Nicolas Freeling Criminal Conversation

La réédition des enquêtes de l'inspecteur Van der Valk, le Maigret hollandais. La série télévisée - librement inspirée des romans de Nicolas Freeling - est diffusée sur France 3. Van der Valk ne cesse de croiser la route de la belle et désinvolte Lucienne Englebert, dont le père, chef d'orchestre de renom, a récemment perdu la vie lors d'un accident de voiture. Puis l'inspecteur est accaparé par la mort a priori banale d'un homme, poignardé à Amsterdam. …

Germaine Tailleferre is best known for being the only female member of the French group of composers known as Les Six, and her stylish combination of neo-Classicism with a ready wit and energy can be compared to Poulenc and Milhaud. From the captivating Romance written while still a student, to her sparkling music for the 1937 Paris international exhibition, all of these pieces show Tailleferre as being very much at the heart of the contemporary French musical scene. This recording, described by the composer’s granddaughter as being ‘as though Tailleferre herself was perfoming these works’, is the first of three volumes presenting the complete piano music played by Nicolas Horvath.

In this wonderfully planned programme the whimsical poetry of York Bowen’s Hans Andersen ‘fragments’—music for a fully-fledged technique, despite the fairy-tale titles—is pleasingly complemented by the bravura of the studies. Nicolas Namoradze proves more than equal to the demands of both.