Franck: Complete Orchestral Works / Liège Royal Philharmonic

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Label
Fuga Libera
Release Date
April 8, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Franck, Cesar
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestre Philharmonique Royal De Liege
    • PERFORMER
      Arming, Cheour De Radio France
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 08, 2022
    • UPC
      5400439007918
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FUG791
    • LABEL
      Fuga Libera
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Variations brillantes sur un thème original, Op. 4

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Pierre Bleuse

    2. Variations brillantes sur Gustave III, Op. 8

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Pierre Bleuse

    3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 11

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Florian Noack (Piano)

      Conductor: Pierre Bleuse

    4. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Arming

    5. Rédemption, Op. 22 (1872 version)

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    6. Rédemption, Op. 22 (1873 version)

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    7. Les Eolide

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    8. Hulda

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Arming

    9. Le chasseur maudit

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    10. Les Djinns

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Cédric Tiberghien (Piano)

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    11. Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Cédric Tiberghien (Piano)

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    12. Psyché

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio France Choir

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    13. Prélude, choral et fugue

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Pierre Bleuse

    14. Symphony in D Minor

      Composer: Cesar Franck

      Ensemble: Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Arming


Orchestral music played a key role in the output of César Franck throughout his career. He accorded an important and innovative place to the symphonic poem, a new genre of the Romantic era: Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne actually dates from 1846, two years before Franz Liszt’s composition of the same name! As a virtuoso pianist himself, Franck also produced a number of concertante works, from early pieces written for his own performance – a few brilliant sets of variations and a youthful concerto – to the famous Symphonic Variations (1885). The Symphony in D minor of 1887 was one of the cornerstones of the renewal of the genre in France, coming between Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony (1886) and Chausson’s Symphony (1899). The Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège presents here the first genuinely complete survey of this orchestral and concertante repertory, assembling recordings from recent years and some new productions.

REVIEW:

The year 2022 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of César Franck. His orchestral music is not so often heard these days, so this comprehensive collection of performances from his home-town orchestra is quite timely. It would, however, have proved very welcome at any date for the Liège players not only play very well but also deliver the scores idiomatically and with real conviction. This box set usefully and enjoyably reminds us that there is plenty of pleasurable listening to be explored beyond the D minor symphony.

-- MusicWeb International