Lili Boulanger:
Noctrune
D'un Matin de Printemps

Grażyna Bacewicz:
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4

Galina Ustvolskaja:
Sonata for Violin and Piano

Jennifer Higdon:
String Poetic

This album focuses on some of the greatest compositions for violin and piano by female composers of the twentieth century. Lili Boulanger (1883-1918) was the first woman to be awarded the Prix de Rome – the most prestigious composition prize of the day. The body of work of the Polish composer Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) ranks on the same level with that of many of her more prominent male contemporaries. Galina Ustvolskayas (1919-2006) only Violin Sonata (1952) is defined by the era of Stalin’s Great Purge. Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) has won two Grammys and the coveted Pulitzer Prize and since the mid-1990s has been acknowledged as one of the best-known female composers in the USA.

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Recordings: Wien, Ehrbar Saal, December 7, 9, 10, 16 & 18, 2020. Piano: C. Bechstein concert grand piano D282.