Piano Recital 1960

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SWR
Release Date
March 8, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN DEBUSSY MENDELSSOHN
    • PERFORMER
      Samson Francois
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 08, 2019
    • UPC
      747313906086
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19060CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Samson François

    2. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Samson François

    3. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Samson François

    4. I. Grave - Doppio movimento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Samson François

    5. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Samson François

    6. III. Marche funèbre: Lento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Samson François

    7. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Samson François

    8. No. 11. La danse de Puck

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Samson François

    9. No. 10. La cathédrale engloutie

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Samson François

    10. Préludes, Book 2: No. 12. Feux d'artifice

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Samson François

    11. I. Allegro inquieto - Poco meno - Andantino

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Samson François

    12. II. Andante caloroso - Poco più animato - più largamente - Un poco agitato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Samson François

    13. III. Precipitato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Samson François


Samson Francois was considered an enfant terrible, eccentric and flamboyant; his life and demeanor were rather provocative and subjectivist. This release offers the rare occasion to hear the French virtuoso in a live recording from 1960, containing virtuosity milestones of the piano repertoire, such as Chopin Piano Sonata no.2 and Sergey Prokofiev Piano Sonata no.7 as well as delicate miniatures by Mendelssohn and Debussy. In 1943, be reaching the age of 20, Samson François won the Long-Thibaud Competition and thereafter embarked on a career, one of international scale once World War II had ended. Even during the war, Jacques Thibaud brought François to the attention of Walter Legge, the English recording producer turned wartime concert organiser; François was soon flown to England for an extended tour of factories and camps. From 1945 he toured regularly in Europe, and in 1947 he made his first appearances in the USA. He subsequently played all over the globe, including Communist China in 1964. Concentrating on the Romantic piano literature, and especially the French repertoire, he was acclaimed for his performances of Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, and Frédéric Chopin, as well as Gabriel Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel.