Francaix - The Music for Solo Piano, Duo and Duet
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI5880
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Release Date: 2nd April 2012
Contents
Works
Cinq 'Bis'Danse des Trois Arlequins
Danses exotiques (8)
De la Musique avant tout chose
Eloge de la danse
Esquisses (3) sur les touches blanches
La Promenade d'un Musicologue Eclectique
Napoleon
Nocturne
Piano Sonata
Portraits (5) de jeunes filles
Portraits (15) d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir
Pour Jacqueline
Scherzo
Scuola di Ballo
Si Versailles m'etait conte
Variations (8) sur le nom de Johannes Gutenberg
Artists
Martin Jones (piano)Richard McMahon (piano)
Adrian Farmer (piano)
Works
Cinq 'Bis'Danse des Trois Arlequins
Danses exotiques (8)
De la Musique avant tout chose
Eloge de la danse
Esquisses (3) sur les touches blanches
La Promenade d'un Musicologue Eclectique
Napoleon
Nocturne
Piano Sonata
Portraits (5) de jeunes filles
Portraits (15) d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir
Pour Jacqueline
Scherzo
Scuola di Ballo
Si Versailles m'etait conte
Variations (8) sur le nom de Johannes Gutenberg
Artists
Martin Jones (piano)Richard McMahon (piano)
Adrian Farmer (piano)
About
After studying with his father, Françaix became a pupil of Nadia Boulanger and also studied piano with Isidore Philipp at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the premier prix (first prize) in Philipp’s piano class in 1930. An outstanding pianist, he gave memorable performances of his own work.
The piano occupies a prime position in Françaix’s output, whether as a concertante instrument or in the more intimate forms of chamber music and instrumental pieces for solo piano and duets. He used it principally as a vehicle for exhibiting his virtuosity yet his piano scores contain several examples of introspection and nostalgic reflection.
This centenary release presents all the solo works and original works for 4 hands, plus his arrangements of the ballet score ‘Scuola di ballo’ and the music to the Guitry classic film ‘Napoleon’.
Martin Jones has been one of Britain’s most highly regarded solo pianists since first coming to international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award. He made his London debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and his New York debut at Carnegie Hall in the same year, and ever since has been in demand for recitals and concerto performances on both sides of the Atlantic.
The second pianist for the duos (Huit danses exotiques, Scuola di Ballo) is Richard McMahon; the second pianist for the duets (15 portraits d’enfants d’Auguste Renoir, Napoléon) is Adrian Farmer.
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