Portrait de Femme
Track Listings
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1. La Arpa del Guerrero..3:24 Leo Brouwer
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2. La Huida de Los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos...4:21 Leo Brouwer
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3. Ballada de la Doncella Enamorada...5:58 Leo Brouwer
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4. Theme and Variations (Magic Flute)..8:14 Fernando Sor
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5. Beau Fleuve....3:42 Michael Chapdelaine
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6. Portrait de Femme..6:39 Michael Chapdelaine
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7. Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy.7:55 Sylvius Leopold Weiss
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8. Prelude 1...4:12
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9. Prelude 2...3:02
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10. Prelude 3...4:30
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11. Prelude 4...3:45
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12. Prelude 5...3:49 Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
60 minutes of beautiful music for classical guitar. This album includes the long awaited performances of Chapdelaine's compositions "Portrait de Femme" and "Beau Fleuve".
Portrait de Femme, Music, Various, Michael Chapdelaine, Acoustic Guitar Virtuoso, Michael Chapdelaine returns to his former identity as classical guitarist (for which he won the world's most coveted prize, First Prize in the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition) with "Portrait". An awesome CD
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- Fun to listen to!
- An interesting concept not quite realized
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Piano Dance: A 20th-Century Portrait
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Piano Music of John Adams & Terry Riley
ASIN: B00004UEKB
Release Date: 2000-07-25 |
Tracks:
- Red Ribbon Dance
- Sleepwalker's Shuffle
- Golliwog's Cakewalk
- Like A Tarantelle
- Shimmy
- Polka
- Hungarian Rock
- Rumanian Dance
- Tango
- Hesitation-Tango
- A Tortoise's Tango
- Waltz
- Mazurka
- Valse-Improvisation Sur Le Nom De Bach
- Waltz IV
- Percussion Dance
- Modern Love Waltz
- Lilt of the Reel
- Rigaudon
- Cancion Y Danza
- Danzas Criollas
- Illicit Felicity
- Conga
Amazon.com
For sheer entertainment value, it's hard to find a classical CD that will beat this one. Gloria Cheng has chosen an astonishing variety of 20th-century piano music with nothing in common except brevity and dance origins. The disc is full of familiar pieces (Debussy, Scriabin, Ravel, Prokofiev) and entertaining novelties (Albright, Martinu, Poulenc, Ginastera). Donald R. Davis's exercise in creative plagiarism, "Illicit Felicity," rates a special mention for its ingenuity. But really, unless you're allergic to Philip Glass, there isn't a loser on the entire program. Cheng plays brilliantly, with appropriate special emphasis on the dance rhythms of the music, and Telarc's sound engineering is typically realistic. It ain't profound, but this is still a marvelous program. --Leslie Gerber
Customer Reviews:
Fun to listen to!.......2000-09-18
Listening to this CD is fun. The CD has a diverse selection of contemporary dances for solo piano, ranging from familiar favorites, such as Gollywog's Cakewalk by Debussy, to lesser known and unconventional but charming works, such as del Aguila's Conga. The dances are varied and well-interpreted by Ms. Cheng, who brings poignancy to each one while maintaining throughout the CD a fun and energetic mood.
Ms. Cheng's playing is phenomenal, and I also enjoy her earlier CD of works by John Adams and Terry Riley. Both CD's show off her rich tone and appealing style, but the dance collection is the most entertaining. If you buy this CD, you'll probably find yourself listening to it frequently.
An interesting concept not quite realized.......2000-07-25
A very good concept. Take a noted pianist, in this case Gloria Cheng, and work with her on a program of 23 short works or short sections of larger works, all of which are one form or another of Dance--and you might come up with something good or possibly just a mixed bag. The Telarc release
(CD-80549) is such a program. The playing is wonderful, the results what you might expect, alas: a mixed bag.
A very definite positive about this program is that almost every selection was new to me. After all, how many of us are familiar with works like Miguel del Aguila's "Conga," Philip Glass's "Modern Love Reel," or Paul Hindemith's "Shimmy"? I mean, really! So there is much Joy of Discovery afforded by this CD; but with all but one piece running under 5 minutes (and that one at 9:26), a certain cloying factor creeps in after a while, and perhaps I should recommend this be played in small sections.
But all in all, what a treasure-trove of little-known pieces.
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Portrait de Femme
Manufacturer: Ratcat
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ASIN: B00093GH50
Release Date: 2005-03-01 |
Tracks:
- La Arpa del Guerrero..3:24 Leo Brouwer
- La Huida de Los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos...4:21 Leo Brouwer
- Ballada de la Doncella Enamorada...5:58 Leo Brouwer
- Theme and Variations (Magic Flute)..8:14 Fernando Sor
- Beau Fleuve....3:42 Michael Chapdelaine
- Portrait de Femme..6:39 Michael Chapdelaine
- Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy.7:55 Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Prelude 1...4:12
- Prelude 2...3:02
- Prelude 3...4:30
- Prelude 4...3:45
- Prelude 5...3:49 Heitor Villa-Lobos
Product Description
60 minutes of beautiful music for classical guitar. This album includes the long awaited performances of Chapdelaine's compositions "Portrait de Femme" and "Beau Fleuve".
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