C.Franck – Symphonic Poems, Variations Symphoniques – François-Xavier Roth

César Franck (1822-1890):
Le Chausseur maudit
Les Djins *
Les Éolides
Variations symphoniques *

Cédric Tiberghien - piano *
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
François-Xavier Roth - conductor

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Saint-Saëns, Franck, Infante, Poulenc – Works for Two Pianos – Immerseel, Chevalier

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1922):
Danse Macabre, op.40
Variations sur un thème de Beethoven, op.35
César Franck (1822-1890):
Prélude, fugue et variations, op.18
Manuel Infante (1883-1958):
Trois danses andalouses
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Elégie en accords alternés
L'embarquement pour Cythère
Capriccio d'après "Le bal masqué"

Claire Chevalier - piano [Erard, 1897]
Jos Van Immerseel - piano [Erard, 1904]

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Franck, Ravel – Orchestral Music – Carlo Maria Giulini

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor *
Psyché et Eros *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye +

Berliner Philharmoniker *
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra +
Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor

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Franck, d'Indy – Symphonic Works – André Cluytens

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations *
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931):
Symphony on a French Mountain Air, op.25 *
César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor +

Aldo Ciccolini - piano *
Orchestre de la Société de Concerts du Conservatoire *
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française +
André Cluytens - conductor

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Beethoven, Franck, Ravel – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Ivan Moravec

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, op.58
César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Concerto in G major

Ivan Moravec - piano
Prague Philharmonia
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor

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César Franck – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Various Artists

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations *
Les Djinns *
Piano Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.11 +

François-Joël Thiollier - piano *
Martijn van den Hoek - piano +
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Roberto Benzi - conductor

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Franck, D'Indy – Works for Piano and Orchestra – François-Joël Thiollier

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Ballade in F sharp major, op.19
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931):
Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, op.25 (Symphonie cévenole)

François-Joël Thiollier - piano
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Antonio de Almeida - conductor

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Rachmaninov, C.Franck – Cello Sonatas – Steven Isserlis

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Prelude, op.2 no.1
Oriental Dance, op.2 no.2
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op.19
César Franck (1822-1890):
Le Sylphe *
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
Panis Angelicus *

Steven Isserlis - cello
Rebecca Evans - soprano *
Stephen Hough - piano

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Franck – Piano Quintet; Chausson – String Quartet – Quatuor Ludwig

César Franck (1822-1890):
Piano Quintet in F minor
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
String Quartet in C minor, op.35 (completed by Vincent d'Indy)

Michaël Levinas - piano
Quatuor Ludwig

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Franck, Ravel, R.Strauss – Violin Sonatas – Vladimir Spivakov

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Sonate posthume
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Sonata in E flat major, op.18
César Franck (1822-1890):
Sonata in A major

Vladimir Spivakov - violin
Sergei Bezrodnyi - piano

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Franck, Debussy – Violin Sonatas – Dumay, Pires

César Franck (1822-1890):
Violin Sonata in A major
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Violin Sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
Pièce en forme de habanera
Tzigane

Augustin Dumay - violin
Maria João Pires - piano

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Brahms, Schubert, Franck – Sonatas for Viola & Piano – Tabea Zimmermann (Vol.2)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, op.120 no.1
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Sonata for Arpeggione (Viola) amd Piano in A minor, D.821
César Franck (1822-1890):
Sonata for Violin (Viola) and Piano in A major

Tabea Zimmermann - viola
Kirill Gerstein - piano

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César Franck – Piano Works – Ashley Wass

César Franck (1822-1890):
Églogue (Hirtengedicht), op.3
Premier Grand Caprice, op.5
Les plaintes d'une poupée
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Danse lente
Prélude, Aria et Final

Ashley Wass - piano

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Cesar Franck – Trios & Sonatas – Academica Quartet

César Franck (1822-1890):

CD 1:
Piano Trio No.1 in F sharp major, op.1 no.1
Piano Trio No.2 "Trio de salon", op.1 no.2
Grand Duo for piano and violin in B flat major Op. 14 on motives from Gulistan by Dalayrac
Andantino Quietoso in E flat minor Op. 6 for violin and piano

CD 2:
Piano Trio No.3 in B flat minor, op.1 no.3
Piano Trio No.4 in B minor, op.2
Violin Sonata in A major

Mariana Sirbu - violin
Ruxandra Colan - violin
Mihai Dancila - cello
Mihail Sarbu - piano

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Brahms, Franck, Mahler – Orchestral Lieder – Christa Ludwig

tribute to Christa Ludwig on her birthday

(born 16 March 1928)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Alto Rhapsody, op.53 *
César Franck (1822-1890):
Nocturne for Contralto and Orchestra (orch.: Joseph Guy Ropartz) +
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Kindertotenlieder #
Rückert-Lieder #

Christa Ludwig - mezzo-soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker *
Orchestre de Paris +
Berliner Philharmoniker #
Karl Böhm - conductor *
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +
Herbert von Karajan - conductor #

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Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 – Clifford Curzon

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15 *
César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra +
Henry Litolff (1818-1891):
Scherzo from Concert symphonique No.4, op.12 +

Clifford Curzon - piano
London Symphony Orchestra *
London Philharmonic Orchestra +
George Szell - conductor *
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor +

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Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Julius Katchen

CD 1:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, op.5
Ned Rorem (b.1923):
Piano Sonata No.2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, op.35 no.1
Rondo capriccioso in E major, op.14
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Hungarian Rhapsody No.12
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Islamey

CD 2:
César Franck (1822-1890):
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op.47
Fantasy in F minor, op.49
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Hungarian Dances (vol.1)

Julius Katchen - piano

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César Franck – Piano Music – Stephen Hough

César Franck (1822-2890):
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Prélude, Aria et Final
Troisième Choral
Danse Lente
Grand Caprice
Les Plaintes d'une poupée

Stephen Hough - piano

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Chopin, Saint-Saens, Franck – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition VI)

Vol.6 Melodiya Series

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 *
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 +
César Franck (1822-1890):
Les Djinns - symphonic poem for Piano and Orchestra +

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Moscow Youth Orchestra +
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor *
Kirill Kondrashin - conductor +

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Schubert, Chopin, Franck, Bartok – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition V)

Vol.5 Melodiya Series

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Moments musicaux, D 780
Impromptu in A flat major, D 935 no.2
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Etude, Op. 10 No. 3, in E major
Etude, Op. 25 No. 5, in E minor
Polonaise, Op. 26 No. 1, in C sharp minor
César Franck (1822-1890):
Prelude, Choral et Fugue
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71

Sviatoslav Richter - piano

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