IDAGIO | Franck: Symphony in D Minor - Rédemption - Le chasseur maudit 3760014198984

Featuring

Alain Altinoglu
hr-Sinfonieorchester
César Franck

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Historical Context

The defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 spurred new energy in the French musical world, leading to the founding of the Société Nationale de Musique.

Compositional Technique

Franck's D minor symphony deviates from the traditional four-movement structure, featuring only three movements where the central slow movement and scherzo flow into each other.

Composition History

César Franck, a Belgian-born organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue, was a member of the Société Nationale de Musique, which aimed to promote French instrumental music equal to the German-Austrian tradition.

Composition History

The original instrumental 'symphony' from Franck's 1872 'Poème-symphonie' Rédemption, long considered lost, was only premiered in London in May 2022.

Performer Biography

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony, founded in 1929, is renowned for its outstanding wind section, powerful strings, and dynamic playing, and has a strong tradition in interpreting Romantic literature.

Compositional Technique

A trademark of Franck's style is the 'cyclic principle,' where themes from earlier movements are recalled and developed in later movements, especially in the finale of his D minor symphony.

Performer Biography

Alain Altinoglu, the conductor, has been the Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony since 2021 and is known for his interpretations of Romantic, Impressionist, contemporary, and classical modernist repertoire.