A student of Fauré and Massenet, and contemporary and colleague of Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky, composer Florent Schmitt's exceptional notoriety diminished rapidly after his death in 1958. Now, his name is little mentioned and his music infrequently heard. He composed actively for much of his 88-year lifespan, contributing literature to many different genres. This Naxos album focuses on two of his more noteworthy chamber music compositions, the Op. 51 Piano Quintet of 1908 and Á tour d'anches, Op. 97, of 1943. The piano ...
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A student of Fauré and Massenet, and contemporary and colleague of Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky, composer Florent Schmitt's exceptional notoriety diminished rapidly after his death in 1958. Now, his name is little mentioned and his music infrequently heard. He composed actively for much of his 88-year lifespan, contributing literature to many different genres. This Naxos album focuses on two of his more noteworthy chamber music compositions, the Op. 51 Piano Quintet of 1908 and Á tour d'anches, Op. 97, of 1943. The piano quintet, clocking in at nearly an hour, is one of the lengthiest and most challenging in the repertoire. There are moments when Schmitt's writing could easily be confused as Ravel's, while at other times he treads his own path, encouraging virtuosic displays. Á tour d'anches, written for piano, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon is a much more modern-sounding composition in which Schmitt's French roots are still quite noticeable. Giving its best attempts at reviving Schmitt's works is the...
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