Using Musescore 'Women' rather than 'Alto' results in interrupted playback

Attached test1.mscz which is normal playback.
test2.mscz has Alto changed to Women and the A in bar 2 on 'the' is very brief.
If I change it to a G, it plays normally.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.2.1-240230937, revision: d757433