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 […]

Duo-pianists Kasparov and Lutsyshyn talk about their new Florent Schmitt Recording Project

February 5, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music, Uncategorized | tagged Bizet, Chabrier, Classical Music, Cortot, Duo Piano, Florent Schmitt, French Composer, Grand Piano, Invencia Piano Duo, Kasparov, Lutsyshyn, Phillip Nones, Ravel, Schmitt, Sept pieces, Stravinsky, Sur cinq notes | 5 Comments

One of the most exciting recent recording projects featuring the music of Florent Schmitt is the complete duo-piano music being released in 2012-13 by Naxos Grand Piano. The four-CD traversal is performed by the Invencia Piano Duo: Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn. The first of the four volumes in the series was released in late […]

Antony & Cleopatra: Florent Schmitt Takes Palace Intrigue, Scandal and Death to New Heights (1920)

September 18, 2012 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Gide, Antoine et Cleopatre, B. Perez Casas, Buffalo Philharmonic, Classical Music, Cleopatra, Cortot, Edouard de Max, Falletta, Florent Schmitt, Frederick Stock, Gide, Harry Pilcer, Ida Rubinstein, Jacques Mercier, Jacques Michon, Jean Giardino, Jean-Christian Bonnet, JoAnn Falletta, Lamoureux, Makart, Manuel Rosenthal, Marc Antony, Michel Fleury, Michel Plasson, Naotaka Tachibana, Nones, Remus Tzincoca, Reynald Giovaninetti, Robert Blot, Robert Brussel, Sakari Oramo, Schmitt, Segerstam, Shakespeare, Theodore Guschlbauer, Tony Aubin, Virginia Symphony, Willem van Hoogstraten | 11 Comments

“To appreciate this music fully, ready the hot tub, invite a few friends over, burn incense and uncork the wine you were saving for a special occasion.” — International Record Review One of the most intriguing pieces of music composed by Florent Schmitt during his “orientalist” period was the incidental music to André Gide’s new adaptation […]