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Emmanuel Despax (piano), Orpheus Sinfonia, Thomas Carroll (conductor)» More |
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)» More |
Sir Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)» More |
Jeanne-Marie Darré (piano), Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Paul Paray (conductor)» More |
from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2001
extrait des notes rédigées par Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2001
Français: Josée Bégaud
aus dem Begleittext von Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2001
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller
![]() This set brings together twelve French-trained pianists performing thirteen French works for piano and orchestra of which ten are premiere recordings. Most of the performers knew the composers and worked with them and four works are performed by t ...» More |
![]() Famed for his poetic sound and brilliantly clear touch, Benjamin Grosvenor’s debut concerto recording combines Gershwin’s 'Rhapsody in blue' (the original 1924 jazz band version) with the sparkle and wit of Ravel and Saint-Saëns, creating a progra ...» More |
![]() Emmanuel Despax is a rising star on the UK and international piano scene; this debut concerto recording features the premiere recording of Stephen Goss’s Piano Concerto, Saint-Saëns’ ever-popular Piano Concerto No 2 and Franck’s Variations symphon ...» More |
![]() This ‘Gramophone Recording of the Year’ set from Stephen Hough and the CBSO boasts performances which combine all the elegance required for the Frenchman’s music with the utmost bravura. Saint-Saëns himself was a formidable pianist and his rare 19 ...» More |
![]() When first issued in 2001, this set from Stephen Hough and the CBSO promptly garnered for these artists a second Gramophone Recording of the Year Award, for these are performances which combine all the elegance required for the Frenchman’s music w ...» More |
![]() ‘If [Irene Scharrer]'s remembered from her recordings it’s really only the one, and that was ironically the last she made, Litolff’s Scherzo from the ...» More |
![]() This set brings together some of the earliest and rarest piano recordings ever made, not just in France, but worldwide, and includes the complete solo recordings of all the pianists featured except Wurmser. The French office of the Gramophone Comp ...» More |
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