This first CD by the Santa Fe Women's Ensemble focuses on music written about women. It specifically centers on the Virgin Mary, exploring her emotional maternal side and her spiritual transcendent aspects. The recording features six settings of the Ave Maria and includes that of Franz Biebl, Claudio Monteverdi and Gustav Holst. Also featured is a setting of the Stabat Mater by Dean Kerr Roush. The piece commissioned by the ensemble is for women's voices and solo cello. |
