CD, Françaix (composer)
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Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. —
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Special offer. The French Piano School: French School Pianists Play French Concertos
Jeanne-Marie Darre, Alfred Cortot (piano), Kazuko Kusama, Hisatada Otaka, Marcelle Herrenschmidt, Lucien Wurmser, Victor Gallois, Jean Doyen, Jean Fournet, Francis Poulenc (piano), Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Marius-François Gaillard, Jean Françaix, Leo Borchard, Nadia Boulanger, Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron,...
Here, recorded between 1930 and 1949, are 14 works for piano and orchestra played either by their composer or by someone well acquainted with them...Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Special offer. Françaix & Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
Paolo Beltramini (clarinet)
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiano, Alain Lombard
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Glass, Rutter & Françaix: Harpsichord Concertos
Christopher D. Lewis (harpsichord), with John McMurtery (flute)
West Side Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon
Typically adventurous, Naxos programmes Rutter's pastoral prettiness with Glass's insistent dancing patterns and Francaix's lissom, quirky lyricism. —
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Saxophone Concertos & Quartets
Detlef Bensmann (saxophone), RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta, Berlin Saxophone Quartet
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this recital (part of Channel Classics’ First Chair series with the Amsterdam orchestra) exhibits playing of such exacting brilliance that old warhorses appear reignited, surrounding an attractive... —
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Teach me! The students of Nadia Boulanger
Music by Françaix, Piazzolla, Bernstein, Copland, Glass, Jones
Karla Haltenwanger (piano), Birgit Erz (violin), Ilona Kindt (cello)
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