Smith, Alice Mary - Symphonies - London Mozart Players, Shelley

Smith, Alice Mary - Symphonies - London Mozart Players, Shelley
Symphonic | Eac, flac, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 268 MB
March 22, 2005 | Chandos | RapidShare

From the era when England was believed to have produced no composers, and when women in particular were understood as incapable of composing in the larger genres, Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) wrote three brilliant symphonies as well as other works including cantatas and string quartets.

The symphony premiered in 1863, the A minor Symphony, composed under a pseudonym, completed in 1876. Alice Mary Smith (1839-84), born into a well-to-do London family and later known under her married name of Mrs Meadows White, was a pupil of Sterndale Bennett and Macfarren.


CD Content

# Symphony in A minor
# Andante for clarinet & orchestra
....Performed by London Mozart Players
....with Angela Malsbury (clarinet)
# Symphony in C minor