"In totaI, Maria Bach left more than 400 works to posterity. Most of them are songs and choral works, followed by smaller piano works; not unlike Edvard Grieg or Hugo Wolff, she was an expert in this field, although she also composed three ballets consisting of small orchestral piano pieces. Her most ambitious works are the few excursions into the field of Chamber music (solo cello sonata, cello sonata, piano quartet and quintet, String Quintet and two String Quartets), with which she dared to confront the traditions of the major, established genres. Enjoy Oliver TriendI with an outstanding chamber music ensemble presenting this album.