Boulanger Trio – Teach Me! (The Students of Nadia Boulanger) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Boulanger Trio – Teach Me! (The Students of Nadia Boulanger) (2021)
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Nadia Boulanger, or: Teaching as a Relationship. “I was accustomed to say that the composer must look far ahead into the future of his music. This seems to me to be the male train of thought: thinking at once of the whole future, of the entire fate of the idea, and preparing himself in advance for every possible eventuality. This is the manner in which a man builds his house, orders his affairs and arms himself for his wars. The other is the woman’s way of looking at the world, using good powers of judgement to address the immediate consequences of a problem, while failing to allow for more distant events. This is the approach of the seamstress, who could work with the most luxurious fabric, without thinking about how long it will last, provided it achieves the desired effect at the present moment. It need last no longer than the fashion. This is the approach of the kind of cook who prepares a salad without asking herself whether all the ingredients are right and go together well, whether they combine satisfactorily. A French sauce – or perhaps a Franco-Russian one – is poured over it and so everything is blended. Composing to such directions is consequently nothing but the production of a certain style.” (Der Segen der Sauce, p. 150)

Arnold Schoenberg directed his 1948 polemic against an unknown person of the feminine gender. He undoubtedly meant Nadia Boulanger. There were no other female teachers of composition at that time, her ancestry was Franco-Russian, and her work with Schoenberg’s polar opposite, Igor Stravinsky, was Franco-Russian too.

Tracklist:

01. Boulanger Trio – Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986): I. – (03:44)
02. Boulanger Trio – Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986): II. Scherzando (04:19)
03. Boulanger Trio – Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986): III. Andante (04:58)
04. Boulanger Trio – Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986): IV. Allegrissimo (04:53)
05. Boulanger Trio – West Side Story: Maria. Slowly and freely – Moderato con Anima (03:05)
06. Boulanger Trio – Vitebsk – Study a Jewish Theme (1929) (11:40)
07. Boulanger Trio – Head On (1967) (03:21)
08. Boulanger Trio – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Primavera Porteña (04:42)
09. Boulanger Trio – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño (07:31)
10. Boulanger Trio – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Otoño Porteño (05:29)
11. Boulanger Trio – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Invierno Porteño (06:56)
12. Boulanger Trio – Main Title from The Color Purple (05:20)

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