Est 1923

String Quartets by Women Composers

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Violeta Dinescu, Germaine Tailleferre, Gloria Coates, Grazyna Bacewicz, (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, Ethel (Mary) Smyth

Label: Troubadisc

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 64

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: TROCD01418

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
String Quartet Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Composer
(Fanny) Mendelssohn Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Composer
String Quartet No. 6 (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, Composer
(Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, Composer
(Fanny) Mendelssohn Quartet
String Quartet No. 1, "Terra Lonhdana" Violeta Dinescu, Composer
(Fanny) Mendelssohn Quartet
Violeta Dinescu, Composer
String Quartet No. 3 Gloria Coates, Composer
(Fanny) Mendelssohn Quartet
Gloria Coates, Composer
The spectrum of women’s string quartet writing is covered here. While the Mendelssohn-Hensel and Smyth are enjoyable pieces of their time, the Tailleferre and Lutyens are altogether more personal. The Coates most completely ‘reinvents’ the medium, albeit from a compositional standpoint. Variable performances, but a worthwhile sampler of an enterprising series.'

String Quartets by Women Composers

String Quartet

String Quartet No. 6

String Quartet No. 1, "Terra Lonhdana"

String Quartet No. 3

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