare
Claude Debussy, Composer - Behzod Abduraimov, MainArtist
2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2020 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Christopher Ward, Conductor, MainArtist - Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Rott, Composer
(C) 2021 CapriccioNR (P) 2021 CapriccioNR
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Novello, MusicPublisher - Coventry Carol, Lyricist - Aiken Anderson-Jané, Soloist, MainArtist
2020 King's College, Cambridge 2020 King's College, Cambridge
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard King, Engineer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Kathryn Stott, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Arms Fisher, Arranger - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Andreas Werner, Engineer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2020 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2020 James Ehnes
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Emmanuel Pahud, Flute, MainArtist - Daishin Kashimoto, Violin, FeaturedArtist - Amihai Grosz, Viola, FeaturedArtist
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Isaac Albeniz, Composer - Teo Gheorghiu, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Claves Records (P) 2020 Claves Records
Durand, MusicPublisher - Philippe Hersant, Composer - Ophélie Gaillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Pulcinella Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 Little Tribeca 2018 Little Tribeca
Richard Strauss, Composer - Academy Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Stamp, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Ottensamer, MainArtist - Stepan Turnovsky, MainArtist
(C) 2020 Signum Classics (P) 2020 Signum Records
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Listen to the latest classical music releases, last updated on January 15th, 2021. Featuring the soprano Inga Kalna, Schubert by the Höbarth-Rudin-Häkkinen trio, a tribute to Heifetz by the violonist Benjamin Schmid, Korngold by Stuart Skelton and Edward Gardner, Riccardo Muti's New Year's Concert...
Women Composers: A Secret History
by François Hudry, translated by Cécile Kleszcz
From Sappho of Mytilene to Kaija Saariaho, music history has been marked by female figures who “dared” to write music. Is creation a male privilege? Our sound museum does hold more well-known and recognised male than female composers. Yet their works are no less exciting and there is absolutely no reason for them to play second fiddle, or be ignored altogether. Below, you’ll find a defence and illustration of female composition works through eleven musical portraits.
Fortunately, the condition of female composers has improved dramatically in the 20th century, when “female composers” began to be admitted in society without condescension and sardonic smiles. In France, “outrageous” Augusta Holmès, followed by Cécile Chaminade and Mel Bonis, were the main female composers of the Belle Époque, soon followed by Germaine Tailleferre, whose reputation greatly benefited from her belonging to Les Six. One of the great personalities of this period was undoubtedly Lili Boulanger, one of the greatest young talents in French music, who died of intestinal tuberculosis at the age of 24. Learning of her terrible disease at an early age seemingly reinforced her attraction to a form of mysticism tinged with drama, which underlies her whole work, much of which was lost or remained unfinished.
In the 21st century, female composers have become commonplace and are no longer ostracised. In France, Betsy Jolas, Edith Canat de Chizy, Isabelle Aboulker, Michèle Reverdy, Graciane Finzi, Isabelle Fraisse (author of 5 string quartets) and Suzanne Giraud are all part of the musical landscape. In Austria, Olga Neuwirth is one of the most internationally renowned composers. Olga Neuwirth regularly works for the Salzburg Festival in addition to her fruitful collaboration with Elfriede Jelinek (2004 Nobel Prize for Literature). As the author of two operas created in New York, she inaugurated a 3D sound installation in Paris in 2017 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with IRCAM (Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique - French Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music).
Kaija Saariaho
Let’s close this brief historical overview with one of the most powerful figures in music today, whose every release generates tremendous anticipation. Born in Helsinki in 1952, Kaija Saariaho has crafted a fully original musical world influenced by “spectral” movement and IRCAM’s electronic resources in a poetic perspective, using tremendously creative sound textures and adornments. Saariaho’s music masterfully combines delicate musical language, clarity of the timbres with diverse and ample forms such as ballet, opera and concertante works, with an emphasis on the cello, which remains her favourite instrument and the most favourable recipient to her secret confidences. Some of her works have already become “classics” and are performed by the world’s greatest conductors and performers. As you can see, there is no conclusion to be drawn from this paper, which limits its scope to denouncing the short-sightedness and injustices of past centuries without trying to ascertain whether music has a gender or not. Male music, female music, all of this means nothing: what matters is the strength of the message and the convictions of the person who wants to express himself or herself, and convey emotions.
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