Gromes,Raphaela / Festival Strings Lucerne Femmes CD

For years the star cellist and Opus Klassik laureate Raphaela Gromes has taken up the cause of women composers. Three of her albums, acclaimed by critics and listeners alike, have featured music by unknown women composers, and she maintains a long-term working relationship with the "Frau und Musik" Archive in Frankfurt. So it is only natural that her new double album, FEMMES, should lend a voice to outstanding women from nine centuries of music history. No fewer than 23 woman composers found their way onto the double album, from Hildegard of Bingen to Clara Schumann all the way to Lera Auerbach and Billie Eilish, not to mention such famous operatic figures as Susanna from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro or Bizet's Carmen.

1. O virtus sapientiae (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Gromes, Raphaela ; Festival Strings Lucerne ; Daniel Dodds 2. Talestri: Da me ti dividi (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Gromes, Raphaela ; Festival Strings Lucerne ; Daniel Dodds 3. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am Laid in Earth (Dido's Lament, Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Gromes, Raphaela ; Festival Strings Lucerne ; Daniel Dodds 4. Le nozze di Figaro, K.492: Deh vieni non tardar - Festival Strings Lucerne 5. 3 Romances, Op. 22: III. Leidenschaftlich schnell (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Festival Strings Lucerne 6. Six Morceaux, VWV 3003: II. Bohemienne (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Festival Strings Lucerne 7. Six Morceaux, VWV 3003: I. Romance (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Festival Strings Lucerne 8. Six Morceaux, VWV 3003: VI. Tarantelle (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Festival Strings Lucerne 9. I. Speranze - Festival Strings Lucerne 10. II. Solitudine 11. III. Allegrezze 12. Suite for Cello and String Orchestra. II. Aria - Gromes, Raphaela ; Festival Strings Lucerne ; Daniel Dodds 13. Carmen Fantasie (After Georges Bizet: Carmen, GB 9/WD 31) - Festival Strings Lucerne 14. Adoration (Arr. for Cello ; Orchestra by Julian Riem) - Festival Strings Lucerne 15. I. Modere 16. II. Sans vitesse et a l'aise 17. III. Vite et nerveusement rythmee 18. Deux Morceaux: I. Nocturne (Arr. for Cello ; Piano by Julian Riem) - Gromes, Raphaela ; Julian Riem 19. Nuit etoilee (Arr. for Cello ; Piano by Julian Riem) 20. Impressions: II. Nuit calme 21. Berceuse (Arr. for Cello ; Piano by Julian Riem) 22. Sicilienne 23. Fantasia in G Minor 24. Danse Hongroise, Op. 51 25. Romanze, Op. 35 26. Epilog 27. Mazovian Dance 28. 4 Sketches, Op. 15: III. Dreaming - Gromes, Raphaela ; Julian Riem 29. Las Tarantulas 30. Postludium 31. Chocolat Suite 32. Miss Celie's Blues 33. No Time to Die - Gromes, Raphaela ; Julian Riem