René de Boisdeffre Piano Sextets

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from Acte Préalable:
https://acteprealable.com/produkt/ap0515/

[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.