Orchestral, Farrenc (composer)
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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedThéo Fouchenneret (piano), Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont (piano), Anna Agafia, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David Zobel, Yann Beuron (soloist), Étienne Manchon, Aude Extrémo (soloist), François Rougier...
Although women composers are at last getting more attention, there have been few discoveries as encyclopedic as this. Across eight discs, the legacy of 21 French Romantic composers is explored,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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post-Beethovenian works that show Farrenc at her distinctive best. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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As a complete experience the assembled work s prove both illuminating and rewarding. While tremendously fresh and vigorous, the Symphony No. 2 ’s performance feels somewhat mellower, arguably... —
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Taken as a whole, it’s a painterly exercise in crafting contrasting moods and in shaping emotional immediacy...Muscular and mesmerising playing makes for a rewardingly satisfying listen. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Farrenc’s multilingual Symphony No. 1 is hard to pin down. Then again, why should we feel the need to pigeonhole? It’s a fluent, feisty essay; a work shot through with bold strokes and a fertile... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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The Solistes Européens with Christoph König are splendid advocates for both pieces, making the most of Farrenc’s turbulent allegros, songful melodies and generous yet transparent orchestration.... —
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Chefs d'oeuvre de la musique classique française
Jean-Pierre Aumont, Raymond Gerome, Klara Kormendi, Erik Satie, Peter Toperczer, Marián Lapšanský, Jennifer Gilbert, Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin, モーリス・ラヴェル, ジェニファー・ギルバート, フランス国立リヨン管弦楽団, Maria Stratigou, Gottlieb Wallisch (piano), Barthold Kuijken (flute), Arnie Tanimoto, Donald Livingston,...
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