René de Boisdeffre Piano Sextets

Started by Alan Howe, Saturday 04 September 2021, 17:51

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Mark Thomas

My radar has never picked up de Boisdeffre but his music sounds attractive enough. These three CDs are for the shopping list, I think.

Alan Howe

Just listening to No.2 - and what a very beautiful work this is. The idiom? Rather more euphonius than his contemporary Saint-Saëns, I suppose - otherwise I don't really know who to compare it with. It's just gorgeous all the way through. Review here: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2021/Nov/Boisdeffre-sextets-AP0515.htm


semloh

Thanks for that comment, Alan. I've never heard of this composer, but it sounds like it's another CD for my wants list.

Mark Thomas

Acte Préalable have issued quite a few CDs of de Boisdeffre's chamber music, which are easily available in the UK at least through MusicWeb International. I'm eagerly awaiting those which I've ordered on the back of Alan's recommendations here.