Francois-Xavier Poizat – PianOrchestra 2 (2018) [SACD / Ars Produktion ARS 38 249]

Francois-Xavier Poizat - PianOrchestra 2 (2018)

Title: Francois-Xavier Poizat – PianOrchestra 2 (2018)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO

Smetana: Die Moldau (arr. Heinrich von Kàan-Albést)
Stravinsky: Petrushka (arr. Theodor Szántó)
Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus (arr. Matthew Cameron)
Prokofiev: 3 Pieces, Op. 96
Ravel: La Valse (arr. Alexander Ghindin)
Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 (arr. Florian Noack)

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

Francois-Xavier Poizat - PianOrchestra (2013)

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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