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New. The French Piano School: French School Pianists Play French Concertos
Jeanne-Marie Darré, Alfred Cortot, Kazuko Kusama, Marcelle Herrenschmidt, Lucien Wurmser, Jean Doyen, Francis Poulenc, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Jean Françaix, Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron, Jacques Février, Émile Passani, Charles Münch, Jean Fournet, Paul Paray, Hisatada Otaka, Victor Gallois, Walther...
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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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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... — More…
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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... — More…
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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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Bonjour Paris
Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Albrecht Mayer (oboe d amore), Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Mathias Mönius, Gotthard Odermatt
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New. Kaleidoscope
Elizabeth Jordan (clarinet), Northern Chamber Orchestra, Tim Williams (percussion), Stephen Barlow
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Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Martin Galling (piano), Maria Littauer (piano), Felicja Blumental (piano), Susanne Lautenbacher (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Marylène Dosse (piano), Claude Paillard-Françaix (piano), Bela Siki (piano), Ilse von Alpenheim (piano), Frank Glazer (piano), Rosario Marciano (piano), Mary Louise Boehm...
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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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French Orchestral Works
Claude Francaix (piano)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Antál Dorati
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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There is a nice mixture of whimsy throughout all these pieces, plus a gentle melancholy that is wholly individual…a cornucopia of very French music, which is superbly played. — More…
