L'Album des Six: The Complete Works for Flute and Piano [Import]

Francis Poulenc (Composer), Georges Auric (Composer), Germaine Tailleferre (Composer), Louis Durey (Composer), Arthur Honegger (Composer), Darius Milhaud (Composer), Andrew West (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andrew West
• Composer: Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Germaine Tailleferre, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, et al.
• Audio CD (March 13, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000058UUW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A **real** female Welsh classical artist for our time :), June 13, 2001

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G.C. (St. Louis, MO, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: L'Album des Six: The Complete Works for Flute and Piano (Audio CD)

This is a terrific CD for fans of French flute music, from the six composers dubbed "Les Six" in the 1920's. All of their individual chamber pieces for flute are featured, scored variously for flute and piano or for solo flute, in addition to a suite for solo piano where all six of them contributed movements and whose title is that of the CD. Emily Beynon is the young (30-something) Welsh-born principal flutist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, and plays excellently on this CD. Andrew West is a splendid accompanist, and shines in his own right in the solo piano suite. The production and notes are up to Hyperion's usual high standard. It is best to listen to this music in relatively small doses rather than all at once. Having said that, enjoy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful performances of terrific music, February 21, 2004

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Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: L'Album des Six: The Complete Works for Flute and Piano (Audio CD)

There are some great performances here of well-known flute pieces like Honegger's Danse de la Chevre and Poulenc's Sonata for Flute and Piano, but the other tracks are also enjoyable. It is interesting to have all of the compositions of Les Six for flute solo and flute and piano on one CD.

We found the album enjoyable to listen to sequentially.

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