Download, Françaix (composer)
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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. —
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Taylor plays a 1970s harpsichord built by the Parisbased maker Anthony Sidey. The instrument has a sturdy, gut-like quality that allows it to punch above the orchestra in Poulenc's concerto,... —
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Special offer. 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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Amuse-Bouche
RecommendedFrench Choral Delicacies
Anna Markland (piano)
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
As pianist and singer, Markland offers the most idiomatic performance. She plays Satie’s Gnossiennes 4, 5 and 6 beautifully and sings the top line of Milhaud’s Deux Poèmes and Poulenc’s Un soir... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts
RecommendedVirginia Majewski (viola), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Gabor Rejto (cello), Jascha Heifetz (violin), William Primrose (viola), Israel Baker (violin), Arnold Belnick (violin), Joseph Stepansky (violin), Paul Rosenthal (violin), Allan Harshman (viola), Laurence Lesser (cello), Pierre Amoyal (violin),...
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
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The Ulster Orchestra plays with wit, point and vitality. —
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Special offer. Oleg Shebeta-Dragan Plays Busoni, Françaix, Milhaud & Nielsen
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet), Odense Symphony Orchestra, Anna Skryleva
With his warm tone, Shebeta-Dragan is a splendid advocate [for the Busoni] with playing of grace and fluidity, his silken touch making light of the tricky ‘string-inspired arpeggios’ of which... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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Françaix & Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
Paolo Beltramini (clarinet)
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiano, Alain Lombard
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Françaix - L’Horloge de Flore
Lajos Lencsés (oboe and English horn)
Suedwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Vladislav Czarnecki, Parisii-Quartett & Francaix-Trio
Performances are unfailingly alert and nimbly expressive; for Francophiles this is an unmissable CD. —
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