Composer: César Franck
Performer: Joris Verdin, Cindy Castillo, Bart Verheyen
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Musique en Wallonie
Catalogue: MEW2203
Release: 2022
Size: 447 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Fantaisie in C Major, Op. 16, FWV 28
01. I. Poco lento
02. II. Allegretto cantando
03. III. Quasi lento
04. IV. Adagio
3 pièces pour grand orgue
05. No. 3, Pièce héroïque, FWV 37
06. Pastorale in E Major, Op. 19, FWV 31
3 Chorals for Organ
07. No. 3, Choral in A Minor, FWV 40
Prélude, fugue et variation in B Minor, Op. 18, FWV 30
08. I. Prélude. Andantino
09. II. Lent
10. III. Fugue. Allegretto ma non troppo
11. IV. Variation. Andantino
3 Chorals for Organ
12. No. 2, Choral in B Minor, FWV 39
CD 02
Grande pièce symphonique in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 17, FWV 29
01. I. Andantino serioso – Allegro non troppo e maestoso
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Andante
05. V. Allegro non troppo e maestoso
3 pièces pour grand orgue
06. No. 1, Fantaisie, FWV 35
3 Chorals for Organ
07. No. 1, Choral in E Major, FWV 38
3 pièces pour grand orgue
08. No. 2, Cantabile, FWV 36
09. Prière in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 20, FWV 32
10. Final in B-Flat Major, Op. 21, FWV 33
This recording offers a new perspective for listening to the twelve pieces for organ by César Franck. The approach taken by the three performers Joris Verdin, Cindy Castillo and Bart Verheyen was to conform as closely as possible to the time and the circumstances in which the pieces played here were composed. They have limited themselves to assimilating and then to applying as far as possible the source material of that period, which at the same time presupposes turning a deaf ear to everything that has been said and written since Franck’s death. Compiling the present programme offered the opportunity to produce two discs with a carefully considered choice of both programme and instrument, a choice which does not necessarily correspond to the usual sequencing of Franck’s oeuvre. Here we present two symphonic organs with very different colours and in very different acoustics, played by different personalities who have one important thing in common: their fascination with Franck.