Capturing the final collaboration between Gertrude Stein (text) and Virgil Thomson (music), which Gertrude didn't live to hear, this very unique 2-CD opera focuses on Susan B. Anthony, the pioneer 19th century women's rights activist.

This recording draws upon her large collection of music & poetry, and is lovely even to ears with little classical or devotional inclination. Her pieces frequently present visions of women - St. Ursula, Virgin Mary - sometimes with erotic imagery.

Conducted by JoAnn Falletta, this country's premier women's orchestra performs works by Lili Boulanger, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, and Germaine Tailleferre.

The theme is springtime and reawakening... an alluring magical world of spells, risky maidens, lovers' potions, drinking songs and sexual liaisons. This 2000 release marks a significant and evolutionary musical progression for the Baebes.

Hildegard's rhapsodic chants, inspired by the legend of St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins, are full of imagery, as our favorite classical female vocal quartet weaves a hypnotic web of sound.