Germaine Tailleferre News
French composer (1892-1983)
- piano
- classical music
- France
- composer, choreographer, musicologist, pianist
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2024-04-19 07:03:42
Of significance as the sole female member of the post-World War I group of French composers known as
2024-03-28 03:30:00
Lang Lang: Saint-Saens
by Bill HeckSaint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, Piano Concerto 2; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte; Debussy: Petite Suite 71; Faure: In paradisium; Delibes: Delibes: Lakmé: Flower Duet; Saint-Saens: Toccata after the Fifth Concerto (from Six Études pour piano op. 111); Faure: Pavane op. 50; Farrenc: Étude No. 10; Sohy: Song without Words; Tailleferre: Valse lente; Bonis: The Little One Falls Asleep; Boulanger: Of a Bright Garden; Saint-Saens: The Swan. Lang Lang, Gina Alice (pianos), Gewandhaus Orchestra cond, Andris Nelsons. DG 505859 Based on an admittedly very small sample, it seems that DG is interested in producing events as much as producing recordings. I suppose that’s their business, and but my curmudgeonly side is, shall we say, a little jaded. There’s no doubt that Lang Lang is a musical superstar, and I suppose that it’s natural for DG to be trading on that fame. Thus, you can find video sections […]
2024-01-27 12:00:34
The virtuoso violists return to the radical 17th-century soundworld of Matthew Locke. Plus, chamber works by Boulanger, Chaminade, Tailleferre and Smyth• Never assume that because viol music, by its nature, is soft, it is therefore safe and gentle. On
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