The Romantics, Vol. 20: Das Ewig-Weibliche - Franz Schubert's Women in Music
2/3/2015, 18 Tracks, 1:16:30
Featuring
Martha Guth
Penelope Crawford
Franz Schubert
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Performer Biography
Penelope Crawford, the fortepianist on this album, was the harpsichordist and fortepianist with the Ars Musica Baroque Orchestra, one of North America's first period instrument ensembles, from 1975 to 1990.
Performer Biography
Penelope Crawford's recording of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas won the 2011 'Record of the Year Award' from Music Web International.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz Schubert's empathy with female characters in poetry was evident from a young age, with one of his first extant works being an unfinished setting of a poem by 'the Sappho of Vienna' when he was 13.
Instruments
The Conrad Graf fortepiano, Opus 2148, is triple-strung throughout most of its six-and-a-half-octave range and is equipped with four pedals, including two 'moderator' pedals for soft timbres.
Instruments
The fortepiano used on this recording is a Conrad Graf, Wien, c.1835, Opus 2148, which was found in Sweden and restored by Edward Swenson and Robert Murphy.
Instruments
Conrad Graf, the builder of the fortepiano used on this album, was the foremost piano builder in Vienna in the early 19th century, known for his instruments' solidity, stability of tuning, and sonorous tone.
Performer Biography
Soprano Martha Guth has performed operatic roles with the Santa Fe Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Grazer Oper in Austria, Opera Lyra in Ottawa, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
