Bengt Forsberg, one of Sweden's most outstanding pianists, renowned for many
CDs and awards, releases now a sensational solo album with music of
composers that most people have never heard of. Why?
Because the
composers were women, and often had to step back for the men. Their
works, however, are brilliant and deserve indeed a better destiny than
be covered by dust in the archives.
A few recordings of some composers
such as Beach, Tailleferre, Bacewicz and Carwithen do exist previously,
but in for example Aulin's and Almén's cases it's really a matter of
world premieres on CD!
1. Sonata for Piano in B minor, Op. 2
Ruth Almén
2. Feuille d'Album
Valborg Aulin
3. Valse élégiaque
Valborg Aulin
4. Sonatina for Piano (1933)
Grazyna Bacewicz
5. Scottish Legend, Op. 54 no 1
Amy Marcy Beach
6. Sonatina for piano
Doreen Carwithen
7. Preludes for Piano: no 6, Andante Mystico
Ruth Crawford Seeger
8. April Preludes, Op. 13
Vítězslava Kaprálová
9. Pastorales
Germaine Tailleferre