Composer: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Performer: Xavier Parés, Patricia Siffert
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0540
Release: 2019
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Musiques pour faire danser, Book 1
01. I. Le mielleux tzigane
02. II. O Sweet Arabella!
03. III. Entrée des trois chers vieux gentlemen
Trois esquisses genevoises sous forme de danses
04. No. 1, Le petit blond
05. No. 2, Otto Vautier
06. No. 3, Au thé-bazar!
Musiques pour faire danser, Book 2
07. I. La cuisinière bourgeoise
08. II. Loulou débute
09. III. Tchéco-slovaque?
Trois entrées dansantes
10. No. 1, L’ingénue
11. No. 2, L’oncle Tom (Rag-Time)
12. No. 3, Le fox-trot angoissé
Six danses bigarrées
13. No. 1, Mouvement de valse lente
14. No. 2, Giocoso
15. No. 3, Grazioso
16. No. 4, Assez lent
17. No. 5, Tranquillement
18. No. 6, Lourd et très rythmé
Trois rondeaux joyeux pour la danse
19. No. 1, Allegretto
20. No. 2, Gaîment
21. No. 3, Giocoso
22. Danse romande pour piano à quatre mains, Op. 68
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 that owes something to Debussy and Fauré – animated by the blithe spirit of Chabrier. Xavier Parés, a native of Barcelona, and Patricia Seiffert, from Fribourg, in Switzerland, have their own concert careers but both also teach at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva.