Jean Françaix: Concerto per 2 pianoforti e orchestra (1965)

Jean Françaix (1912-1997): Concerto per 2 pianoforti e orchestra (1965).
Allegro giocoso - Scherzando - Allegro
Jean & Claude Françaix, pianoforti
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Baden Baden diretta da Pierre Stoll.
Cover image: painting by Thomas Pradzynski.
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[@leoinsf]

I love Francaix and the loving approachable-ness of his clever writing.
I studied his Concertino and grew to love his quirky style and inventive melody-making.
I finally got to hear this concerto and realized that Francaix's style is pretty predictable.
I ask you, what is wrong to have a style and use it effectively!! His music is well written and captivating!!
No, no! He is no Mahler, but Poulenc and Francaix are effective composers in their own right and people need to accept them as such.
Sometimes we worship intellectualism in music, but there is a place for the Francaix's of the world, just as there is a place for the Mahler's of the world.
I love Francaix and his humor and his ability to "give the finger" to the musical intelligentia of the world. Go, Jean!!!

[@derfreischutz4380]

Yes

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

You are absolutely correct. Your comment is brilliant. But you have to remember that Francaix died in 1997, Poulenc 1963, Mahler 1911. Francaix lived through the Avant Garde era and rejected it. Don't forget he was writing at the same time as Boulez, who thought he was the "French Schoenberg" Well he wasn't was he. Great conductor, disastrous composer.

[@leoinsf]

@@DavidA-ps1qr David, Loved your comment!
It is interesting that Francaix lived to 1997 and I guess that he stopped writing in his later years.
I think that humor doesn't motivate a composer beyond middle age.
It is the sober composers who write so-called "serious music" that write later in life (Mahler ! . . .Shostakovich!).

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@leoinsf Absolutely right Leo, and thank you so much for your response.

[@mrtchaikovsky]

@@leoinsf As a matter of fact, Françaix wrote right until the end. He published compositions in almost every single year of his life and finished his last work in 1997. There's a chronological list of his works on Wikipedia.

[@0704271]

I love this piece. It reminds me of memory of Paris. I can feel Parisian"esprit"!

[@npeterpiano]

0:00 Allegro giocoso
9:10 Doppio più lento
15:12 Scherzando
23:19 Allegro, fieramente

[@louismarie92]

Beaucoup d'esprit et une écriture perlée, comme toujours chez Jean-Français ! Interprétation familiale au diapason !

[@sagamusic2008]

Wonderful!

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Merveilleux!

[@notaire2]

Erfreuliche und wunderschöne Interpretation dieses perfekt komponierten Konzerts mit glänzenden Klänge zweier Soloklaviere und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen anderer Instrumente. Der geniale Dirigent leitet das hoch funktionelle Orchester im rhythmischen Tempo und mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Der Komponist/Solist ist wahrlich bewundernswert. Einfach wunderbar!

[@randompianistis4670]

6:34 the superb cadenza !

[@batorlilia5841]

Wien les jours de pluie.