Émile JAQUES-DALCROZE: Piano Music, Volume Three
The Swiss composer Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950) is best remembered for his development of Eurhythmics, which teaches the appreciation of music through movement. The buoyant miniatures recorded here document his fascination with dance, including a flirtation with jazz and ragtime, although the apparent innocence of the music conceals a striking degree of metrical and rhythmic complexity, cast in a style not so far from Debussy and Fauré – and animated by the blithe spirit of Chabrier.
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Xavier Parés, piano (Tracks 1 – 6, 10 – 12), piano duet (Track 22)
Patricia Siffert, piano (Tracks 7 – 9, 13 – 21), piano duet (Track 22)
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Musiques pour faire danser, Book 1 (publ. 1924)
- I Le mielleux tzigane
- II O sweet Arabella
- III Entrée des trois chers vieux gentlemen
- No. 1 Le petit blond
- No. 2 Otto Vautier
- No. 3 Au thé-bazar!
- I La cuisinière bourgeoise
- II Loulou débute
- III Tchéco-slovaque?
- No. 1 Lingénue
- No. 2 Loncle Tom (rag-time)
- No. 3 Le fox-trot angoissé
- No. 1 Mouvement de valse lente
- No. 2 Giocoso
- No. 3 Gracioso
- No. 4 Assez lent
- No. 5 Tranquillement
- No. 6 Lourd et très rythmé
- No. 1 Allegretto
- No. 2 Gaiement
- No. 3 Giocoso
- Danse romande pour piano à quatre mains, Op. 68 (c. 1899)
Trois esquisses genevoises sous forme de danses (c. 1915–20)
Musiques pour faire danser, Book 2 (publ. 1924)
Trois entrées dansantes (publ. 1924)
Six danses bigarrées (1937)
Trois rondeaux joyeux pour la danse (publ. 1933)
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