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César Franck: Les oeuvres pour piano
STR 37222 (Stradivarius, CD, 3 discs)
FIRST RELEASE
Playing time: 64'12"/55'10"/58'12" - TT 177'34"
Tracks: 8 + 23 + 3
Booklet pages: 16
Main country of recording: Belgium
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of César Franck: Les oeuvres pour piano published on 18 August 2022
Patrick Dheur, piano
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Roger Rossel, conductor
César Franck (1822-1890):
CD1
1-2 Deux premières compositions (1835)
3-5 Grande Sonata Op 10 (1835)
6 Eglogue (Hirten Gedicht) Op 3 (1842)
7 Premier Grand Caprice, Op 5 (1843)
8 Ballade Op 9 (1844)
CD2
1-3 Trois petits riens, Op 16
4-19 Sixteen short selected pieces for harmonium (1858-1863)
20 Prélude, Fugue and variation, Op 18
21 Les plaintes d’une poupée
22 Les Djinns - poème symphonique pour piano et orchestre (1884)
23
CD3 Danse lente (1865)
1 Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre (1885)
2 Prélude, Choral et Fugue (1884)
3 Prélude, Aria et Finale
Recorded at the Salle Philharmonique de Liège, Liège, Belgium.