Florent Schmitt
Born: 28th September 1870, Meurthe et Moselle, France
Died: 17th August 1958, Neuilly sur Seine, France
Nationality: French
Florent Schmitt was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII (Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of the most fascinating of France's lesser-known classical composers".
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florent_Schmitt
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Florent Schmitt's ballet, La tragédie de Salomé
17th May 2024
Normally only performed as a cut-down symphonic suite, Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra present the rarely-recorded full-length version of a work much admired by Stravinsky.
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Sakari Oramo on Florent Schmitt
26th Mar 2018
The conductor talks to Katherine about recording the Alsatian composer's Symphony No. 2 and Antoine et Cléopâtre on Chandos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Popular Works: Schmitt, F
- A tour d’anches, Op. 97 (4)
- Andantino (2)
- Antoine et Cléopâtre: Deuxième Suite (3)
- Antoine et Cléopâtre: Première Suite (3)
- Chant élégiaque, Op. 24 (2)
- Crépuscules, Op. 56 (2)
- Danse d'Abisag, Op. 75 (2)
- Dionysiaques, Op. 62 (15)
- Enfants, Op. 94 (2)
- Et Pan, au fond des blés lunaires, s'accouda (4)
- Glas (Musiques intimes, 2e recueil) (2)
- Habeyssee, Op. 110 (2)
- Hasards (quartet with piano) (2)
- Il pleure dans mon coeur (2)
- In memoriam Gabriel Fauré (4)
- In memoriam Gabriel Fauré (Scherzo) (2)
- Introït, Récit et Congé (2)
- La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50 (21)
- Le Palais hanté, Op. 49 (4)
- Légende, Op. 66 (14)
- Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54 (4)
- Mirages, Op. 70 (8)
- Ombres op.64/1 'J'entends dans la lontaine' (3)
- Ombres, Op. 64 (4)
- Piano Quintet, Op. 51 (2)
- Pieces (8) for small orchestra, Op 5 "Soirs" (2)
- Psaume 47, Op. 38 (3)
- Quartet for saxophones Op. 102 (3)
- Reflets d’Allemagne (3)
- Rêves, for orchestra, Op 65 (4)
- Sonatine En Trio Op. 85 (3)
- Songe de Coppélius (2)
- Suite en Rocaille, Op. 84 (4)
- Suite for Trumpet & Piano, Op. 133 (3)
- Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89 (1)
- Symphonie Concertante for Orchestra & Piano, Op. 82 (2)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 137 (3)
- Trois rapsodies, Op. 53 (4)
- Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme, Op. 58 (4)
- Vocalise-Étude pour Erik Satie, Op. 130 (2)
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Coming soon. Florent Schmitt: Orchestral Works
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Special offer. Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé & Chant élégiaque
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th May 2024
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Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems | 2CD Casebound Deluxe (Limited Edition)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Quatuor Ebène
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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Special offer. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franck & Schmitt
Orchestre Métropolitain, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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