Debussy - Poulenc - Ravel & Francaix: Piano Concertos
5/28/2013, 13 Tracks, 1:10:45
Featuring
Florian Uhlig
Pablo González
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Claude Debussy
Jean Françaix
Francis Poulenc
Maurice Ravel
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Performer Biography
Pablo González, the conductor, became the Music Director of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya in September 2010.
Historical Context
The 'Société Nationale de Musique' was founded in 1871 by Camille Saint-Saëns and César Franck to promote contemporary French orchestral and chamber music.
Performer Biography
The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie is Germany's youngest radio symphony orchestra, formed in 2007 from the merger of two traditional ARD ensembles.
Performer Biography
Florian Uhlig is the artistic director of the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival, which he has led since 2008.
Performer Biography
Pablo González won the Donatella Flick Competition and the Eighth Cadaqués International Conducting Competition in 2006.
Performer Biography
Florian Uhlig, the pianist on this album, has lived in London since 1995 and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
Historical Context
In 19th-century France, instrumental music was not highly regarded, with many considering it inferior to opera.
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