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ly Beynon, Andrew West - L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of 'The Six' for Flute and Piano (2012)

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ly Beynon, Andrew West - L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of 'The Six' for Flute and Piano (2012)

Emily Beynon, Andrew West - L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of 'The Six' for Flute and Piano (2012)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 73:22 | 239 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDH55386

'Les Six' (so named in 1920 by critic Henri Collet) hit the classical music scene with almost the same outrageous force with which the punk movement slammed into popular music in the 1970s and early '80s. It consisted of a group of six composers working in France: Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Georges Auric, Germaine Tailleferre and Louis Durey. Their music was largely a reaction against Impressionism and Wagnerism and incorporated the ideas of Satie and Cocteau with the popular styles of the time: French vaudeville, American jazz and café music.

Roderick Williams, Andrew West - Birdsong (2021)

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Roderick Williams, Andrew West - Birdsong (2021)

Roderick Williams & Andrew West - Birdsong (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 203 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 137 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:59:19
Classical, Vocal | Label: SOMM Recordings

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce Birdsong, a fascinating crossgender exploration of art songs associated with the female voice by baritone Roderick Williams, accompanied by pianist Andrew West. The recital features signature songs from the height of Romanticism by Brahms and Clara and Robert Schumann alongside a more recent quartet of sensuous songs by Sally Beamish. In his revealing foreword, Williams recalls having his choice of Brahms’s Sapphische Ode refused by competition organisers because it was “a woman’s song”. Returning recently to the work prompted him to question why some songs are considered gender specific. Birdsong is his response.