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4/5 ★ "Samantha Ege's project to rediscover semi-forgotten women composers is proceeding apace with this excellently performed release." Michael Church - BBC Music Magazine
"Samantha Ege is a determined player... She does lovely things with Perry’s 1990 Homage and takes on the full horror and lament of Moore’s 1987 Soweto" Ateş Orga - International Piano Magazine
Featuring music by:
Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Zenobia Powell Perry
Undine Smith Moore
5/5 ★ "Ege's pianism is delicately inflected throughout." Michael Church - BBC Music Magazine
4/5 ★ "Ege performs them with masterly assurance."
Warwick Thompson - Pianist Magazine
"Samantha Ege's work on the music of Florence Price has already been revelatory. This is memorable music, beautifully played. Ege's playing is faultless."
Colin Clarke - International Piano Magazine
Winner of the 2021 American Musicological Society's Noah Greenberg Award for outstanding contributions to historical performing practices.
4/5 ★ "Ege is adept at revealing the contours of the melody underneath the profusion of Price’s rich harmonies." Ivan Hewett - The Telegraph
4/5 ★ "Ege is an accomplished and absorbing guide." Claire Jackson - BBC Music Magazine
"Triumphs indeed...that’s a testament to how Ege has brought this music to the life it more than deserves." David Allen - The New York Times
"These Fantasies capture Price at her most expressive, and this performance finds Ege at her most intuitive." Michael Andor Bordeur - The Washington Post
4.5/5 ★ "Stunning piano music by four neglected female composers." Lisa MacKinney - Limelight
4/5 ★ "Ege is our trusted guide through lesser-known piano works both dynamic and beautiful." Michael Beek - BBC Music Magazine
"Samantha Ege is to be congratulated...for her goal to bring the music of these composers to greater public awareness." Judith Mabary - International Alliance for Women in Music
"Ege understands these pieces on a fundamental level, and her rapport with the music comes shining through in her playing." Meg Wilhoite - Sound Meets Sound
Photograph by Ash Sealy