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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 More…

Catalogue No: CDA67323
Label: Hyperion
Length: 70 minutes

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Françaix: Symphony in G major

Work length20:16

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Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

I. Allegretto

Track length5:08

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II. Andante

Track length5:00

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III. Menuet et Trio

Track length5:21

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IV. Final

Track length4:47

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Françaix: Serenade

Work length9:09

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Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

I. Vif

Track length2:23

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II. Andantino con moto

Track length2:52

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III. Un poco allegretto

Track length1:09

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IV. Vivace

Track length2:45

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Françaix: Ouverture anacréontique

Work length11:26

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Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

Françaix: Pavane pour un Génie vivant

Work length3:52

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Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

Françaix: Scuola di Ballo

Work length25:30

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Ulster Orchestra
Thierry Fischer

I. Leçon de Félicita

Track length2:24

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II. Entrée de Lucrèce

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III. Variation de Rosina

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IV. Entrée de Félicita

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V. Pas de deux de Josephine et du Comte Anselme

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VI. Danse de Félicita et de Fabrino

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VII. L'Actrice

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VIII. Pastorale

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IX. Entrée du Notaire

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X. Finale

Track length2:49

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The gentle urbane art of Jean Francaix, at once freshly engaging and invariably distinguished by an unerring sense of style, has endeared itself to successive generations of musicians and music-lovers. His death in 1997 at the age of 85 removed from contemporary music one of its most immediately appealing and distinctly Gallic masters. This alluring orchestral music undulates between the dreamy and the dramatic, exemplifying Francaix's attractive use of sound colour and harmonies. The Scuola di Ballo, a ballet in one act, is based on music by Boccherini, largely from his quintets. The Pavane pour un Genie vivant was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Ravel's death, and the Symphonie was written in Haydn's memory. The Serenade has neoclassical overtones, and the Ouverture anacreontique attempts to portray an imaginary world, without wars, in which all is well. The content therefore is largely retrospective, but remains charismatically original throughout. Compelling listening, enthusiastically and empathetically played by the Ulster Orchestra, under Thierry Fischer.

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December 2008

This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work.

2011 edition

What happy work [the Symphony] is!...The whole programme is played with warmth, polish and vitality in equal measure; the recording is first class and this is very highly recommended.

Jean Françaix - Orchestral Music

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