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LONDON NIGHTS
- Michael Tippett (1905-1998): Sonata No. 1 (1936-1937, revised 1942)
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Holiday Diary op. 5 (1934)
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941): Three Sketches for Piano H. 68 (1906)
- John Ireland (1879-1962): Ballade of London Nights (1930)
- Arnold Bax (1883-1953): First Sonata in F sharp Minor (1910, revised 1917-1920)
„Lee’s dynamic variations are supremely sensitive… Lee is surefooted along Bax’s sometimes meandering trails, with carefully delineated voicing.“
https://www.classical-music.com/reviews/instrumental/london-nights-franziska-lee/
BBC Music Magazine (January 2022)
„…It [Ballade of London Nights] is imaginatively played here, with great contrast between the emotional underpinnings of this de facto tone-poem…
… The performance here is stunning.“
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L'HEURE EXQUISE
- Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013): Sonate pour piano (1947-1948)
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Suite française pour piano d'après Claude Gervaise FP 80B (1935)
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Mélancolie FP 105 (1940)
- Jean Françaix (1912-1997): Sonate pour piano (1960)
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Napoli-Suite pour le piano FP 40 (1922-1925)
- Pierre Sancan (1916-2008): Toccata (1943)
«C'est la Sonate pour Piano de Dutilleux qui ouvre le disque et qu'elle joue sacrément bien avec beaucoup d'énergie et de précision. On sent qu'elle n'a aucun problème technique, ce qui lui permet de se consacrer évidemment sur tout le reste et elle m'a impressionné.»
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“She opens the CD with the Sonata for Piano by Dutilleux and plays it outstandingly well, with a lot of energy and precision. One feels that she does not know any technical problems, which allows her to concentrate on everything else. She impressed me from the beginning to the end.“
Radio France Musique
“ Ms Lee is effortlessly detached and efficient, her phrasing mechanical and sleek, implacable, a model of cool unflappable confidence, imbuing the sonata with inexorable momentum. It’s an astonishing feat of serenity under the pressure of Dutilleux’s intimidating technical onslaught. In concert, I’d give this performance a rare standing ovation.“
https://www.naxos.com/reviews/reviewslist.asp?catalogueid=C3006&languageid=EN
American Record Guide 9/2018
“ ... it only takes a few minutes of her debut CD with this particular French repertoire to be sure that we are dealing with a very talented, technically mature and musically demanding pianist ... The lightheartedness and clarity of her playing, her virtuosity, the sincere, impetuous aliveness and the mastery of the piano are particularly impressive. A wonderful repertoire in fantastic hands.“
Piano News 5/2019
“In the pianist's play, clarity and many nuances of color are combined, with both Dutilleux and Françaix succeeding in creating the large-scale arrangement of the sonatas. The "Suite Française" as well as "Napoli Suite pour Piano" by Poulenc demand an atmospheric lighter, with many intermediate tones working approach, which Franziska Lee copes masterfully on this CD.“
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WINNERS 2010-2019
Dr. Hermann Büttner KlavierwettbewerbDr. Hermann Büttner Piano Competition
Preisträgerin 2013 - Franziska Lee spielt:Winner 2013 - Franziska Lee plays:
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Fantasie fis-Moll op. 28Fantasia F-sharp minor Op. 28
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- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973): Preludi autunnali per Pianoforte (1914)
- Luciano Berio (1925-2003): Petite Suite pour Piano (1947)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975): Sonatina Canonica su Capricci di Niccolò Paganini (1943)
- Bruno Bettinelli (1913-2004): Sonatina (1939)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968): Sonata per Pianoforte (1942)