Esther Abrami - Women (Out 25/4/25)

Esther Abrami

“Women” by celebrated violinist and social media sensation Esther Abrami showcases the exceptional talent of 14 remarkable composers across history and a range of genres, spanning newly composed works and rediscovered masterpieces. The album features Oscar winners Rachel Portman and Anne Dudley, as well as new arrangements of compositions by historic composers such as Pauline Viardot, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Teresa Carreño or Ethel Smyth. “Women” also includes “Transmission”, an original composition by Esther Abrami, who has arranged several pieces on the album. At its heart is the world-premiere recording of Ina Boyle’s Violin Concerto, a breathtaking, late-Romantic composition.

“Women” brings together an extraordinary lineup of collaborators, including the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Irene Delgado-Jiménez, pianist Kim Barbier, harpist Lavinia Meijer,and the Esther Abrami Quintet.

TRACKLISTING  

1) March of the Women* (Ethel Smyth / Esther Abrami)

2) Valse Di Fantastica* (Yoko Shimomura)

3) Flowers* (Miley Cyrus)

4) Hai Luli! (Pauline Viardot) with Lavinia Meijer and the Esther Abrami Quintet

5) Wiegala (Ilse Weber) with the Esther Abrami Quintet

6) Corta Jaca (Chiquinha Gonzaga) with the Esther Abrami Quintet

7) Medhel an Gwyns* (Anne Dudley)

8) O Virtus Sapientiae (Hildegard von Bingen) with the Esther Abrami Quintet

9) Apple Tree* (Rachel Portman)

10-12) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (To the Memory of My Mother)* (Ina Boyle)

13) Mi Teresita ‘Little Waltz’* (Teresa Carreño)

14) Lua Branca (Chiquinha Gonzaga) with Kim Barbier

15) Solitude (Rita Strohl) with Kim Barbier

16) Transmission* (Esther Abrami)

* Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Irene Delgado-Jiménez