Composer: Jean Françaix
Orchestra: Sir Georg Solti Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Kerry Stratton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0162
Release: 2012
Size: 251 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphonie d’archets
01. I. Andantino misterioso – Allegro assai
02. II. Andante molto
03. III. Scherzo and Trio
04. IV. Allegretto assai
05. Ode sur la Naissance de Vénus
Die kamelien (Les camelias)
06. I. Am grab: Andantino
07. II. Ball bei Flora: Allegro
08. III. Am grab: Andantino
09. IV. Das landhaus: Vivo
10. V. Im spielsaal: Allegro commodo
11. VI. Am grab: Andantino
Jean Françaix (1912–97) has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the happier composers, his Gallic charm and breezy good humour obscuring the superb craftsmanship of his writing. Françaix once observed that ‘I live in exile in my own country and am nourished from abroad’. Plus ça change, he then might have thought, with this CD presenting a Hungarian ensemble led by a Canadian conductor on a British label. The disc presents two first recordings and a rare hearing for one of his more substantial scores. Françaix having been born in 1912, the CD marks his centenary.