Boissier: Piano Concerto
Valentina Seferinova (piano), Ukrainian Festival Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams
Valentina Seferinova is a superb pianist, playing with precision and musicality, and drawing out every nuance of Romantic fervor that Boissier has put into these three works. Conductor John...
Boissier: Piano Concerto
Valentina Seferinova (piano), Ukrainian Festival Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams
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Valentina Seferinova is a superb pianist, playing with precision and musicality, and drawing out every nuance of Romantic fervor that Boissier has put into these three works. Conductor John...
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The phrase ‘unashamed Romantic’ might not have been coined for the French composer Corentin Boissier, born in the Paris suburbs in 1995, but it certainly fits him well. As the titles of his Glamour Concerto and Philip Marlowe Concerto suggest, he revels in the full-textured sound of 1940s and ’50s Hollywood, the golden age of Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto, Rota’s Legend of the Glass Mountain and other such high-calorie classics. The Second Piano Sonata, the Sonata Appassionata, is no less Neo-Romantic, but has flecks of Russian colour, locating it downstream from Rachmaninov.
Contents and tracklist
- Valentina Seferinova (piano)
- Ukrainian Festival Orchestra
- John McLaughlin Williams
- Valentina Seferinova (piano)
- Ukrainian Festival Orchestra
- John McLaughlin Williams
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Jan/Feb 2022
Valentina Seferinova is a superb pianist, playing with precision and musicality, and drawing out every nuance of Romantic fervor that Boissier has put into these three works. Conductor John McLaughlin Williams perfectly captures the Hollywood essence and passion of these works, and creates a magical experience for the listener.