This is absolutely unbelievable. Great melding of colours, lush melodies, character, and detailed orchestration. Purely French in essence with a little German touch here and there. The composer was both French and German.
Very first line made he think "must be French", then read the description and I was right! The French impressionists were so distinctive and so gorgeous!
Two recordings of the piano version of this suite have been recorded. One is long out-of-print but the other one, with the recently deceased pianist John Clegg, is available on the Paradisum label (UK-based). I don't consider this music to be reflective of Schmitt's mature style -- it's essentially a student effort, showing the influence of Schumann and Schmitt's teacher and mentor, Gabriel Faure. Nonetheless, it's a very engaging composition. You can read more about it here: florentschmitt.com/2015/06/05/florent-schmitts-best-known-early-composition-soirs-1890-96/
sounds nice and thanks for introducing this rare(?) work for us..! but why is the second piece played lower than it should? sounds like g minor to me not g# minor..
Very beautiful piece. Florent Schmitt is now forgotten, not for his music that has a lot a qualities, but rather for his anti-Semitism and for his sympathies for the nazism.
Yeah his wiki page mentions that. Wagner had problematic views too, as did others of the time I’m sure. Definitely a stain on them personally. Some of their views/beliefs were disgusting, but they also composed some amazingly beautiful music. 🤷🏼♂️
@@smb925 A big difference with Wagner is that Schmitt was contemporary with the nazism. It is true that Wagner had some anti-semitic ideas, but his music was used by the nazi propaganda long after his death.
How beautiful
This is absolutely unbelievable. Great melding of colours, lush melodies, character, and detailed orchestration. Purely French in essence with a little German touch here and there. The composer was both French and German.
Very first line made he think "must be French", then read the description and I was right! The French impressionists were so distinctive and so gorgeous!
Chef d'oeuvre !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so beatufil, its the kind of romanticisim smetana did, i beleive...
Beautiful
Thank you Medtnaculus so much for introducing me to this incredible composer!!!
+konosxatz1 Plenty more of his works coming soon!
Can't wait!!!
Keep them coming! You are going a great service to music-lovers everywhere!
Phillip Nones
Glad you enjoyed it! I've been enjoying your recent blog posts too.
beautiful piece
Beautiful music, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful piece! I must learn it
Belle pièce !!!
Two recordings of the piano version of this suite have been recorded. One is long out-of-print but the other one, with the recently deceased pianist John Clegg, is available on the Paradisum label (UK-based). I don't consider this music to be reflective of Schmitt's mature style -- it's essentially a student effort, showing the influence of Schumann and Schmitt's teacher and mentor, Gabriel Faure. Nonetheless, it's a very engaging composition. You can read more about it here: florentschmitt.com/2015/06/05/florent-schmitts-best-known-early-composition-soirs-1890-96/
16:00 reminds me of Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia for some reason.
More information about this music can be found here: florentschmitt.com/2015/06/05/florent-schmitts-best-known-early-composition-soirs-1890-96/
와.. 처음부터 진짜 좋다
A combination of French and German styles
Guess who did that too? Starts with B and ends with ach.
sounds nice and thanks for introducing this rare(?) work for us..! but why is the second piece played lower than it should? sounds like g minor to me not g# minor..
He changes the key in the orchestral version. No idea why. Never noticed until you pointed it out, but you can see yourself on IMSLP.
oh, so is it originally for solo piano?
Lewis Bae Yeah, this was originally a set of 10 pieces for piano and he transcribed most of them for orchestra.
Medtnaculus from that I think he's similar to Ravel..!
Lewis Bae
Very similar indeed. Schmitt even inspired Ravel's Jeux d'Eau with a piece of his "Les Lucioles" from his Nuits Romaines.
Very beautiful piece. Florent Schmitt is now forgotten, not for his music that has a lot a qualities, but rather for his anti-Semitism and for his sympathies for the nazism.
Yeah his wiki page mentions that. Wagner had problematic views too, as did others of the time I’m sure. Definitely a stain on them personally. Some of their views/beliefs were disgusting, but they also composed some amazingly beautiful music. 🤷🏼♂️
@@smb925 A big difference with Wagner is that Schmitt was contemporary with the nazism. It is true that Wagner had some anti-semitic ideas, but his music was used by the nazi propaganda long after his death.
@@didierschein8515 very true