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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0822186050330 Label: Valois Manufacturer: Valois Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Valois Release Date: September 20, 2005 Studio: Valois Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A WELCOME DISCOVERYUntil I purchased this recording, I had not previously heard any of Louise Farrenc's music. This recording of some of her Musique de chambre is delightful in every way. The chamber music on this album is highly "fragrant" French romantic chamber music is very enticing. I particularly enjoyed the pieces for winds and strings opus 38 and the Piano Trio. I found the solo piano pieces, to me, to be mere trifles. However, all-in-all a fine introduction, for me, to a rather unknown composer. (Do read ... Read More Rating:  - Music Worthy of RevivalLouise Farrenc (1804-1875), a member of a Parisian family of artists and intellectuals, displayed musical talent early in her life and became a piano virtuoso making appearances by her mid-teens. She studied composition with Anton Reicha, but had to do so privately since the Paris Conservatoire did not admit female students in the early years of the 19th century. She later became the only female professor at the Conservatoire during the entire 19th century and is probably the only French woman composer ... Read More |
