Leonarda Records' audiocassette of the E minor piano trio by Louise Farrenc; flute and piano pieces by Lili Boulanger, Hoover, and Tailleferre; and Elegy for a Whale (trio and whale) by Ulehla. Katherine Hoover, flute; Carter Brey, cello; Barbara Weintraub and Virginia Eskin, piano. #LE 304cs. Total Time 42:21. Composer bios and program notes. Performer bios. Leonarda Home Page

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For the Flute

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Louise Dumont Farrenc (1804-1875) (France)
Trio in E minor, Op. 45 (23:03) (Hoover, Brey, Weintraub)

Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) (France)
Pastorale (2:40) (Hoover, Eskin)

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) (France)
Nocturne (2:30)
D'un Matin de Printemps (4:46) (Hoover, Eskin)

Katherine Hoover (b.1937) (USA)
On the Betrothal of Princess Isabelle of France, Aged 6
(from "The Medieval Suite") (3:04) (Hoover, Eskin)

Ludmila Ulehla (b.1923) (USA)
Elegy for a Whale (10:43) (Hoover, Brey, Weintraub, taped whales)

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Reviews: Recording: "an appealing album" OP: Independent Music. Farrenc: "Very well crafted in a 'Mendelsschumannesque' mold." Stereo Review. "The charm and facility of the piece remind one of Mendelssohn, and it is excellently played." Kansas City Star. "This work is a four-movement charmer, somewhat in the Mendelssohn style, but with a quite original approach to tonality and a lovely style of writing for the instruments." American Record Guide. Tailleferre: "Engaging" Stereo Review. "beautiful study in folk-style, harmonized with particularly sensitivity" American Record Guide. Boulanger: "Models of Gallic taste" Stereo Review. "two lovely Debussyan pieces...[D'un Matin is] full of joy and pungent harmonies." American Record Guide. Hoover: "Delicately evocative" Stereo Review. "anachronistically Impressionistic, though its piquant melody gives it a different twist and charm" OP: Independent Music. Ulehla: "Provocative" Stereo Review. "This is an improvisatory-sounding, but attractive piece ending a thought-provoking record." American Record Guide

Recording: Recording producer: Marnie Hall. Recording engineer: Norman Mendenhall. Post production: Marnie Hall. Recorded at the Hebrew Arts School, New York City , 1980. Mastering: producer: Marnie Hall; digital editor: Allen Tucker (Foothill Productions), 1990. Support: This recording is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support was provided by individual donors. Music Publishers: Farrenc: Da Capo Press. Nocturne: public domain. D'un Matin du Printemps: public domain. Tailleferre: Elkan-Vogel. Hoover: Theodore Presser Co.Ulehla: Email Leonarda for information.

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