Conductor Fabien Gabel is interviewed by Crescendo Magazine about his new recording with Håkan Hardenberger, featuring French music for trumpet and orchestra including Florent Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties (1955).

June 16, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in French Composers | tagged Betsy Jolas, BIS, Claude Tomasi, Crescendo Magazine, Desire Inghelbrecht, Dutilleux, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Franck Villard, Hakan Hardenberger, Henri Tomasi, Jas Doets, Jean Huchot, Jolivet, Pierre-Jean Tribot, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Schmitt, Stravinsky | 1 Comment

In June 2022, the BIS label is releasing an important new recording that features French trumpet repertoire performed by the noted soloist Håkan Hardenberger along with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Fabien Gabel. The recording is the realization of Mr. Hardenberger’s goal to record the trumpet concertante works of Henri Tomasi, André Jolivet, […]

French conductor Fabien Gabel talks about Florent Schmitt’s Ronde burlesque (1927) … and why he champions the music of this composer around the world.

June 1, 2017 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Alain Margoni, Albert Roussel, Antoine et Cleopatre, Cleveland Orchestra, Debussy, Fabien Gabel, Jacques Ibert, Jolivet, La Tragedie de Salome, Le Palais Hante, Mahler, Milwaukee Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Francais des Jeunes, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, OSQ, Paul Paray, Psaume XLVII, Ravel, Reinhold Friedrich, Reves, Ronde burlesque, Shostakovich, Tomasi, Vincent d'Indy | 1 Comment

Fabien Gabel is one of France’s leading conductors of the younger generation, with an international career. He has been music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec since 2012, and this year was also named music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, succeeding David Zinman. In addition, he guest-conducts regularly in the United States and major […]

Introït, récit et congé: Florent Schmitt’s tour de force for cello and orchestra (1948).

February 23, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Andre Navarra, Anne Gastinel, Cello, Classical Music, Composers, Faure, Florent Schmitt, French Composers, Henri Demarquette, Honegger, Ibert, Introit recit et conge, Jacques Mercier, Jolivet, Lorraine National Orchestra, MusicWeb, Nones, Paul Paray, Rene Dumesnil, Rob Barnett, Schmitt, Timpani | 5 Comments

Over his seven decades-long composing career, Florent Schmitt would pen three concertante works for cello. The early Chant élégiaque (from 1899-1903) seems clearly influenced by Schmitt’s teacher and mentor, Gabriel Fauré, who had composed his own Elegy for Cello & Orchestra in the 1880s. The 1932 Final for Cello & Orchestra comes from Schmitt’s middle period of […]