Composer: Emilie Mayer
Performer: Ewa Kupiec, Yang Tai, Klenke Quartet
Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie
Conductor: Stefan Malzew, Sebastian Tewinkel
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C5339
Release: 2018
Size: 514 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Symphony No. 4 in B minor
01. I. Allegro appassionato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Presto
Piano Concerto in B flat major
05. I. (Allegro)
06. II. Un poco adagio
07. III. Allegro
CD 02
String Quartet in G minor
01. I. Allegro appassionato
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro assai
03. III. Adagio con molta espressione
04. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Piano Sonata in D minor
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Scherzo
07. III. Un poco adagio
08. IV. Allegro animato
09. Tonwellen (waltz)
10. March in A major
Miss E. Mayer is a rare phenomenon… Here we have a female composer writing not merely for the pianoforte, but also tackling the difficult task of orchestral composition with all its numerous intricacies. And how she succeeds!’ – Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, 1878. In German-speaking regions, it was Clara Schumann and Fanny Hensel who established themselves as composers of significance. At the turn of the 20th century, it was Amy Beach in the USA and, even more so, Ethel Smyth in Great Britain who became icons of the women’s movement in music. Still to be recognised is the music of the German Romantic Emilie Mayer. At the age of five, she was already receiving piano lessons; by the early 1840s none other than Carl Loewe in Stettin was her teacher. Her works are cast in familiar classical forms, but with a sustained focus on colour and innovative turns, making her one of the most important female representatives of central European music in the 19th century.
Wow! Representative here for all Emilie Mayer Shares – My thanks. Great music – rediscovered.