Jaques-Dalcroze VCs from Guild

[Alan Howe]

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

[Mark Thomas]

Mmmm, tempting. Very tempting...

[Alan Howe]

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

[Alan Howe]

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!!