This playlist celebrates International Women's Day through tracks by women composers from the 11th century to the present day. It traces these composers chronologically, from Hildegard von Bingen to Fanny Mendelssohn, via Barbara Strozzi and others. Works by these composers are interspersed with compositions by contemporary composers, inspired by Early Music or written for period instruments.

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TRACK LIST

Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)
1. Columba aspexit, BN 54 | Emma Kirkby, Christopher Page, Doreen Muskett & Gothic Voices
2. Responsory ‘Spiritui sancto’ | Anonymous 4
Leonora d’Este (1515–1575)
3. (attr.) Musica quinque vocum, No. 1: Tribulationes civitatum audivimus | Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens
4. (attr.) Vespere autem sabbati | Musica Secreta & Laurie Stras
Joanna Marsh (b. 1970)
5. The Veiled Sisters | Musica Secreta & Laurie Stras
Maddalena Casulana (1544–1590)
6. Come fiammeggia e splende | Fieri Consort
7. Dolci e vaghi augelletti | Fieri Consort
Francesca Caccini (1587–1640)
8. La liberazione di Ruggier dall'isola d'Alcina, Scene II: 'Ruggier de danni asprissimi' | Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel, Achim Schulz & Sabine Lutzenberger
9. Ciaccona | Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini & Gian Luca Lastraioli
Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
10. Kyrie after Byrd | Ora Singers & Suzi Digby
Lucrezia Vizzana (1590–1662)
11. Componimenti Musicali: I. 'Filii Syon exultate' | Musica Secreta
12. Componimenti Musicali: XX. 'Omnes gentes plaudite manibus' | Musica Secreta
Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
13. Two Sinfonias in 5 Parts: No. 5 | Fretwork
14. Two Sinfonias in 5 Parts: No. 6 Octave toni | Fretwork
Charlotte Bray (b. 1982)
15. Agnus Dei | Ora Singers & Suzi Digby
Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
16. Arietta: 'Amor dormiglione', Op. 2 No. 22 | Bellot Ensemble & Lucine Musaelian
17. Arie: 'Che si può fare', Op.8: No.6 | Bellot Ensemble & Lucine Musaelian
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
18. Trio Sonata, Op. 16, Sonata Undecima: IV. Allegro-Adagio-Allegro | Ensemble Giardino di Delizie & Ewa Anna Augustynowicz
19. O anima mea | Cappella Artemisia & Candace Smith
Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958)
20. Louis's Loops | Luca Quintavalle
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
21. Céphale et Procris, Act III: Passacaille | Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis
22. Le sommeil d'Ulisse: VIII. Sommeil | Isabelle Desrochers, Les Voix Humaines & Christrine Payeux
Elisabetta Da Gambarini (1731–1765)
23. Behold and Listen | Galliarda
24. Harpsichord Sonata No. 1: Allegretto | Galliarda
Miriam Monaghan
25. Kepler's Planets: Mercury | Palisander
Anna Amalia von Preussen (1723–1787)
26. Fugue in C, Am. B 479 | Ensemble Augelletti
27. Sonata in F: Adagio | Galliarda
Marianna Martines (1744–1812)
28. Ouverture in C: I. Allegro con spirito | La Floridiana
29. Il primo amore - Cantata: IV. 'Bella fiamma del mio core' (Aria) | Núria Rial, Nicoleta Paraschivescu & La Floridiana
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
30. String Quartet E flat: I. Adagio ma non troppo | Consone Quartet