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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 19 November 2009, 18:18

Title: Jaques-Dalcroze VCs from Guild
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 19 November 2009, 18:18
Guild have announced the release of two VCs by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Details and audio samples here...

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Emile-Jaques-Dalcroze-Violinkonzert-op-50/hnum/8775596 (http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Emile-Jaques-Dalcroze-Violinkonzert-op-50/hnum/8775596)
Title: Re: Jaques-Dalcroze VCs from Guild
Post by: Mark Thomas on Thursday 19 November 2009, 21:52
Mmmm, tempting. Very tempting...
Title: Re: Jaques-Dalcroze VCs from Guild
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 19 November 2009, 23:42
I've already given in to temptation. Here's the order page at Guild's own website...

http://www.guildmusic.com/shop/wbc.php?sid=5556320458e4&tpl=produktdetail.html&pid=8720&rid=261&recno=5 (http://www.guildmusic.com/shop/wbc.php?sid=5556320458e4&tpl=produktdetail.html&pid=8720&rid=261&recno=5)
Title: Re: Jaques-Dalcroze VCs from Guild
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 01 December 2009, 22:33
This music is very original. No.1 is a traditionally-structured work in an attractive late-Romantic style, but No.2 is more like a rhapsodic tone poem in two movements with violin solo - and seems rather more serious in tone.

Toskey makes comparisons with Chausson, but J-D's music sounds less luxuriant to me - although pleasing, there is a higher general level of dissonance than with Chausson (e.g. his Poème). Incidentally, Toskey vastly underestimates the length of each piece: No.1 takes approx. 34 mins, and No.2 approx. 40 mins, whereas Toskey estimates 25 and 20 minutes respectively!!