Jean Françaix is a French composer of the contemporary era, born in 1912 in Le Mans and who died in 1997 in Paris. An accomplished pianist and author of more than two hundred works, he explored solo music, opera and chamber music in turn.
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- Klavierkonzerte (2013)
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- 1912 · Le Mans
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- France
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Jean René Désiré Françaix (/fʁɑ̃.sɛ/), born on May 23, 1912, in Le Mans and deceased on September 25, 1997, in Paris, was a 20th-century French composer.
An accomplished pianist, he authored over two hundred works, eclectically tackling a number of different types of compositions, ranging from music for soloists to opera, including chamber music.
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Discography
- Poulenc: Sextuor (with the composer at the piano) / Françaix: Divertissement / Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René 1961
- The Virtuoso Trumpet 1985
- Music for String Orchestra 1986
- Préludes, op. 28, 1-24 1988
- Poulenc: Sextuor / Milhaud: Cheminée du Roi René / Ibert: Trois Pièces brèves / Françaix: Quintette 1990
- French Music for Flute and Harp 1991
- Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet Plays Works by Jean Françaix and Ronald Roseman 1991
- Strauss: Oboe Concerto / Francaix / Ibert / Satie 1991
- Werke für Violine und Klavier 1993
- Sérénade BEA / Symphonie d'archets / Portraits d'enfants / Six Préludes 1994
- Satie: Parade / Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit / Auric: Ouverture / Françaix: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra / Fetler: Contrasts for Orchestra 1994
- Fagott Konzerte 1996
- Works for Clarinet and Piano 1996
- 20th Century French Wind Trios 1998
- Musique pour faire plaisir 1999
- Trios d'anches 1999
- L'Apocalypse selon Saint Jean 1999
- Bassoon XX 2002
- Scuola di Ballo / Ouverture anacréontique / Pavane pour un génie vivant / Sérénade / Symphonie 2002
- Concertino for Piano and Orchestra / Les bosquets de Cythère / Les malheurs de Sophie 2004
- Le roi nu / Les demoiselles de la nuit 2005
- Piano and Wind 2007
- Françaix / Bordes / d’Indy / Pierné / Jolivet 2007
- Gargantua And Other Delights 2009
- French Flute Chamber Music 2009
- Kammermusik 2012
- The Music for Solo Piano, Duo & Duet 2012
- Le Gai Paris 2012
- Quintets; Quartet; Divertissement 2012
- Klavierkonzerte 2013