Emile Jaques-Dalcroze - New CD

[adriano]

There are also two CDs of the Swiss Label GALLO, one with Jaques-Dacroze's songs and another one with his String Quartet, Novellettes et Caprices, Quatre Danses Frivoles and Rondo Scherzando.
"Sancho" was actually withdrawn and blocked for further performances by the composer himself and there is the talk of producing in Geneva a compllete CD version of "La Veillée" (lasting 70 minutes).
Some of the pieces on my 2 previous recordings are quite good, like Suite de Danses (my favourite) and Tableaux Romands (lasting 50 minutes!). The 13 Little Variations on "La Suisse est belle" are always played on the Radio on our National Day. Of "Sancho" I also recorded his ballet music suite on my first Sterling disc; nice pieces. 1914, Impressions Tragiques and Poème Alpestre are rather pathetic, but very effective and well orchestrated.

[eschiss1]

by "the Radio" do you mean Radio Swiss Classic ? I've tuned in to their stream from time to time. I'll see if I can catch that. Thanks.

[adriano]

No, this was just the normal program. Swiss Classics usually waits a longer time before new CDs go in there and I doubt whether they would offer it as a stream.

The CD was sent in two different braucasts of the SRF2 Kultur program, each containg a half):

https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/ch-musik/generation-aufbruch-die-fruehe-moderne-in-der-schweizer-musik
https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/concerto/der-rhythmiker-als-komponist-emile-jaques-dalcroze