Chant du soir (1895): An early composition by Florent Schmitt comes into its own — 125 years after its creation.

October 1, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Instrumental Music | tagged Armand Parent, Beata Halska, Biljana Urban, Chant du soir, Claudio Chaiquin, Enesco, Enescu, Faure, Florent Schmitt, Francis Gorge, Grace Huang, Jacques Lerolle, Juliette Toutain, Lili Boulanger, Luigi Spina, Martin Frutiger, Massenet, Michel Nazzi, Music on Main Society, Nicholas Wright, Petya Mihneva Falsig, Robert Maxham, Rouart-Lerolle, Schmitt, Steven Kruger, Un Drame musical instantane | Leave a comment

Up until recently, familiarity with the earliest compositions of Florent Schmitt was rather scant. The composer’s first works were created in the decade leading up to his winning the Prix de Rome first prize for composition in 1900. It was the period after Schmitt had completed his music studies at the conservatory in Nancy and […]

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano.

December 6, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Instrumental Music | tagged Barbara Halska, Beata Halska, Chamber Music, Chant du soir, Classica, Claudio Chaiquin, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, George Enescu, Georges Enesco, Habeyssee, Quatre pieces, Robert Maxham, Scherzo vif, Schmitt, Sonate libre, Violin Music, Violin Sonata | Leave a comment

The new NAXOS recording includes several discographic world premieres, along with the monumental Sonate libre. In mid-2015, NAXOS released a recording devoted to Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano. It contains several world premieres, along with the Sonate libre en deux parties enchainées, Opus 68, a half hour-long stylistically advanced tour de force composed by Schmitt […]

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015).

May 3, 2015 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Music | tagged Amanda Favier, Beata Halska, Celimene Daudet, Chant du soir, Claudio Chaiquin, David Riley, Florent Schmitt, George Enescu, Georges Enesco, John McLaughlin Williams, NAXOS, Quatre pieces, Scherzo vif, Schmitt, Sonate libre | Leave a comment

The NAXOS family of labels (NAXOS, Marco Polo, Grand Piano, etc.) has been one of the most active in bringing the music of Florent Schmitt to the microphones. In fact, its catalogue of Schmitt compositions includes numerous world premiere commercial recordings. And this month, NAXOS is doing it again with the release of a new […]