Release Date: 04 March 2022
Label: First Hand Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060216348131
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
The Future is Female is a three volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These recordings feature more than 70 compositions by women around the globe and includes many premiere recordings.
Most pianists grow up with the classical canon, which has always excluded women composers as well as composers of colour. It is still standard practise to perform recitals consisting entirely of music written by men. The Future is Female aims to be a corrective towards rebalancing the repertoire. It does not attempt to be exhaustive, in any way, and the three albums in this series represent only a small fraction of the music by women which is waiting to be performed.
This first Vol., In Nature, will be followed later in 2022 by Vol. 2, At Play and Vol. 3, The Dance.
American pianist Sarah Cahill, hailed as 'a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde' by The New York Times and 'instrumental in bringing to life the music of many of our greatest living composers' by Keyboard Magazine, has commissioned and premièred over 70 compositions for solo piano. She was named a 2018 Champion of New Music by the American Composers Forum.
Video promo: https://youtu.be/J_wmKLL47Lw
"It's worth hearing the disc for the [Agi Jambor Piano Sonata] alone, but Eve Beglarian's poetic manifesto Fireside (2001) and Deirdre Gribbin's searching Unseen (2017) are two other highlights." – BBC Music Magazine, 4 STARS / 4 STARS
Tracklisting
Noxwode, Conor Gricmanis
Tessa Lark, Jon Batiste, Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer
David de Winter and The Brook Street Band
Alexander Baillie & Nigel Yandell
Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa; Alvaro Cassuto
The Flautadors Recorder Quartet
The Telling
Sarah Cahill
Sarah Cahill
Sarah Cahill
