Castle Classics Tailleferre, Germaine (French 1892-1983)

G Tailleferre; F Poulenc: French Miniatures for Violin & Piano - Raimund Lissy, violin; Jan Latham-Koenig, piano

Label - VMS

Cat. No. - VMS604

Including TAILLEFERRE Adagio-Berceuse-Pastorale; Sonata No.2 for violin and piano; Sonatine for violin and piano; Valse; Seule dans la foret; Larghetto; POULENC Sonata for violin and piano; Nocturne; Bagatelle
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M Ravel; D Milhaud; G Tailleferre: String Quartets - Leipziger Streichquartett

Label - Dabringhaus und Grimm

Cat. No. - MDG30713592

Including RAVEL String Quartet; TAILLEFERRE String Quartet; MILHAUD String Quartet No. 4

Three examples of ground-breaking chamber music and of French music most flamboyant; and performed with crystalline clarity, with the Leipzig String Quartet placing its immense abilities in the service of Ravel, Tailleferre and Milhaud.

All three works have an immediately expressive language, deriving their emotional intensity from the development of, and links between, types of material that at first sight appear to be unconnected.

Ravel (1875-1937), Tailleferre (1892-1983) and Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) were all more or less the same age, having not yet turned thirty, when they wrote the string quartets that feature on this CD. In al three cases we are dealing with works by young composers that exude youthful zest and coruscating brilliance.

The sixty or so CDs that the Leipzig String Quartet have received countless awards and have been hailed by FONOFORUM, for example, as "benchmark performances" revealing "an optimum of fidelity to the work and artistic clarity".
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