French Piano Concertos

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REVIEW:

The various soloists are a delight to listen to, and handle both powerful and sensitive passages with considerable skill. The orchestras generally play well under their individual conductors but in certain passages the horns/trombones are insecure. The background notes are more than adequate though more could have been said about the works themselves. Something should be said about the new style slim double jewel case used by Vox. The internal leaf is poorly designed and the clips, too weak to hold the discs, break off in transit. (Why redesign when an robust version exists, one wonders?)

The analogue recordings of the 70s are clear with no background noise that usually shows up in recordings of this period. The recording of the Pierné work (from 1978) is disappointing; the acoustics are particularly dry and the higher frequencies are lost. These recordings, like all previous Vox concertos reviewed, are pleasantly balanced for piano. The recording venues are not given in the notes.

-- MusicWeb International (Raymond Walker, August 2001)



Product Description:

  • Release Date: January 07, 1994


  • Catalog Number: CDX-5110


  • UPC: 047163511028


  • Label: Vox Box


  • Number of Discs: 2


  • Period: Romantic, 20th Century


  • Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu, Jules Massenet, Gabriel Pierné, Edouard Lalo, Cécile Chaminade, Albert Roussel, Jean Françaix


  • Conductor: Robert Wagner, Siegfried Landau, Matthias Kuntzsch, Louis de Froment, Alois Springer, Jean Françaix


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg


  • Performer: Martin Galling, Marylene Dosse, Maria Littauer, Rosario Marciano, Claude Paillard-Françaix



Works:

  1. Piano Concerto in F

    Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu

    Ensemble: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Martin Galling (Piano)

    Conductor: Robert Wagner


  2. Piano Concerto

    Composer: Jules Massenet

    Ensemble: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)

    Conductor: Siegfried Landau


  3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor, Op.12

    Composer: Gabriel Pierné

    Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonic

    Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)

    Conductor: Matthias Kuntzsch


  4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F-minor

    Composer: Edouard Lalo

    Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonic

    Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)

    Conductor: Matthias Kuntzsch


  5. Concertstück for Piano & Orchestra

    Composer: Cécile Chaminade

    Ensemble: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Performer: Rosario Marciano (Piano)

    Conductor: Louis de Froment


  6. Piano Concerto, Op.36

    Composer: Albert Roussel

    Ensemble: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Maria Littauer (Piano)

    Conductor: Alois Springer


  7. Piano Concerto

    Composer: Jean Françaix

    Ensemble: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

    Performer: Claude Paillard-Françaix (Piano)

    Conductor: Jean Françaix