TAILLEFERRE, G.: Her Piano Works, Revived, Vol. 1 (Horvath)

Germaine Tailleferre is best known for being the only female member of the French group of composers known as Les Six, and her stylish combination of neo-Classicism with a ready wit and energy can be compared to Poulenc and Milhaud. From the captivating Romance written while still a student, to her sparkling music for the 1937 Paris international exhibition, all of these pieces show Tailleferre as being very much at the heart of the contemporary French musical scene. This recording, described by the composer’s granddaughter as being ‘as though Tailleferre herself was perfoming these works’, is the first of three volumes presenting the complete piano music played by Nicolas Horvath.

Tracklist

Tailleferre, Germaine
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
1 Exercice d'Harmonie (Chant Donné par Florent Schmitt) 00:54
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
2 Impromptu in E Major 02:09
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
3 Romance in A Major 02:16
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
4 Pas trop vite 00:48
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
5 Pastorale in D Major 01:28
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
6 Fandango for Piano 01:44
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
7 Hommage à Debussy 00:46
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
8 Très vite 01:57
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
9 La naissance de Vénus, Part II: Grand Dieu des Enfers (arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs de Lully for piano) 01:17
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
10 Monsieur de Pourceaugnac: Répands, charmante nuit (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs de Lully for piano) 00:41
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
11 Le triomphe de l'amour: Air pour la jeunesse (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs de Lully for piano) 00:50
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Mancini, Francesco
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
12 Son confusa pastorella (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:33
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
13 Salustia, Act III: Per queste amare lagrime (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:36
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
14 Salustia, Act I: Soleva il traditore (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:33
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
15 Salustia, Act II: Il nocchier nella tempesta (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:22
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Leo, Leonardo
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
16 Il Demetrio, Act II: Sò che per gioco (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:53
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
17 Il Demetrio, Act I: Vorrei dai lacci (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 01:19
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Latilla, Gaetano
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
18 La pena che m'affanna (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:40
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Hasse, Johann Adolf
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
19 Spero si ch'Amor (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:38
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
20 Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325, Act I: Duri, e penosi (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:21
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Mazzocchi, Domenico
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
21 La catena d'Adone, Act IV: Lieti in grembo (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:32
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Rossi, Michelangelo
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
22 Plainte d'Erminia (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:26
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Lambert, Michel
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
23 Airs à 1-4 parties: Il n'est point d'amour sans peine, Ritournelle (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 1 for piano) 00:41
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Scarlatti, Alessandro
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
24 Comodo Antonino: Son lo scherzo (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 3 for piano) 00:41
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
25 Comodo Antonino: Cara e dolce rimembranza (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 3 for piano) 00:24
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Lanciani, Flavio Carlo
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
26 Gran pena amar lontane (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs italiens, Vol. 3 for piano) 00:18
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Destouches, André Cardinal
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
27 Les élémens, Prologue, "Le Chaos": Songez à faire usage (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 01:20
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
28 Les élémens: L'Eau: Tendre amour (excerpt, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:59
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
29 Cantates françoises, Book 3: Apollon: Ce n'est point pour servir (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:46
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Montéclair, Michel Pignolet de
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
30 Cantates à voix seule, Book 1: Le triomphe de la constance: Ne cédons point à l'inconstance (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:17
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Mouret, Jean-Joseph
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
31 Le triomphe des sens, Act II: Illustre et cher époux (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:54
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Philidor, François-André Danican
Tailleferre, Germaine - Arranger
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
32 Sancho Pança dans son isle: Il fallait le voir au village (beginning, arr. G. Tailleferre as Les Maîtres du Chant: Airs français, Vol. 2 for piano) 00:17
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Tailleferre, Germaine
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
33 Sous le rempart d'Athènes (version for piano) 15:48
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
34 Sicilienne 03:09
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
35 Pastorale in A-Flat Major 03:00
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
36 Pastorale in C Major 03:41
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
37 No. 1. Jasmin de Provence 01:11
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
38 No. 2. Coquelicot de Guyenne 00:39
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
39 No. 3. Rose d'Anjou 00:59
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
40 No. 4. Tournesol du Languedoc 01:06
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
41 No. 5. Anthémise du Roussillon 01:12
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
42 No. 6. Lavandin de Haute-Provence 00:51
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
43 No. 7. Volubilis du Béarn 00:41
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
44 No. 8. Bleuet de Picardie 01:00
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
45 Pastorale Inca 03:09
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
46 Pastorale Amazone 02:21
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
47 Berceuse in E-Flat Major 02:20
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
48 I. Allegro 01:04
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
49 II. Andante 01:37
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
50 III. Vif 01:04
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
51 IV. Lent 01:37
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
52 V. Allegro 01:21
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
53 Marche funèbre (comique?) 01:17
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
54 Moderato 02:48
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)
55 Allegro 02:05
Horvath, Nicolas (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:22:20