Happy Present Meet
Koechlin Dances for Ginger Op.163 for Piano 4 Hands
Five pieces of hommage on Ginger Rogers
Piano, Piano Four Hands, 1 Piano, 4 Hands
L`elan
Danse lente
Les tourbillons
La danse sous les etoiles (d’apres un episode de “Swing Time”)
Final / Apotheose de la danse
Year of composition: 1937-1939
The films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were theinspiration for “Danses pour Ginger”. Koechlin (1867?1950) was especially fascinated by “Swing Time” (directed by George Stevens; USA, 1936) and between1936 and 1940 went to see this film seven times.
The first two pieces are for piano solo and the remaining three for piano duet.
A recording by the piano duo of Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen is available on the Sony Classical label, SMK 89618.
작곡가 Koechlin, Charles
에디터 Nies, Otfrid