JoAnn Falletta’s Buffalo Philharmonic recording of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral music wins the prestigious Diapason d’Or.

March 4, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, French Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Albert Samain, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Diapason, Diapason d'Or, Florent Schmitt, Francois Laurent, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Musique sur l'eau, NAXOS, Oriane et le Prince d'amour, Schmitt, Susan Platts | Leave a comment

The 2020 NAXOS recording, completed just days before the COVID pandemic shuttered classical music performances across the globe, includes two colorful ballet scores along with two world premieres. Since its November 2020 release during Florent Schmitt’s 150th birthday anniversary year, the NAXOS recording of four orchestral works by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under its music […]

Just released: A new recording of four Florent Schmitt orchestral works with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

November 12, 2020 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, French Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Albert Samain, Alistair Hinton, Barry Forshaw, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical CD Choice, Florent Schmitt, Gene Schiller, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Legende, Musique sur l'eau, NAXOS, Nikki Chooi, Oriane et le Prince d'amour, Schmitt, Steven Kruger, Susan Platts | Leave a comment

The new NAXOS release features two iconic ballet suites along with two world premiere recordings. Back in 2015, a recording of the music of Florent Schmitt on the NAXOS label, performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, JoAnn Falletta, was a noteworthy artistic and commercial success. Today, these same musical forces are […]

Conductor JoAnn Falletta and mezzo-soprano Susan Platts talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s music for performance and recording (Musique sur l’eau – 1898/1913 and La Tragédie de Salomé – 1907/10).

March 9, 2019 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Vocal Music | tagged Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Florent Schmitt, JoAnn Falletta, La Tragedie de Salome, Musique sur l'eau, NAXOS, Robert d'Humieres, Ronald Zollman, Susan Platts, Yan-Pascal Tortelier | Leave a comment

In 2020, the NAXOS label plans to release its second disk of music by the French composer Florent Schmitt that features the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, JoAnn Falletta. The first recording, which was released in 2015, included several orchestral pieces by Schmitt: the two Antoine et Cléopâtre suites (after William Shakespeare) and […]