Francois-Joel Thiollier
Ravel:piano Works Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Symphonic Variations / Les Djinns / Piano Concerto No 2 Francois-Joel Thiollier & Martjn van den Hoek (pianos) / Arnhem PO / Roberto Benz [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Not so well known repertoire of Cesar Franck |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Favourites (Incls Gaspard de la Nuit & Le Tombeau de Couperin) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2002 ] Maurice Ravel was born at Ciboure, in 1875 |
DEBUSSY
Clair de lune and other piano favourites (Includes Children's Corner Suite, Estampes, Images) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jun/2004 ] "I enjoyed once again the ravishing beauty of Clair de lune and several other early pieces such as the First Arabesque and the Revêrie" (MUsicWeb April 2007) |
FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |
DEBUSSY
The Very Best of Debussy (Incls Reverie, Golliwogg's Cakewalk & Rapsodie for Saxophone & Orchestra) Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam (Cond) / Dong-Suk Kang (Violin) Pascal Devoyon (Piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Claude Debussy's music combines late nineteenth-century Romanticism with a soundscape that has been called an audible version of an impressionist painting. This 2 CD set includes Debussy's most frequently performed and recorded works. |
SCHARWENKA
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor / Polish National Dances François Xavier Poizat (piano) / Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] Scharwenka's fourth and final Piano Concerto (which the composer performed under the direction of Mahler and Stokowski) is a work of genius which stands at the apex of his achievement. |
DEBUSSY
Piano works (Vol 1) (Incls Suite bergamasque) FranASois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "I am fascinated to see where all this leads as Thiollier gets on to mature Debussy. In spite of two or three failures, the inevitable result perhaps of a refusal to play safe, he has brought the composer's early efforts to life wonderfully. I was... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano works (Vol 2) (Incls Children's Corner) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "This could be a very useful volume for listeners who have a satisfactory Debussy cycle already, but which excludes the two rare works here. They might be sufficiently captivated by Children's Corner to explore further." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
DEBUSSY
Piano works (Vol 3) (Incls Images) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "This can certainly be recommended" (MusicWeb March 2007) |
DEBUSSY
Piano works (Vol 4) (Incls Preludes) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] Franco-American by birth, the pianist François-Joël Thiollier was born in Paris and gave his first concert in New York at the age of five. |
DEBUSSY
Piano works (Vol 5) (Incls Etudes Nos.1 - 12) Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] The Naxos series of Debussy continues |
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonatas Vol.7 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonatas Vol.8 [ Naxos / CD ] |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 29: Music for two pianos (Incls 'Les Preludes') Franz Liszt Piano Duo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Liszt's symphonic poems were the cause of some contemporary controversy. One of the most influential critics in Vienna, Eduard Hanslick, a champion of Brahms, wrote in 1857 of the impertinence of such an attempt to produce music 'capable of fiddling... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 26: Music for two pianos Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Hungarian Radio Children's Chorus / Gabriella Thesz [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The Naxos recording made at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest has an exceptional combination of clarity and balance. The booklet notes from Keith Anderson provide most of the essential information. The duo demonstrate that they can handle... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
RAVEL / RESPIGHI / GRANADOS
Violin Sonatas Frederieke Saeijs (violin) Maurice Lammerts van Bueren (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] In 2005 Frederieke Saeijs won the First Grand Prix-'Academie des Beaux Arts' at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud (Paris, France), as well as four special prizes |
EDVARD GRIEG / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Chopin: Sonata in B-Flat Minor Ignaz Freidman (piano) / Studio orchestra, Philippe Gaubert [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Sep/2002 ] Until 1914 Friedman lived in Berlin but during World War I he lived in Copenhagen and after the war resided in Italy. Friedman's first visit to America was in 1920 and in April 1923 he made his first records for American Columbia. |