Boulanger Trio - Who's Afraid Of...? (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Andree Trio No. 2 in G Minor I. Allegro agitato 
02. Andree Trio No. 2 in G Minor II. Andante con Espressione 
03. Andree Trio No. 2 in G Minor III. Finale. Rondo. Allegro risoluto 
04. Paradis Erinnerung ans Schicksal
05. Hensel Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 I. Allegro molto vivace 
06. Hensel Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 II. Andante espressivo 
07. Hensel Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 III. Lied Allegretto 
08. Hensel Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 IV. Allegretto moderato 
09. Auerbach Postscriptum
10. Bush Running Up That Hill
11. Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel No. 3, Parfois, je suis triste
12. Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel No. 9, Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
13. Boulanger Clairieres dans le ciel No. 11, Par ce que j'ai souffert
14. Aleotti Io v'amo vita mia 
15. Linn Snap
16. Strozzi Che si puo fare
17. Keys Fallin'
18. Barbara Gottingen

Nine impressive works by various female composers from a period of 450 years shed light on the different ways in which women were able to fulfil their potential in their respective times. The composer Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), for example, worked as an organist at Gothenburg Cathedral, going against the social conventions of the time. To this day, she is the only woman in Sweden to have worked as an organist at a cathedral church. In contrast, Fanny Hensel (1805-1847) was unable to step out of the shadow of her brother Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The family had both siblings educated musically, but could only envisage a career for the son. This was despite the fact that the daughter was just as talented as her brother. She composed over 460 works and successfully performed countless concerts as a pianist and conductor. Surprisingly, however, there were women who were able to consistently pursue an artistic path long before Fanny Hensel and Elfrida Andrée. Vittoria Aleotti (1575- 1646), for example, was able to devote her entire life to music and even publish her own madrigals thanks to the support of her father. It is all the more astonishing that the works of composer Lili Boulanger only became known to the general public in the 1960s, although her sister, the important music teacher Nadia Boulanger, dedicated her entire life to music after her sister's early death.

The life and work of Maria Theresia Paradis (1759-1824), who, despite her blindness, undertook a major concert tour of Europe as a pianist and had her own music typewriter for composing, is also fascinating. Or the French chansonnière Barbara (1930-1997), who made a significant contribution to international understanding and reconciliation between France and Germany after the end of the Second World War with her song ‘Göttingen’. The Boulanger Trio found many interesting women whose music should be played and whose stories should be told. That's why two other female artists are represented on the digital album: Icon Kate Bush, who invented the headset almost incidentally because she needed more freedom of movement on stage. And the Armenian singer Rosa Linn, who set TikTok alight in 2022 when the video of her Eurovision Song Contest song ‘SNAP’ went viral.

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