Françaix, Jean > Fischer, Thierry

Français: Le Roi Nu, etc / Fischer, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Le Roi Nu (The Naked King), ballet in 4 scenes after Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Cl; Les Demoiselles de la Nuit (The Ladies of the Night), ballet for cats in 2 sc...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

The third in Hyperion's series of orchestral recordings featuring music by Jean Francaix perfectly encapsulates the world of his humorous, civilized and quintessentially French composer....continue...

Françaix: Piano Concertino, etc / Cassard, Fischer, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Le malheurs de Sophie, ballet; Concertino for piano & orchestra; Les bosquets de Cythère, waltzes (7) for orchestra
Performers: Cassard, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

'Music so agreeably appealing needs no further comment from me, and when the performances are as idiomatic and perky as these, captured in such fine...continue...

Françaix: Scuola di Ballo, Sérénade, Symphonie, etc /Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Symphony no 3 in G major (1953); Sérénade for small orchestra; Ouverture anacréontique, for symphony orchestra; Pavane pour un Génie vivant (à la memoire ...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This round-up covers 50 years of [Francaix's] creative life, starting from the Serenade which helped get his name around in his precocious early twenties. With...continue...