Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Performer: Adalberto Maria Riva
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0627
Release: 2023
Size: 513 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
3 Morceaux, Op. 8
01. No. 3, Valse-Caprice
6 Danses romandes, Op. 37
02. No. 1, Moderato risoluto
03. No. 2, Allegretto moderato
04. No. 3, Allegretto giocoso
05. No. 4, Tempo di valsa
06. No. 5, Allegro risoluto
07. No. 6, Allegretto
12 Danses
08. No. 1, Allegretto
09. No. 2, Allegro con ritmo
10. No. 3, Andante misterioso
11. No. 4, Moderato grazioso
12. No. 5, Andante con tenerezza
13. No. 6, Allegretto quasi valse lente
14. No. 7, Allegretto semplice
15. No. 8, Allegro giocoso
16. No. 9, Andante tranquillo
17. No. 10, Allegro risoluto
18. No. 11, Allegretto
19. No. 12, Allegro scherzando
32 Musiques en zigzags
20. No. 1, Naïvement
21. No. 2, Vif et fort
22. No. 3, Avec une candeur d’autrefois
23. No. 4, Commodément et avec un sourire satisfait
24. No. 5, Avec hésitation
25. No. 6, D’un ton bon enfant
26. No. 7, Avec une pesanteur obstinée
27. No. 8, Avec tendresse et mélancolie
28. No. 9, Mouvement de valse
29. No. 10, Rude et incisif
30. No. 11, Lent, avec quelques sautes d’humeur
31. No. 12, Avec un brio étincelant
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 on this fourth album of his piano music document his fascination with dance, but nonetheless display a degree of variety: some are winsome and charming, others vigorous and folk-like, and occasionally they suggest echoes of some of his French contemporaries, not least Chabrier, Debussy, Fauré and Ravel.