Recordings
The TCC proudly presents
A Voice of Her Own: Musical Women who Persisted, 1098-1896
The recording features choral and instrumental music by 14 female composers from Hildegard of Bingen to Clara Schumann. The CD comes with a 28-page colour booklet with complete English translations and notes about each composer.
This is a self-produced recording. You can order copies directly from us at a cost of $20.00 CAD. Please add shipping & handling charges ($5 within Canada, or $10 international).
For those who prefer to purchase a download rather than a physical copy, you can download the recording on Bandcamp.com.
A PDF of the full booklet is included.
We offer you two tracks here free of charge
Raffaella Aleotti – “Surge, propera amica mea” from Sacrae Canciones (1593)
Clara Schumann – “Gondoliera” from Drei gemischte Chöre (1848)
CD Information
| Track # | ||
| 1 | Excerpt from Ordo Virtutum |
Hildegard von Bingen |
| Direction: Katherine Hill / Anima: Victoria Marshall / Diabolus: Jean-François Roy | ||
| 2 | O notte O cielo O mar |
Maddalena Casulana |
| From Secondo libro di madrigali a quatro voci (1570) |
(b. c1544) |
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| 3 | Hor che la vaga Aurora From Ghirlanda de madrigali (1593) |
Vittoria Aleotti |
| 4
5 |
Vidi speciosam
Surge, propera amica mea |
Raffaella Aleotti |
| 6 | Domine ad adiuvandum me festina From Salmi a otto voci concertati (1650) |
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani |
| Soloists: Anna Kwiatkowska, Victoria Marshall, Nick Veltmeyer, Michael Brett & Graham Robinson | ||
| 7 | Le tre grazie à Venere From Opus 1, Primo Libro de Madrigali (1644) |
Barbara Strozzi |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Rebecca Claborn & Victoria Marshall | ||
| 8 | Non tema nò di morte From Canzoni e madrigali morali e spirituali (1674) |
Maria Francesca Nascinbeni |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Rebecca Claborn & Victoria Marshall | ||
| 9 | Veni, Sancte SpiritusSoloists: Victoria Marshall & Rebecca Genge |
Anonymous (17th century) Monastère des Ursulines de Québec |
| 10
11 12 13 |
Prélude (improvised)
Chaconne (Barbe ms) Prélude (F-Pn Vm7 ms. 6214) Allemande |
Mademoiselle Bocquet |
| 14 | ChaconneFrom Pièces de Clavecin, Livre 2 (1707) Christopher Bagan, harpsichord |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
| 15 | Miserere (1768) |
Marianna Martines |
| Soloists: Rebecca Genge, Victoria Marshall, Nick Veltmeyer & Graham Robinson | ||
| 1617 | From Gartenlieder (1847)Im Herbst Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel |
| 18
19 |
From Sei preludi per chitarra, Op. 46
#5 Moderato #6 Allegro |
Emilia Giuliani Guglielmi |
| 20
21 22 |
Drei gemischte Chöre (1848)
Abendfeier in Venedig Vorwärts Gondoliera |
Clara Schumann |
Toronto Chamber Choir
Lucas Harris, Artistic Director
With
Christopher Bagan, chamber organ (tracks 4-6, 9, 15) & harpsichord (7-8, 14)
Juliane Bruckmann, contrabass (track 15)
Lucas Harris, archlute (tracks 7-8), lute (10-13), guitar (18-19)
Katherine Hill, direction (track 1)
Joëlle Morton, bass viol (tracks 9, 15)
Recorded May 1, 8, 11, 15, 2019, at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Toronto
Recording, mixing, & mastering: Dennis Patterson (Big Smoke Audio)
Digital editing: Lucas Harris
CD artwork: Thrive Graphics
Notes by Lucas Harris with assistance from Professor Mairi Cowan
Session producers: Elizabeth Anderson (tracks 16-17, 20-22), David Fallis (tracks 4-8), Lucas Harris (track 1), Katherine Hill (tracks 2-3), Ivars Taurins (tracks 9, 15)
Special thanks to
Monica Armour & the Pluralism Fund
Heather Clark
Professor Katherine Larson
Frank Lockwood
Dr. Elizabeth MacIsaac
Pôle Culturel du Monastère des Ursulines
