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César Franck: Djinns, Variations symphoniques, triptyques pour piano

5/6/2022, 8 Tracks, 1:07:36

Featuring

  • Kristiina Poska
  • Tanguy de Williencourt
  • Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen
  • César Franck

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Performer Biography

Tanguy de Williencourt, the pianist on this album, has been praised by critics as a "complete musician" with "pianistic authority and rich colours."

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Les Djinns, a symphonic poem for piano and orchestra, is a novel work that blends elements of Liszt's symphonic poem and the concerto form.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Kristiina Poska, the conductor, made her breakthrough in 2010 with an impressive performance of Verdi's La Traviata at the Komische Oper Berlin.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Concertgebouw in Bruges from April 26 to 29, 2021, with artistic direction and sound engineering by Olivier Rosset.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Franck's two triptychs for piano, Prélude, Choral et Fugue and Prélude, Aria et Final, are unique in the piano repertoire due to their original design and powerful formal unity.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

César Franck, unlike many composers who found early success, composed most of his masterpieces in the last decade of his life, after turning sixty.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Franck, a devout Christian, often showed a preference for the number three in his compositions, symbolizing an ideal balance that echoed the divine trinity.

Source: Booklet

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