Music of Germaine Tailleferre Vol. 2

On this CD:

1. Largehtto for piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi

2. Valse lente, for piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi

3. Piano Concerto
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi
Conducted by Nicole Paiement

4. Pastorale for piano in A flat major
Composed by John Dowland
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi

5. Partita for chamber ensemble
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre

6. Work(s) Unspecified Pastorale for violin & piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Susan Brown, Josephine Gandolfi

7. Concerto for flute & piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi, Leta E. Miller

8. Impromptu for piano
Composed by Germaine Tailleferre
Performed by Josephine Gandolfi

Tracks:

Deux pieces por piano: Larghetto
Valse lente
Concerto Pour Piano: Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Pastorale en lab pour piano
Partita - Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Pastorole Pour Violin and Piano
Concerto Pour Flute Et Piano - I. Pastorale
II. Intermezzo
III. Nocturne
IV. Rondo (final)
Impromptu

Customer Reviews:

comment.......2006-02-19

This disc is volume II to the 1996 release of Tailleferre's music by Helicon. Although perhaps not as attractive as the first volume, there is no reason to dismiss the disc as a failure. Slower tempi or not, overall, these are good performances, and if you are collecting Tailleferre's recordings as I am, you will want to have this recording.

This is not a very good Tailleferre CD.......2003-07-02

This CD completely misses the point. The tempi are too slow. The performances are not up to the level required to do justice to this music. What is especially missing is the sense of humour and wit which is necessary for this repertoire. This isn't the music of some University professor who's fishing for tenure....This is the music of a real musician who wrote for real performing musicians. The lackluster performances by this conductor and this ensemble are not what the composer had in mind....

The Concertino for Flute and Piano is NOT the orchestration done by Germaine Tailleferre, but a reconstructed version which doesn't sound at all like what you hear on the original Radio France performance.

Don't buy this recording. It doesn't have the sparkle or the polish that this music requires. It's a waste of your time and money.

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