Håkan Hardenberger and Fabien Gabel talk about making their new orchestral recording featuring twentieth century French trumpet concertante works, including Florent Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties (1955).

September 20, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, French Composers | tagged Andre Jolivet, Bernard Gabel, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Betsy Jolas, BIS Records, Bo Nilsson, Claude Tomasi, Eric Aubier, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Franck Villard, Hakan Hardenberger, Henri Tomasi, Maurice Andre, Onze Lieder, Pierre Thibaud, Roger Delmotte, Roland Pontinen, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Suite en trois parties, Toulon Trumpet Competition, Trumpet | Leave a comment

In August 2021, the renowned trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger joined with conductor Fabien Gabel in Stockholm to make a recording of several gleaming jewels of twentieth century French trumpet concertante music. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Hardenberger and Gabel have recorded a program that includes: Henri Tomasi: Trumpet Concerto (original version – 1948) […]

Pianist Biljana Urban talks about her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt.

September 13, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, French Composers, Piano Music | tagged Aldo Ciccolini, Angeline Pondepeyre, Annie d'Arco, Ballade de la neige, Biljana Urban, Cortot, Crepuscules, Daniel Schorno, Exilarte Centre, Gerald Hugon, Grand Piano, Ivo Kaltchev, Jan Urban, Jan Vorisek, Jean Gabin, Laurent Wagschal, Leon-Paul Fargue, Michael Haas, Nadia Boulanger, NAXOS, Pascal le Corre, Prelude Triste, Pupazzi, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Ritournelle, Scriabin, TivoliVredenburg, Tom Peeters, Toon de Zoeten, Trivoli Vredenburg, Vladimir Jankelevitch, Vorisek | 1 Comment

Five premiere recordings are part of the new collection devoted to the solo piano music of the composer, scheduled for release in October 2021 on NAXOS’s Grand Piano label. Over his long career, French composer Florent Schmitt created many piano compositions — a body of work spanning more than a half-century from the early 1890s […]

Scènes de la vie moyenne (1950): Florent Schmitt’s late-career work for orchestra.

September 1, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Piano Music | tagged Alain Raes, Anne Queffelec, Anseatic Dance, Castles in Spain, Clement Canonne, Colonne Concerts Orchestra, Emile Naumoff, Enghien-les-Bains, Florent Schmitt, Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, Henri Martelli, Jean-Marie van Bronkhorst, La marche au marche, Lelia Gousseau, Marcel Mihalovici, Maurice Hinson, Paul Paray, Rene Dumesnil, Richard Blareau, Saut perilleux du poulet, Scenes de la vie moyenne, Schmitt, Solange Schwarz, Steven Kruger, Thomas Mann | Leave a comment

During the latter years of Florent Schmitt’s long and illustrious career, the composer turned his creative talents increasingly toward music for scored small instrumental forces. Among the notable achievements of this late creative period are the fascinating (and challenging) String Trio (1944) and String Quartet (1948), as well as a group of compositions that showcase […]