Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950): Suite de danses. Poème alpestre. 13 petites variations sur ‘La Suisse est belle’. Suite de ballet. Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Dir. Adriano.
'What marks out the work of Jaques-Dalcroze is a spontneity, an abundance of imagination, a fervour and a warmth that binds all of these together.' With these words Ernest Ansermet described the music of one of the most extraordinary Swiss creative musical personalities, the inventor of a famous method of co-ordinating music and bodily movement.
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