Ragazze Quartet - But Not My Soul: Price, Dvořák & Giddens (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 297 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:51
Classical | Label: Channel Classics Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 297 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:51
Classical | Label: Channel Classics Records
Ragazze Quartet perform works by two female composers Rhiannon Giddens (*1977) and Florence Price (1887-1953), combined with the ‘American’ String Quartet No.12 by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). Florence Price was the first African-American woman to be recognized for her symphonies, yet her music was forgotten for many years. Her String Quartet No.2 is a mix of European romanticism, her ‘Southern’ roots, the emerging blues and African-American spirituals. The title of the album derives from a song Rhiannon Giddens wrote after seeing a 19th-century advertisement for a 22-year-old female slave whose 9-month-old baby was also for sale, but 'at the purchaser’s option'.