{"product_id":"susan-tomes-women-and-the-piano-cd","title":"Susan Tomes - Women and the Piano [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: CDA68489 \u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 0034571284897\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 09 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘During my whole pianistic education, no teacher ever suggested I learn a piece by a female composer’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo writes pianist and author Susan Tomes, who is setting out to redress the historical neglect of women composers and pianists.\u003cbr\u003eHer new album, covering 250 years of piano history, gives a clear voice to at least seven virtually unknown names. Their extraordinary individual stories are revealed in Tomes’s thoughtful and deeply researched notes, allowing us to glimpse—often for the first time—their profound talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTomes’s solo debut on Hyperion forms a counterpart to her book ‘Women and the Piano’ (Yale University Press, 2024), which documents the history, music and lives of female pianists across the years.\u003cbr\u003eHere Schumann, Mendelssohn and Chaminade feature alongside US master Amy Beach. But surprises are aplenty, including a Sonata in A major by Haydn’s earliest piano pupil Marianne Martínez, and a ‘Caprice’ by Polish virtuoso Maria Szymanowska, who courageously toured Europe and was appointed first-ever pianist to the Tsarina’s St Petersburg court.\u003cbr\u003eAn intoxicating ‘Romance’ by Sophie Menter (Liszt’s favourite pupil, whom he referred to as ‘the piano itself’) is followed by an 1869 work by Venezuelan Teresa Carreño, whose ‘Un bal en rêve’ appears to contain a reference to the tune of Happy Birthday, seemingly 30 years before its publication!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe startling finale belongs to Raie da Costa, among the most famous light-music pianists of the age, whose short recording career encompassed no fewer than 100 albums for HMV Parlophone before her untimely death in 1934.\u003cbr\u003eEvery track offers an enlightening surprise from across the piano world: Tomes has deliberately selected shorter works to enable us to discover as many new voices as possible.\u003cbr\u003eThis deeply researched album forms part of Tomes’s lifelong ambition to open up classical music to all listeners: for 17 years she toured with chamber music ensemble Domus, winning not only a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for her pioneering work but also three Gramophone Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Susan Tomes distils the essence of a piece of music into its purest form in the most profound and moving way’ (The Scotsman)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eMartínez: Keyboard Sonata in A major - Movement 1: Allegro\u003cbr\u003eMartínez: Keyboard Sonata in A major - Movement 2: Rondo: Adagio\u003cbr\u003eMartínez: Keyboard Sonata in A major - Movement 3: Tempo di minuetto\u003cbr\u003eAuenbrugger: Keyboard Sonata in E flat major - Movement 1: Moderato\u003cbr\u003eAuenbrugger: Keyboard Sonata in E flat major - Movement 2: Largo\u003cbr\u003eAuenbrugger: Keyboard Sonata in E flat major - Movement 3: Rondo: Allegro\u003cbr\u003eMontgeroult: Étude No 106 in B major\u003cbr\u003eSzymanowska: Caprice sur la romance de Joconde\u003cbr\u003eMendelssohn (Fanny): Abschied von Rom\u003cbr\u003eSchumann (C): Soirées musicales, Op 6 - No 2: Notturno\u003cbr\u003eSchumann (C): 3 Romances, Op 21 - No 3 in G minor: Agitato\u003cbr\u003eMenter: Romance, Op 5\u003cbr\u003eCarreño: Un bal en rêve, Op 26\u003cbr\u003eOhe: Melodie, Op 4 No 1\u003cbr\u003eBeach: Sketches, Op 15 - No 3: Dreaming\u003cbr\u003eChaminade: Études de concert, Op 35 - No 2: Automne\u003cbr\u003eDa Costa: Razor blades\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340839501980,"sku":"CDA68489","price":16.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/susantomes.jpg?v=1786110026","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/susan-tomes-women-and-the-piano-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}