Aline Van Barentzen/French - Aline Van Barentzen: Her earliest recordings and Chopin, Liszt & Villa-Lobos

Though born in the USA, Aline van Barentzen (1897-1981) became the youngest student to be accepted by the Paris Conservatoire, aged nine, and went on to win a premier prix aged just twelve. She was to base herself in Paris for the rest of her life, later teaching at her alma mater where her pupils included Jean-Philippe Collard and Cyprien Katsaris. A supreme virtuoso, as can be heard in her Brahms Paganini variations, she worked with many contemporary composers, making this premiere recording of Falla�s Nights in the Gardens of Spain and also recording the complete Prole do beb� of Villa-Lobos � the second book, which she premiered, was dedicated to her.