Hilda Sehested (1858-1936)
Fantasiestücke

Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913)
Elégie, op. 14
Nocturne, op. 13

Ethel Barns (1873-1948)
L'Escarpolette

Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944)
La Captive, op. 40/1
Berceuse, op. 40/2
Mazurka, op. 40/3

Mélanie Bonis (1858-1937)
Sérénade

Ethel Harraden (1857-1917)
Mélodie
Tristesse

Marie Clémence de Grandval (1830-1907)
Trois Pièces

Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann, violoncelle
Elisabeth Aigner-Monarth, piano

Women were not always allowed to compose – often due to restrictions imposed by their families or for social reasons. Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann, cello, and Elisabeth Aigner-Monarth, piano, illustrate on this album by the title “lost & found” the compositional activity of women in that era, in which composing for women was increasingly recognized. Their lists of works contain mainly short chamber music pieces, less often large-scale orchestral works. This selection of works also takes this into account and offers a compilation of character pieces from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Female composers from France, Great Britain, Denmark and north-eastern Europe like Mel Bonis, Amy Beach, Ethel Barns, Hilda Sehested or Marie Clémence de Grandval, among others, are given a voice and document the musical range of this genre.