François-Adrien Boieldieu - Piano Concerto No. 1 (c.1792)

François-Adrien Boieldieu (16 December 1775 - 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major (c. 1792)
Dedication: Louis Jadin (1768-1853)
1. Allegro (9:00)
2. Pastorale con 5 variazioni (16:57)
Natasa Veljkovic, piano and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conducted by Howard Griffiths
The piano concerto was written when he was c. 17 years old (possibly earlier), a pleasing concerto, more of historic than musical interest.
Born during the Ancien Régime in Rouen, François-Adrien Boieldieu received his musical education first from the choirmaster and then from the organist of the local cathedral. During the Reign of Terror, Rouen was one of the few towns to maintain a significant musical life and in 1793 a series of concerts was organised featuring the celebrated violinist Pierre Rode and the tenor Pierre-Jean Garat. It was during this time that Boieldieu composed his earliest works to texts written by his father (La fille coupable in 1793, followed by Rosalie et Mirza in 1795). They brought him immediate success.
During the Revolutionary period, Boieldieu left for Paris and wisely started work as a piano tuner. At this time, the Opéra-Comique was the only theatre to offer opportunities for the hybrid works of the same name, close to classic opera, but containing spoken dialogue. The most typical work of the genre was Luigi Cherubini's Médée (1797). Opéra-comique, traditionally performed at the Salle Favart, was also staged at the Théâtre de Monsieur from 1789. In 1791, the company set up home in a new theatre, the Théâtre Feydeau, previously reserved for the troupe of the opera buffa. Over the course of ten years, the Favart and the Feydeau companies were rivals, the Favart beefing up its repertoire of patriotic spectacles and presenting the lighter works of Étienne Méhul, the Feydeau offering the heroic dramas of Cherubini or Jean-François Le Sueur. In 1797, Boieldieu offered the Feydeau La famille suisse and L'heureuse nouvelle. In 1798, he presented the Favart with Zoraime et Zulmare, which brought him extraordinary success.
The spiritual heir of André Grétry, Boieldieu focused on melodies which avoided too much ornamentation, set to light but intelligent orchestration. Hector Berlioz described his music as possessing "a pleasing and tasteful Parisian elegance". In 1800, he scored a veritable triumph with Le calife de Bagdad. In 1825 he produced his masterpiece, La dame blanche.

[@vb50boy55]

Seducent piano playing variations & cadenzas, really wonderful. Bravo!

[@vb50boy55]

Thanks for this discover and superb realization!

[@Noobescu]

I never thought scales and basic chord progressions could sound this nice!

[@jordans962]

Oh but they can, and sometimes do!

[@user-gh3it9fm4x]

Очень красивый концерт, на разные виды техники, по стилю немного похож на Моцарта и Кулау, Спасибо огромное, что знакомите с новыми опусами и композиторами! 🎹❤🔝

[@killuagon8849]

Now I understand that why he is known as " The French Mozart " ❤

[@studentofcounterpoint]

Thank you for this discovery, I really like this channel for the wide variety of composers you feature

[@rafaelochoa9874]

Nunca había escuchado las obras de ese compositor, suena genial, me encanto. :)

[@notaire2]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Interpretation dieses fein komponierten Konzerts mit klarem doch zugleich elegantem Klang des genialen Soloklaviers sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der ebenso geniale Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchster in verschiedenen Tempi und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Schade, dass die Partitur der Varationen teilweise verloren war. Jedenfalls wunderbar!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Belo concerto, clara a articulação, serena a participação das trompas. Uma obra clássica de gosto popular, bom escutar.

[@valeriykhasyanov9011]

Очень красивая музыка спасибо

[@cminor3016]

nice! wonder if they knew each other

[@josecarlosfimino2406]

🇧🇷💚

[@alcyonecrucis]

Sounds like proto-Beethoven

[@Alleriian]

Why is there such a noticeable drop in quality at 1:43 ? it just sounds like someone dropped the microphone into water lol

[@ValzainLumivix]

16:57 25:39

[@andrebelzil7991]

On dirait un exercice de czerny , il y a trop de gammes et pas vraiment de thème....