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Jean Françaix: Wind Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, L'Heure du Berger / Kammervereinigung Berlin

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean Françaix: Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 1; L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 2
Performers: Zichner, Frank-Immo
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Ensemble: Kammervereinigung Berlin

Jean Françaix's music represents a rare combination: it is modern and intelligible. When he penned his Wind Quintet No. 1 shortly after World War II,...continue...
Recording information: Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolsen (09/1993)....continue...

Jean Françaix: Chamber Music / Octet of France, Jean Francaix, piano

3 CD / Indesens / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean Françaix: Quartet for Strings; Sonatine for violin & piano; Tema con Variazioni for Clarinet and Piano; Divertissement for piano & string trio; Dixtuor, for wind quintet & string quintet;...
Performers: Braslawsky, David; Chenadec, Laurent Le; Descours, Lola; Esposito, Cyril; Francaix, Jean; Naganuma, Yuriko; Sajot, Jean-Louis [Clarinet]; Sentenac, Sylvie
Conductors: ; Françaix, Jean
Ensemble: Octuor de France

A three-CD set of chamber music featuring the composer himself on piano....continue...

Françaix: Gargantua et autres plaisirs / Angèle Dubeau, Albert Millaire, La Pietà

1 CD / Analekta / 2009-03-10

Works: Jean Françaix: Les inestimables chroniques du bon géant Gargantua (after Rabelais), for narrator & string orchestra; L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Sér...
Performers: Dubeau, Angele
Conductors: Dubeau, Angèle
Ensemble: La Pietà (Orchestra)

Angele Dubeau & La Pieta with actor Albert Millaire present 'Chronicle of the huge and mighty Giant Gargantua' by François Rabelais, restituted by Jean Françaix,...continue...

Piano and Wind / Ashkenazy, Reykjavik Wind Quintet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet, for flute, clarinet, horn, basson & piano in B flat major; Jean Françaix: L' heure du berge...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vovka; Gudmundsson, Hafsteinn; Johannesson, Einar; Kolbeinsson, Dadi; Ognibene, Joseph; Wilkinson, Bernhardur
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Ensemble: Reykjavik Wind Quintet

"There is something very special about French chamber music for wind instruments and this collection is a splendid example. Vovka Ashkenazy and the Reykjavik Wind...continue...

~Francaix: Heure du berger; Theme and Variations

1 CD / Camerata / 2000-05-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Trio for oboe, basson and piano; Divertimento for flute & piano; L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Tema ...

"...This recording by the phenomenal Vienna-Berlin Ensemble--maybe the best wind quintet in the world--gathers only the fairest flowers from a fecund field of finally finite...continue...

Françaix: L'heure du berger, etc / Gaudier Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-07-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings "A huit"; Divertissement for bassoon & string orchestra; Quintet for clarinet & string quartet; L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, cl...
Performers: Tomes, Susan [Piano]
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Ensemble: Gaudier Ensemble

"The music of Jean Francaix has such an unerring elegance and cultured quality that he reminds you of those graceful peacocks that sweep across the...continue...

Les petits nerveux / Hexagon

1 CD / Bridge / 1997-09-01

Works: Jean Françaix: L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43; Camille Sa...
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Ensemble: Hexagon

"This cheekily underplayed, over-the-top, flirtatious, French whirlwind of a program is like drinking a third glass of wine and spinning around in a circle...Les Petits...continue...