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The music by Pierre Sancan on this album is all but unknown, even in France, and it may seem quite a surprise, even with the star power of the popular pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, that it turned up on classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2023. The only possible explanation is that the music is a total delight. Sancan was a teacher of Bavouzet, among others, as well as a pianist; even the booklet here offers the disclaimer that he was born too late and wrote neoclassic music in the middle of the 20th century. It would be nice if the discourse could get away from this idea, the notion of inevitable progress being quaintly Victorian by now. In any event, the music is lively and light in spirit. Those who enjoy the similarly underrated Jean Françaix will love Sancan, but the most remarkable feature is that Sancan wrote truly virtuosic music. It is very French, not keyboard-banging virtuoso music in the Russian sense, but its technical demands are considerable. There is a fine piano concerto and some short piano pieces (hear the two-minute Boîte à musique), but the real highlight is the three-movement Sonatine for flute and piano, where the two instruments interlock in difficult skittering figures. Bavouzet surely knows this music better than anyone else, and his performance here with flutist Adam Walker is wholly compelling. This is a unique document, a wonderful window into a French tradition too often dismissed as academic.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Pierre Sancan)
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Symphonie for String Orchestra (Pierre Sancan)
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sonatine for Flute & Piano (Pierre Sancan)
Adam Walker, Flute, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Adam Walker, Flute, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Adam Walker, Flute, MainArtist - Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Pierre Sancan, Composer - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Album review
The music by Pierre Sancan on this album is all but unknown, even in France, and it may seem quite a surprise, even with the star power of the popular pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, that it turned up on classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2023. The only possible explanation is that the music is a total delight. Sancan was a teacher of Bavouzet, among others, as well as a pianist; even the booklet here offers the disclaimer that he was born too late and wrote neoclassic music in the middle of the 20th century. It would be nice if the discourse could get away from this idea, the notion of inevitable progress being quaintly Victorian by now. In any event, the music is lively and light in spirit. Those who enjoy the similarly underrated Jean Françaix will love Sancan, but the most remarkable feature is that Sancan wrote truly virtuosic music. It is very French, not keyboard-banging virtuoso music in the Russian sense, but its technical demands are considerable. There is a fine piano concerto and some short piano pieces (hear the two-minute Boîte à musique), but the real highlight is the three-movement Sonatine for flute and piano, where the two instruments interlock in difficult skittering figures. Bavouzet surely knows this music better than anyone else, and his performance here with flutist Adam Walker is wholly compelling. This is a unique document, a wonderful window into a French tradition too often dismissed as academic.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Adam Walker BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier
- Composer: Pierre Sancan
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Symphonies
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
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