The phrase ‘unashamed Romantic’ might not have been coined for the French composer Corentin Boissier, born in the Paris suburbs in 1995, but it certainly fits him well. As the titles of his Glamour Concerto and Philip Marlowe Concerto suggest, he revels in the full-textured sound of 1940s and ’50s Hollywood, the golden age of Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto, Rota’s Legend of the Glass Mountain and other such high-calorie classics. The Second Piano Sonata, the Sonata Appassionata, is no less Neo-Romantic, but has flecks of Russian colour, locating it downstream from Rachmaninov. Valentina Seferinova, piano Ukrainian Festival Orchestra (Tracks 1-3, 7-9) John McLaughlin Williams, conductor (Tracks 1-3, 7-9) Catalogue No: TOCC0569 |
Available in multi formats (CD, MP3, FLAC, HD WAV) on the ToccataClassics label here.
'Teaser' here from the composer's own website/YouTube channel
Or - Listen to sample(s) below :-
Track 1 = I Glamour appassionato (Allegro) |
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Track 2 = II Manhattan Waltz-Romance (Moderato, tempo di Valse Boston) |
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Track 3 = III Spanish Lovers in Brooklyn (Andante – Allegro all’espagnola) |
Track 4 = I Allegro impetuoso (quasi una fantasia) |
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Track 5 = II Intermezzo: Andante espressivo |
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Track 6 = III Finale: Allegro appassionato |
Track 7 = I Allegro drammatico – |
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Track 8 = II Lento (Passacaglia) – |
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Track 9 = III Allegro feroce, tempo di toccata |
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Now available to order at Acte Préalable AP0438 |
Laguna Op. 36 Total Time: 79’06” |
Reviews |
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Received this unsolicited message from a colleague who had an early copy of my recently released CD number 12:- ----------------- |
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November 2019 Just been notified of a very favourable French website review of my CD No. 12 - recorded in Warsaw in June of last year. The full website is http://www.leducation-musicale.com/newsletters/breves0919.html#cd1
Scroll down until you see 'Ludomir Róźycki - Piano Works 2' CD image. I've translated each paragraph as follows (and am very happy with the final sentence !! :) :) ) Voici une nouvelle réalisation en première mondiale à l’actif du Label polonais ACTE PRÉALABLE et de son dynamique directeur Jan A. Jarnicki. C’est au tour du compositeur Ludomir ROZYCKI, né à Varsovie en 1883 et mort à Katowice en 1953, membre — comme, par exemple, Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) — du mouvement artistique « Jeune Pologne » promouvant également l’art national, bien que manifestement influencé par l’impressionnisme français. Si son talent a joué à plein dans le domaine du poème symphonique, le volume 2 continue à exhumer son vaste corpus pianistique. ------------------ |
2 Piano works by Henryk Pachulski (1859-1921) (Polish 'Romantic' Era Composer) |
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'Va i Ve' piano duo,
AP0361 , DDD - TT: See reviews at https://valentinaseferinova.com/CDReviews.html |
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World Premier Recordings Solo Piano works by Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909) (Polish 'Romantic' Era Composer) |
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On the Acte Préalable CD label - 24 bit/96kHz D.D.D. Total time 76’ 41’’1. Impressions – 4 Pieces caractéristiques Op.29 [12:40]
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The first ever all Joachim Raff (1822-1882) piano music CD, and of previously unrecorded works. |
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On the Cahoots Classical Label - D.D.D. Total Time 61’ 50’’ Fantasie Sonata Op. 168 in D minor (1871) Trois Morceaux Op. 2 (1877) Grande Sonate Op. 14 in E flat minor (2nd version – 1881) Recorded at Winterbrook Studios, London on 15th, 16th, and 24th July 2002. Booklet in English, Deutscher, Francais.
Please note: The performances shown on were recorded at a concert after the CD had been studio recorded; thus they are different in quality; the CD is, of course, normal studio quality. Click for more information about Joachim Raff See 'CD Reviews' page |
Cameo Classics label acquired the rights to the original Raff CD from Cahoots Classical – and digitally re-mastered it; changing the running order at the same time. The content remains essentially the same. Distribution rights are now held by Nimbus Records. |
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On Cameo Classics label. D.D.D. Trois Morceaux Op. 2 (1877) Fantasie Sonata Op. 168 in D minor (1871) Grande Sonate Op. 14 in E flat minor (2nd version – 1881) Recorded at Winterbrook Studios, London on 15th, 16th, and 24th July 2002. |
Overture Macbeth – Ignaz Brüll and Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, Op. 89 in C minor (Soloist: Valentina Seferinova) – Salomon Jadassohn |
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On the label D.D.D. Overture Macbeth – Ignaz Brüll Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Opus 89 in C minor – Salomon Jadassohn Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra Recorded live at: Booklet: English. Only available through my web site. |
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"Brull’s overture Macbeth has a typically brooding character - in essence a tone poem in microcosm in the manner of Schumann's Julius Caesar overture. In Jadassohn’s Piano Concerto we are treated to a stormy attack. Heroic shrapnel flies every which way in repeated evocations of the Liszt and Schumann piano concertos. Valentina Seferinova is fully in charge and attacks the solo part with great romantic flourish. Her stonily commanding tone is unmistakable." Rob Barnett http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Dec09/brull_cc902627.htm#ixzz1vXAYRJR1 |
Available Now - World Premier Release |
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On the Cameo Classics label from Nimbus Records. Salomon Jadassohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24 Paul Babst: Piano Concerto in E flat major Op. 82 Only available from Nimbus Records/Cameo Classics as CC9033CD Cllck for more information about Salomon Jadassohn See 'CD Reviews' page |
World Premier Recordings Click for more information on Ludomir Róźycki courtesy of Wikipedia |
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Acte Préalable catalogue reference AP 0263 See 'Rave review' at Music Web International Now available to order at Acte Préalable |
On the Acte Préalable CD label - Studio Recorded - 24 bit/96kHz D.D.D. Featuring: |
World Premier Recordings - British Composers Premiere Collections Vol. 4 | |
On the Cameo Classics CD label - CC 9041 CD from Nimbus Records. Total time 71’:26’’1. 'Out of the Mist' (Tone Poem) - Lilian Elkington.
Harpsichord Concerto - Cyril Scott
See 'CD Reviews' page. |