Search - Nicole Paiment :: Music of Germaine Tailleferre Vol. 2

This is not a very good Tailleferre CD

Paul Wehage | Paris, France | 07/02/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This CD completely misses the point. The tempi are too slow. The performances are not up to the level required to do justice to this music. What is especially missing is the sense of humour and wit which is necessary for this repertoire. This isn't the music of some University professor who's fishing for tenure....This is the music of a real musician who wrote for real performing musicians. The lackluster performances by this conductor and this ensemble are not what the composer had in mind.... The Concertino for Flute and Piano is NOT the orchestration done by Germaine Tailleferre, but a reconstructed version which doesn't sound at all like what you hear on the original Radio France performance. Don't buy this recording. It doesn't have the sparkle or the polish that this music requires. It's a waste of your time and money."