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Notable Women

Already a phenomenal critical success, Notable Women has been recommended by the New Yorker Magazine's Alex Ross on The Rest is Noise as well as:

• Naxos "Critics Choice January 2012"
• WQXR New York "Album of the Week"
• Guardian UK "Hidden Gems of 2011"
• Zantion "Recording of the Month"

• Strad Magazine
• Gramophone Magazine
• International Record Review
• Strings Magazine

Other reviews:

"The Lincoln Trio takes the listener on a musical journey full of energy, vigor, and excellent timing ... In all, this album is a unique entity with works by talented women composers and a talented group of musicians who deserve to be lauded."

Allmusic.com

"This disc, their first full CD release, on the Chicago-based Cedille label is a revelation! This is a marvelous program and the Lincoln Trio performs brilliantly. They are wonderful musicians with a very clear and most gratifying commitment to contemporary music."

Audio Audition

"Hard to say who's most "notable": violinist Desiree Ruhstrat, pianist Marta Aznavoorian, cellist David Cunliffe, or the six composers featured on this excellent collection. The musicians, certainly, do their part, rendering the scores with masterly finesse, but the composers do the boundary-pushing. Jennifer Higdon's trio aims to evoke literal color, while Lera Auerbach's trio sets a new standard of personal expression. Also "notable" are works by Augusta Read Thomas and Joan Tower. Grade: A"

Zachary Lewis, Cleveland Plain Dealer music critic

"It’s a standard-setter for sure, displaying the technical polish and emotional depth of the Lincolns (Desirée Ruhstrat is a fast-fingered violinist, Marta Aznavoorian a soulful pianist and David Cunliffe a cellist whose polish gives way to moments of artful recklessness)." .....Higdon’s two-movement work is not only indicative of the composer’s uncanny, borderline synesthete ability to coax out a rainbow of yellow and red tones from her instrumentalists, but also the Lincolns’s flair for the same. It’s a work that has been recorded before with equally sharp players, but this particular blend is one of those moments in which you cannot imagine any other musicians take on this work and have it sound so complete. Here there’s no gender, just pure music."

Album of the Week, WQXR New York