Xavier Parés

Xavier Parés & Patricia Siffert – Jaques-Dalcroze: Piano Music, Vol. 3 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:28 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

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 not so far from Debussy and Fauré – and animated by the blithe spirit of Chabrier.

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