Corentin Boissier : A contemporary "romantic" composer

[Alan Howe]

Audio excerpts here:
https://toccataclassics.com/product/corentin-boissier-two-piano-concertos-and-a-sonata/

(Slobber, slobber!)

[Sharkkb8]

Toccata Classics will indeed be releasing this soon (perhaps in May?).

This recording has emerged from the "Pipeline" on Toccata's site, but 4candles' mention of a May release appears to be right on target - Valentina Seferinova posted this on her website: "Much regret - but Covid-19 issues push the release date of my latest CD "Corentin Boissier - Two Concertos and a Sonata", on the Toccata Classics label, recorded in Lviv, Ukraine 2 years ago, back to May."

https://valentinaseferinova.com/LatestNews.html

[Alan Howe]

Yes, it's a May 7th release here in the UK:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8906398--boissier-piano-conc

[Alan Howe]

If the new Toccata release doesn't make a mint for Martin Anderson, I'll eat my woolly hat (which is still doing its job here in soggy, cool Britain). This is Addinsell plus - absolutely, gloriously over the top - and then some!

[semloh]

Well, Mr Anderson's certainly getting my money. I love slushy romantic music, and Corentin delivers it by the bucket load, as the excerpts well illustrate, and the CD sounds gorgeous. I think your woolly hat is safe, Alan!

[Annonymouse]

If you go https://valentinaseferinova.com/LatestNews.html - and scroll a little - every single track is teased !!

To see and hear an unsuccessful take (or 'just workin' it out') of Boissier's Glamour Concerto from the recording session in Lviv. Ukraine - about 2 years ago ; go here.
https://youtu.be/Qs5qMSmTQFY

To see and hear a successful take from the same recording session in the Ukraine - go here.
https://youtu.be/3ujUooaLHa4

[jonah]

The whole cd is available to listen to on Spotify

[Annonymouse]

Another video clip from the making of the much Covid delayed CD
1st March 2019 - late into the night recording session of Corentin Boissier's 'Philip Marlowe Piano Concerto' with Ukrainian Festival Orchestra - conducted by maestro and Grammy winning conductor John McLaughlin Williams in Lviv, Ukraine.
To add to the intrigue - this is the dramatic finale of the 3rd movement - before the gunshots are edited in !!
The result of several days of hard work !! 🙂

https://youtu.be/I2QQ0A4yRBA

CD and other formats available on the Toccata Classics label.

[Alan Howe]

MusicWeb review here:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2021/Jun/Boussier-PCs-TOCC0569.htm

[Limmson]

Boissier has only just begun. The extent of the discography he posts on his website is vast, giving some indication of this young man's frame of reference. I think his style is growing into one that will mitigate against his appellation as an "epigone." I believe that as he matures, he will develop his own individual voice.

[Music33]

Good morning,
I just came across this video (score+audio) of Corentin Boissier's String Quartet (2022), a more recent composition than all those mentioned previously. The video was uploaded by Bartje Bartmans' channel and not on the composer's own channel, hence the fact that I discovered it just now. I think it's a more modern-sounding work (although still accessible) that shows a more personal style and is not epigonal. Do you agree?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sAmvLryqZw

[semloh]

Oh, yes, quite 'spikey' and I don't mind it, but well outside our UC remit.