Credits:

Mendelssohn, F. / Bonis / Bosmans / Swarts

Description:

An album that sheds light on the cello works of women composersCelebrating the 20th anniversary of her collaboration with the Challenge Classics label, Lucia Swartz focuses on five women composers. Swartz comments that there was a time when it was very difficult for women to make a living as composers, and they did not achieve fame, but there were still strong women who made great achievements in the history of music. The recording includes two Germans (Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann), two French (Mel Boni and Lili Boulanger), and Henriette Bosmans of the Netherlands. Bosmans is a composer who went from German Romanticism to French Impressionism, pursuing her own method of composition. King International