Join us for a week of music from César Franck. Born in 1822 in Liège, Franck moved to Paris in 1835 and died there in 1890. He was initially known as a gifted improviser on the organ – and considered by some to be the greatest composer of organ music after J. S. Bach – but over time we have come to understand the breadth of his skills as a pianist and teacher and composer. From his faculty post at the Paris Conservatoire to his lifelong position as organist and maître de chapelle at the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Franck had an outsized influence on the music of 19th century Paris. Come enjoy music from Lalo, Chausson, and Delibes, and from Franck we’ll get to savor his Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra; the Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus and orchestra; his famous Violin Sonata in A; and of course the great D Minor Symphony.
Franck, César
Playlist
Episode 1
Franck, César: Grande pièce symphonique Op. 17 Liège, Belgium,
1.Andante
2.Allegro
3.Andante
4. Allegro non troppo e maestoso
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
Frank Great Organ Works
Erato 0630 12706-2
15:29
Franck, César: Les Beatitudes, M. 53: Prologue
No. 7. Selig Sind Die Friedfertig (Blessed Are the Peacemakers) (Bass, Chorus, Baritone)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelia Kallisch; soloist
Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Rilling, Helmuth; conductor
Les Beatitudes
Hanssler Classics HA 8548
21:51
Lalo, Édouard: Cello Concerto in D Minor:
2. Intermezzo
3. Introduction: Andante, Allegro vivace
Orchestre National De France/ Lorin Maazel Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello
Cello Concertos
CBS Masterworks MK 35848
13:58
Lalo, Édouard: Cello Concerto in D Minor: 2. Intermezzo (excerpt)
Orchestre National De France/ Lorin Maazel, Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello
Cello Concertos
CBS Masterworks MK 35848
1:01
Episode 2
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: Alleluia, Op. 25
Marc-André Hamelin
Alkan: Symphony For Solo Piano Trois Morceaux dans le genre pathétique
Hyperion CDA 67218
2:42
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: “Super Flumina Babylonis” “Paraphrase Du Psaume 137, Op. 52”
Marc-André Hamelin
Alkan: Symphony For Solo Piano Trois Morceaux dans le genre pathétique
Hyperion CDA 67218
6:36
Franck, César: Les Eolides
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Kurt Masur
Franck: Symphony In D Minor & Les Éolides
Teldec 74863
11:20
Franck, César: Panis Angelicus
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/ Michel Plasson, Roberto Alagna
Sacred Songs / Roberto Alagna
DG 680802
4:07
Franck, César: Le Chasseur Maudit
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Tadaaki Otaka
Psyché/ Le Chasseur Maudit
Chandos 9342
14:28
Delibes, Léo: Lakmé – Prélude
Mady Mesplé, Charles Burles, Danielle Millet, Roger Soyer
Alain Lombard: Opéra-Comique Orchestra & Chorus
Delibes: Lakmé [Disc 1]
Classics for Pleasure 93368
3:20
Delibes, Léo: Lakmé, Act 1: Viens, Mallika, … Dôme Épais (Flower Duet)
Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Orchestre national de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo & Jane Berbié
The World of Opera Favourites
London- Decca 4480532
6:43
Episode 3
Franck, César: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor:
II. Lento con molto sentiment
Budapest String Quartet and Artur Balsam
Library of Congress Recordings Vol 23/ Budapest Quartet
Bridge 9185
10:30
Franck, César: Psyché (1886-88): Part II: Les Jardins
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Welsh Chorus/Tadaaki Otaka
Psyché/ Le Chasseur Maudit
Chandos 9342
3:41
Franck, César: Psyché (1886-88): D’Eros
Part II: Lento (chorus)
Part II: Psyche Et Ero
Part III: Quasi Lento
Part III: Souffrances at Plaintes de Psyche
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Welsh Chorus/Tadaaki Otaka
Psyché/ Le Chasseur Maudit
Chandos 9342
37:54
Episode 4
Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A
I. Allegro Moderato
Itzhak Perlman, Martha Argerich
Music from Saratoga
EMI 5190878
5:45
Franck, César: Sonata in A For Violin and Piano
I. Allegretto Ben
Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott
Paris La Belle Époque
Sony SK 87287
5:43
Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A Major
II. Allegro
III. Recitativo, Fantasia
IV. Allegro Poco Mosso
Itzhak Perlman, Martha Argerich
Music From Saratoga
EMI 5190878
19:39
Franck, César: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra/ George Szell, Leon Fleisher
Franck
Diapason No. 75
00:45
Franck, César: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leon Fleisher, George Szell
Franck
Diapason No. 75
14:33
Chausson, Ernest: Duets, Op. 11 (La Nuit)
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson
Sweet Power of Song
EMI Classics 49930
3:08
Episode 5
Pierné, Gabriel: Cydalise et le chevre-pied: Act II Tableau 2:
A Corner of the Parterre in Versailles: Entry de Styrax
Luxembourg Phil Collège Vocal de la Cathédrale de Metz/ David Shallon
Cydalise et le chevre-pied
Timpani 1C1174
1:09
Pierné, Gabriel: Cydalise et le chèvre-pied: (Marche des petits faunes)
Orchestre des Concerts Colonne/ Gabriel Pierné
Gabriel Pierné: Chabier/ Bizet/ Lalo/ Berlioz/ Debussy/ Franck/ Pierné
Malibran CDRG 140
1:54
Franck, César: Pièce Heroique in B Minor, M. 37 in B Minor, M. 37
Marcel Dupré, organ
Pièce Héroïque / Three Chorales
Mercury MB 7013
8:14
Franck, César: Symphony in D Minor: I. Lento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Pierre Monteux
Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, CSO, BSO
RCA Victor 67897
17:09
Franck, César: Symphony in D Minor: II. Allegretto
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/ Kurt Masur
Franck: Symphony In D Minor & Les Éolides
Teldec 74863
9:57
Franck, César: Symphony in D Minor: III. Allegro non troppo
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées/ Philippe Herreweghe
Requiem
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901771
10:11
Franck, César: Psyché (1886-88): D’Eros Part I (excerpt)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Welsh Chorus/ Tadaaki Otaka
Psyché/ Le Chasseur Maudit
Chandos 9342
1:24