Francois-Xavier Poizat – PianOrchestra (2013) [SACD / Ars Produktion – ARS 38 139]

Title: Francois-Xavier Poizat – PianOrchestra (2013)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Born in 1989 with Swiss, French and Chinese origins, pianist François-Xavier Poizat graduated from the Geneva and Hamburg Conservatory and from the Juilliard School in New York. His journey is sprinkled with collaborations with big orchestras such as the Suisse Romande and Svizzera Italiana Orchestra, the National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Lithuanian and Armenian National Chamber Orchestras, the Zürich Chamber Orchestra and the Poznan Philharmonic, among others. His large solo and chamber music repertoire includes 500 years of music and about thirty concertos, as well as all works with piano by Maurice Ravel, his favorite composer. Beside his principal activity as a performer, he is currently the director of the International Puplinge Classique Festival in Geneva, a position he has held for the past 10 years, and has recorded 4 solo albums with the Naxos, Ars Produktion and Piano Classics labels.

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Tracklist:

01. Franz Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer No. 1
02. Igor Strawinski: Drei Sätze Aus Petruschka – Danse Russe
03. Igor Strawinski: Drei Sätze Aus Petruschka – Chez Petrouschka
04. Igor Strawinski: Drei Sätze Aus Petruschka – La Semaine Grasse
05. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a (Transcription For Piano) – Marsch
06. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Tanz Der Zuckerfee
07. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Tarantella
08. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Intermezzo
09. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Russischer Tanz
10. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Chinesischer Tanz
11. Pjotr Tschaikowski: The Nutcracker, Balletsuite Op. 71a – Andante maestoso
12. Pjotr Tschaikowski: Scherzo, Aus Sinfonie No. 6, Transcription For Piano
13. Georges Bizet: Aragonaise, from The Opera “Carmen”, Transcription For Piano by Arcadi Volodos

Personnel:

François-Xavier Poizat – Piano Steinway D, No. 593336

Note:

Produced by Annette Schumacher. Engineered by Manfred Schumacher.
Recorded in April 2013 at Immanuelskirche Wuppertal, Germany.

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