ÉMILE JAQUES-DALCROZE (1865-1950): Music for Cello and Piano - 3 Morceaux, Op. 48, 4 Rythmes délaissés, Suite, Op. 9, 3 Esquisses.

Description: This album begins with the Morceaux of 1902. With a dialogue introduced by the cello as a soloist, the multi-part Lied romantique begins in a very unusual, free way. In the four Rythmes délaissés (1924), the composer uses rhythmic formulas such as short ostinati to combine them with singable melodic lines. The odd metres with which the first piece (C minor) begins in five-eighth time and with strikingly intoned arpeggios, and the frequent bar changes return in No. II (A major). The "Suite op. 9" is dedicated to his friend Adolf Rehberg, the brother of the much better known pianist and composer Willy Rehberg. For the French-speaking Swiss cellist, who taught at the Geneva Conservatory, Jaques-Dalcroze also suited the above-above-mentioned Lied romantique. A group of Pièces faciles published in 1907 go back to a children's concert performed by six- to sixteen-year-old students of the composer. Most of them are set for piano of two or four hands, those composed for violoncello and piano form an enchanting addition under the title 3 Esquisses. Pi-Chin Chien (cello), Bernhard Parz (piano).