Best Women Composers


[Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn]

Best Chamber Music by Women Composers

  1. Mel Bonis: Piano Quartet No 2 in D Major Op. 124
  2. Marie Jaëll: String Quartet in G Minor
  3. Isabella Leonarda: Sonata Op. 16 No 12 in D minor "Sonata Duodecima"
  4. Fanny Hensel: Piano Trio in D Minor Op. 11
  5. Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste / D’un matin de printemps for Piano Trio
  6. Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
  7. Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Trio Sonata No 2 in B-flat Major
  8. Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30
  9. Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Sonata (1919)
  10. Maddalena Sirmen: Duet for 2 Violins (from 6 Duets Op 5)
  11. Pauline Viardot: 6 Pièces pour violon et piano
  12. Maria Bach: String Quintet 1936
  13. Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf: Phantasie op. 21 for violin and piano
  14. Teresa Carreño: String Quartet in B Minor
  15. Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No 2 in A Minor Op. 24
  16. Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor Op. 67
  17. Germaine Tailleferre: Violin sonata No 1 in C-sharp Minor
  18. Nadia Boulanger: Trois Pièces pour violoncelle et piano
  19. Dora Pejačević: Piano quartet in D minor, Op. 25
  20. Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus for Viola and Piano
  21. Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A Minor
  22. Amanda Röntgen-Maier: Violin Sonata in B Minor
  23. Rosy Wertheim: Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon (1942)
  24. Rita Strohl: Grande Sonate dramatique "Titus et Bérénice"
  25. Ethel Smyth: Cello Sonata in A minor, op 5.
  26. Grazyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 4
  27. Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet
  28. Johanna Müller-Hermann: String Quintet
  29. Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3
  30. Laura Netzel: Piano Trio op.78

Symphonies and Concertos by Women Composers

  1. Wilhelmine of Prussia: Keyboard Concerto in G minor
  2. Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
  3. Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto B Dur
  4. Louise Farrenc: Symphony No 3 in G Minor
  5. Grazyna Bacewicz: Concerto for String Orchestra
  6. Sofie Menter: Ungarische Zigeunerweisen für Klavier und Orchester 
  7. Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony
  8. Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto
  9. Amanda Röntgen-Maier: Violin Concerto in D-minor
  10. Cécile Chaminade: Concertino for flute
  11. Marianna Martines: Concerto for keyboard in A Major
  12. Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for small Orchestra
  13. Nadia Boulanger: Fantaisie variée pour piano et orchestre
  14. Maddalena Laura Sirmen (Lombardini) - Violin Concerto Op 3 No 5 in B-flat major
  15. Lili Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme' 
  16. Elizabeth Maconchy: Nocturne for Orchestra 
  17. Germaine Tailleferre : Petite suite pour orchestre

 

Best Piano trios by Women Composers


P.S. I have only chosen music that could be linked to "official" live performances at Youtube. As orchestras are more conservative and less agile than chamber ensembles, there is more chamber music than orchestral music available by women composers and other "forgotten" composers.