L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of "The Six" for Flute and Piano / Emily Beynon, flute; Andrew West, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Andrew West (Piano)

Composers

• Georges Auric (1899 - 1983)
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983)
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Louis Durey (1888 - 1979)

Notes & Reviews:

Fanfare
Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one... urgently recommended to everyone who has even a passing interest in fine flute-playing or works of this period.

Gramophone Magazine
Emily Beynon plays quite beautifully throughout. This is a welcome recording.

Sunday Times
An ingenious piece of programming by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's (Welsh) principal flautist and the pianist Andrew West: they have gathered together the complete works for flute and piano by the group of French composers known as Les Six and titled the record after the only work - a set of solo piano pieces - on which all six collaborated. Although the 'collectivisation' of these six musical personalities was the brainwave of a music critic in 1920, the flute and piano pieces recorded here date from the early 1920s to the 1970s. Poulenc's dazzling Sonata (1957), brilliantly played by Beynon and West, is the highlight of an absorbing and hugely entertaining disc.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000).

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Works Details

Poulenc, Francis : Sonata for Flute and Piano

• Performers: Emily Beynon (Flute); Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 12 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1956-1957

Auric, Georges : Aria, for flute & piano

• Performers: Andrew West (Piano); Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1970

Tailleferre, Germaine : Pastorale, for flute & piano in C major

• Performers: Andrew West (Piano); Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Auric, Georges : Imaginées 1, for flute & piano

• Performers: Andrew West (Piano); Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 8 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Auric, Georges : Prélude for piano (From Album des Six)

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Durey, Louis : Romance sans paroles for piano (From Albem des Six)

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Honegger, Arthur : Sarabande, for piano (for inclusion in "Album des Six"), H. 26

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1920

Milhaud, Darius : Mazurka, for piano (published in collaborative work, "Album des Six"), no opus number assigned

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914

Poulenc, Francis : Valse (pour Micheline Soulé), for piano in C major (for collab. work, Album des Six), FP 17

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1919

Tailleferre, Germaine : Pastorale, for flute & piano in C major

• Performer: Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Durey, Louis : Sonatine for flute & piano, Op. 25

• Performers: Andrew West (Piano); Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 9 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Honegger, Arthur : Danse de la chèvre, for solo flute, H. 39

• Performer: Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1921

Honegger, Arthur : Romance, for flute & piano in G minor, H. 211

• Performers: Emily Beynon (Flute); Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1952-1953

Tailleferre, Germaine : Forlane, for flute & piano

• Performers: Emily Beynon (Flute); Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 11/1972

Durey, Louis : Deux dialogues, for solo flute, Op. 114

• Performer: Emily Beynon (Flute)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1974

Milhaud, Darius : Sonatina for flute & piano, Op. 76

• Performers: Emily Beynon (Flute); Andrew West (Piano)
• Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)
• Running Time: 8 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922