French Piano Concertos
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:
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Release Date: January 01, 1994
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UPC: 047163511028
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Catalog Number: CDX-5110
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Label: Vox
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Number of Discs: 2
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Period: Romantic, 20th Century
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Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu, Jules Massenet, Gabriel Pierné, Edouard Lalo, Cécile Chaminade, Albert Roussel, Jean Françaix
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Conductor: Robert Wagner, Siegfried Landau, Matthias Kuntzsch, Louis de Froment, Alois Springer, Jean Françaix
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
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Performer: Martin Galling, Marylene Dosse, Maria Littauer, Rosario Marciano, Claude Paillard-Françaix
Works:
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Piano Concerto in F
Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu
Ensemble: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Martin Galling (Piano)
Conductor: Robert Wagner
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Piano Concerto
Composer: Jules Massenet
Ensemble: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor, Op.12
Composer: Gabriel Pierné
Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonic
Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)
Conductor: Matthias Kuntzsch
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F-minor
Composer: Edouard Lalo
Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonic
Performer: Marylene Dosse (Piano)
Conductor: Matthias Kuntzsch
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Concertstück for Piano & Orchestra
Composer: Cécile Chaminade
Ensemble: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Performer: Rosario Marciano (Piano)
Conductor: Louis de Froment
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Piano Concerto, Op.36
Composer: Albert Roussel
Ensemble: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Maria Littauer (Piano)
Conductor: Alois Springer
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Piano Concerto
Composer: Jean Françaix
Ensemble: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Performer: Claude Paillard-Françaix (Piano)
Conductor: Jean Françaix