An unusual and delightful tribute to French music. A young, cosmopolitan and distinguished pianist, at the same time French, Belgian and British, Antoine Préat proclaims, in this first album for naive, his lifelong attachment to French keyboard music. But rather than being confined by his instrument, or more broadly by his love of keyboards, Antoine Préat actually takes us into a saga; thereby putting an element of mystery into his retrospective. Picture by Franck Juery https://bfan.link/all-tha

The talented French harpist Anja Linder unveils the first extract from her album dedicated to Schubert, due for release in February 2024. Accompanied on violin by the renowned Laurent Korcia, this first track, entitled 'Lied der Mignon III', immerses us in the poetic world of Schubert 🖤 🎧 https://bfan.link/schubert-lied-der-mignon-iii-from-4-gesange-aus-wilhelm-meister-d-877 | naïve

Guided by the lute playing of Hopkinson Smith, the German soprano Sophie Klussmann here immerses herself in the little-known world of French chansons and Italian frottole from the first half of the sixteenth century, bringing to them a range of discreet, almost enigmatic emotions. A mes ennuyz, a melancholic and finely nuanced piece, is the first single from this beautiful project. https://hopkinsonsmith.bfan.link/chansonsfrottole | naïve