Allison Brewster Franzetti
Allison Brewster Franzetti is a Grammy-nominated pianist from New York. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard, she specializes in classical, South American, and related crossover music. She’s collaborated on several recordings with her husband, conductor/composer/pianist Carlos Franzetti, and in the 2010s, she recorded the complete piano works of composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
Early in her recording career during the '90s, Franzetti could be heard on the some of the Early Ears series of children's albums. She also accompanied other musicians, appeared on samplers, and recorded under her own name for 1994's American Piano, Vol. 5: South American Landscapes. In 1999, Chesky Records released her solo album, The Unknown Piazzolla, and in 2001, she appeared on Carlos Franzetti's ballet recording Tango Fatal, winner of the Latin Grammy for Best Tango Album. A year later, the pair issued Poeta de Arrabal, which was nominated for two Grammys. Allison Franzetti's subsequent records included accompanying flutist Kimberly McCoul Risinger on 2007's Sonata Fantasy. In 2008, Franzetti received a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra) for 20th Century Piano Sonatas, issued by Naxos in 2007. She and her husband collaborated again on 2011's Alborada, a South American and jazz crossover symphonic album that included a tribute to Milton Nascimento. In 2012 and 2013, the Grand Piano label released Allison's recordings of the complete piano works of Mieczyslaw Weinberg in four installments. The four-volume set followed in 2015.
Subtitled Piano Music of Argentina, Franzetti self-released Alma in 2014, the same year she reunited with Risinger for Songs of My Nights: Flute Music of David Maslanka. A recording of works by Carlos Franzetti and other Argentinian composers, Luminosa followed on the Sunnyside label in 2017. It featured Allison on piano, with Carlos conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Weinberg: Complete Piano Works
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 6 Jan 2015
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Ouvres pour piano (Intégrale - volume 4)
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 4 Feb 2013
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Oeuvres pour piano (Intégrale - volume 3)
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 1 Oct 2012
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Sonates pour piano du XXe siècle
Classical - Released by Naxos on 31 Jul 2007
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Œuvres pour piano (Intégrale - volume 1)
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 27 Feb 2012
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Musique pour piano (Intégrale - volume 2)
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 4 Jun 2012
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Soprano Summit
Paul Cohen, Kathleen Nester, Allison Brewster Franzetti, Lois Anderson
Chamber Music - Released by Ravello Records on 28 Jan 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bowed Colors Vol. 2
Brett Deubner, Allison Brewster Franzetti
Classical - Released by Navona on 14 Apr 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Alma
Classical - Released by Allison Brewster Franzetti on 21 Apr 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Maurice Ravel
Ballets - Released by Amapola Records on 5 Feb 2010
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Franzetti Plays Franzetti
Classical - Released by Allison Brewster Franzetti on 25 Apr 2015
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If You Could Read My Mind (2023)
Steve Markoff, Patricia Lazzara, Allison Brewster Franzetti
Pop - Released by Lazzarkoff on 7 Jun 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo