Composer: César Auguste Franck
Performer: Pierre Grandmaison
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Atma
Catalogue: ACD22573
Release: 2007
Size: 300 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
3 pièces pour orgue
01. Fantaisie en la majeur
02. Cantabile
03. Pièce héroïque
04. Premier choral
CD 02
01. Deuxième choral
6 pièces pour orgue, Op. 19
02. Pastorale
03. Prière
04. Final
The Twelve Pieces for Organ of César Franck is a definitive collection of the composer’s works for organ, performed by the Montreal-based organist and composer Pierre Grandmaison, himself a protégé of Maurice Duruflé. Franck’s extraordinary compositions revolutionized the organ repertoire and laid the foundations for future composers, including Widor, Vierne, Tournemire and Dupré. These works were recorded in Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica on the magnificent Casavant organ, which has been played by all the great 20th-century French organists. The Notre-Dame instrument was the first 4-manual (81 stops) Casavant organ, and the largest in the country at the time of its installation in 1891. A must-have recording for all organ music enthusiasts!