Composer: César Franck
Performer: Yoann Tardivel
Orchestra:
Conductor:
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Editions Hortus
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01. Choral No. 1 in E major, M. 38
Hulda, FWV 49 5:37
02. Cortège des fiancés
03. Chanson de l’Hermine
04. Ghiselle, FWV 50: Prélude de l’acte II
05. Choral No. 2 in B minor, M. 39
06. Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40
Are the Three Chorales Cesar Franck’s testament? Nothing is less certain, as death seems to have brutally interrupted a feverish, all-out creative thrust, to which the operas Hulda and Ghiselle bear witness, as does the project for a cello sonata as well. In these Chorales he pursues with an eternal youth his lasting endeavour of creating a drama our of form alone, turning the supposedly decorative instrument into the interpreter of the most heartrending romanticism.