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Franck: Symphony in D Minor / Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat Major

1/1/2006, 6 Tracks, 1:08:15

Featuring

  • Marek Janowski
  • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • César Franck
  • Ernest Chausson

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Composer Biography

César Franck, though born in Liège, moved to Paris at age 13 and completed his advanced musical studies there, becoming a virtuoso pianist and organist.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

César Franck's Symphony in D minor, while adhering to the cyclical principle, features several formal innovations, including its three-part structure and an obligatory recapitulation that returns a minor third higher.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Ernest Chausson, a member of the 'bande à Franck' (Franck's group of organ students), found César Franck's mystical teaching more suited to his temperament than Jules Massenet's academic instrumentation class.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This CD marks the first co-production between Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) / Espace 2 and an international record company for a recording of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR).

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

César Franck's Symphony in D minor received a disdainful, even aggressive, reception from critics at its 1889 premiere, though it later became a standard work in the concert repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording venue, Dinemec Studio in Gland/Geneva, Switzerland, was originally built in 1940 around a 'Big Studio' with perfect acoustics for the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR).

Source: Booklet

Composition History

César Franck dedicated himself truly to composition only during the last 12 years of his life, thanks to his devoted harmony and organ students, who formed an unofficial composition class.

Source: Booklet

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