Germaine Tailleferre; Darius Milhaud - Mélodies & Chansons (Holger Falk; Steffen Schleiermacher)

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Composer: Germaine Tailleferre; Darius Milhaud

• Milhaud - Catalogue de Fleurs
• Milhaud - Chants Populaires hébraïques
• Tailleferre - La Rue Chagrin pour voix et piano
• Tailleferre - Six Chansons françaises
• Tailleferre - Deux Poèmes de Lord Byron
• Tailleferre - Pancarte pour une Porte d'Entrée
• Tailleferre - L'Adieu du Cavalier, Hommage à Francis Poulenc
• Tailleferre - Vocalise-Étude pour voix et piano
• Tailleferre - Trois Chansons de Jean Tardieu
• Milhaud - Trois Chansons de Troubadour
• Milhaud - Deux Chansons pour "Folle du Ciel"
• Milhaud - Deux Chansons pour "Tu ne m'échapperas jamais"

Holger Falk, baritone

Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

Date: 2023

Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG)

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Germaine Tailleferre (19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer. She studied piano with her mother at home, at the Paris Conservatory where she met other members of Les Six, and with Maurice Ravel at his home in Montfort-l'Amaury. Despite facing opposition from her father and first husband, Tailleferre still pursued her passion and became a successful composer. Her music is often characterized by a light and playful style, with influences from neoclassicism and French Impressionism. Her most important works include the First Piano Concerto, the Harp Concertino, ballets and film scores.

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Darius Milhaud (4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor and teacher. Born in Marseille, he studied under Paul Dukas and Vincent d'Indy at the Paris Conservatory, and was a member of Les Six. A prolific composer, Milhaud wrote more than 400 works, including radio and motion-picture scores, a setting of the Jewish Sabbath Morning Service, 13 symphonies, choral works, the two-piano suite Scaramouche, 18 string quartets and other chamber works. His students include Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis, among others

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Holger Falk (born 1972) is a German baritone opera singer. He began singing as a boy with the famous Regensburg Cathedral Boys' Choir followed by vocal studies at the Wurzburg Conservatory, in Milan with Sigune von Osten, Franco Corelli and with Neil Se-mer, among others. After completing his studies, Falk was a member of the Frankfurt Opera Choir for two years and then began his solo career as an opera and song singer, focusing on songs of the 20th and 21st centuries. His recordings include Hanns Eislers' songs, Erik Satie's Mélodies et Chansons, and Francis Poulenc's all 115 melodies, among others.

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Steffen Schleiermacher (born Halle, 3 May 1960) is a German composer, pianist, and conductor. He studied piano, composition and conducting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music in Leipzig, the Academy of Arts in Berlin, and the Cologne Academy of Music. Schleiermacher has concertized as a soloist with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Münchner Philharmoniker, among others. Concert tours have taken him throughout the Europe, South America and the Far East. His recordings amount to more than 80 CDs with labels such as Hat Art, Wergo, MDG. 

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