Aldo Ciccolini, Marie-Claire Alain, Renaud Capuçon, Armin Jordan, Carlo Maria Giulini - César Franck Edition

Warner Classics

£47.25

Format: 16 x CD, Set
ICPN: 0190296317859
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: Classical

CÉSAR FRANCK EDITION
A towering figure in French music of the later 19th century, César Franck created a distinctive fusion of German Romanticism and French Classicism, enriching the symphonic, chamber, instrumental, vocal and sacred repertoires. As a teacher and mentor he gained admiration for his modesty and generosity while exercising a powerful influence on younger disciples such as Vincent d’Indy, Henri Duparc and Ernest Chausson. The César Franck Edition gathers together all his masterworks – among them the Symphony in D, Violin Sonata, Prélude, Fugue et Variation and, of course, ‘Panis Angelicus’ – in enthralling performances by musicians of the first rank. Running to 16 CDs, the collection includes a CD of transcriptions and arrangements, proving their fascination for a still greater diversity of interpreters than Franck might have imagined. The five CDs of historical recordings – dating back as far as 1907 – testify to the continuing growth of his reputation after his death in 1890, and to the vibrant performing tradition engendered by his genius.

10th December 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of César Franck (1822-1890). Born in Belgium, but subsequently a French citizen, he is a towering figure in French music of the later 19th century. Today, Franck is especially admired for his works for orchestra, organ and piano, and for his chamber music, while his hymn ‘Panis Angelicus’ is one of classical music’s ‘greatest hits’. As a teacher and mentor, he influenced a number of major French composers of the generation that followed him.
• César Franck was born in the Belgian city of Liège in 1822. His family moved to Paris in 1835.
• Young César’s ambitious father was keen to exploit his son’s exceptional musical talent. The young man studied with great success at the Paris Conservatoire, but his father withdrew him from education in 1842 to tour as a virtuoso pianist. Franck’s talent was admired by Liszt, who is the dedicatee of one of his early works of chamber music.
• In 1846, Franck distanced himself from his father and the volatile existence of a virtuoso. He opted for a stable life in Paris as a church musician, piano teacher and family man.
• In 1851 he became organist at the important Church of Saint-Eustache, moving in 1857 to the newly consecrated Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde. Franck remained at Sainte-Clotilde for the rest of his life, establishing himself as a pre-eminent organist. He was especially celebrated for his improvisations on the church’s splendid organ, built by the celebrated Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.
• Franck, admired as a modest and generous man, achieved his greatest distinction in the period after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. As one of the first members of the influential Société nationale de musique (founded in 1871) he came into contact with all the major French composers of the time; in 1886 he became the society’s president. Appointed Professor of Organ at the Paris Conservatoire in 1872, he subsequently attracted a group of younger disciples, known as the ‘Franckistes’. These included Vincent d’Indy, Henri Duparc, Ernest Chausson, Augusta Holmès, Guy Ropartz and the Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu. His influence extended far beyond his immediate circle.
• As a composer, Franck initially focused on religious works (masses, oratorios, motets). In 1868 he reached a turning point with his masterly Six pièces d’orgue and also began composing his oratorio Les Béatitudes, which took him 10 years to complete. In the 1870s and 1880s he produced a stream of major compositions, including choral works, symphonic poems, the Symphony in D, works for piano and orchestra, chamber music, organ works and operas. (Though opera was normally the ‘seal of success’ for a French composer in Franck’s era, the four operas he composed in the course of his career remained unperformed in his lifetime).
• Integrating the influence of Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner, Franck’s music combines rigour, spirituality and sensuality in a distinctively French manner. Often expansively lyrical, it is sophisticated in its use of structure and chromatic harmony. Cyclical form, in which the same theme is carried through several movements of a work, is a signature technique.
• Franck, still at the height of his powers, died in 1890 following a road accident. His reputation as a composer continued to grow after his death.

The Franck Edition’s 16 CDs include all of Franck’s most important music and a wealth of lesser-known works. A collection of landmark recordings that span over a century (1907-2021), it features numerous major performers of the present and the past.
• Among the 16 CDs are five comprising historical recordings from the years between 1907 and 1954. The most recent recording in the box dates from 2021.
• Franck was a prolific composer. Rather than striving for completeness, this box focuses on his most significant and celebrated works among them are: the Symphony in D, structured in just three movements and synthesising German Romanticism and French Classicism; symphonic poems (such as Le Chasseur maudit and Les Djinns); the rhetorical and radiant Violin Sonata; the passionate, intense Piano Quintet; piano works such as the Prélude, Choral et Fugue, and the most important of his works for organ, the instrument most closely identified with him.
• Selected for their outstanding quality, the recordings in the box do ample justice to a composer of considerable achievement and wide influence, especially in the evolution of French music.
• The Edition includes no fewer than five different versions of the famous hymn ‘Panis Angelicus’ (from Franck’s Mass op 12): three solo interpretations by star singers of different generations – Beniamino Gigli, Camille Maurane and Barbara Hendricks – an orchestral version by Leopold Stokowski, and an arrangement for children’s chorus and organ by John Rutter.
• The much-loved Violin Sonata appears three times in the collection: in a performance by violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, and in transcriptions for cello and piano (Edgar Moreau and David Kadouch) and flute and piano (Jean-Pierre Rampal and Pierre Barbizet).
• Performances released on CD for the first time are:
 Les Plaintes d’une poupée and Danse lente in performances by pianist Pascal Devoyon from 1983
 Prélude, Aria et Finale in E major and Prélude, Choral et Fugue in B minor in performances by pianist Germaine Thyssens-Valentin from 1954.

Among the performers are:
Conductors
Carlo-Maria Giulini · Armin Jordan · Riccardo Muti · Michel Plasson
Organists
Marie-Claire Alain · Marcel Dupré*
Pianists
Khatia Buniatishvili · Aldo Ciccolini · Jean-Philippe Collard · Pascal Devoyon · David Kadouch · Pierre Barbizet
Samson François* · Yves Nat* · Arthur Rubinstein*
Other instrumentalists
Renaud Capuçon · Augustin Dumay · Jascha Heifetz* · Edgar Moreau · Jean-Pierre Rampal · Muir String Quartet · Quatuor Parrenin · Quatuor Pascal*
Singers
Victoria de los Ángeles · Barbara Hendricks · Nathalie Stutzmann · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau · Camille Maurane · Beniamino Gigli* · Georges Thill*
Orchestras
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse · Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · The Philadelphia Orchestra · The Philharmonia Orchestra
*Artist appearing on an historical recording

Wallets are illustrated with paintings by Belgian and French painters of Franck’s time.
• The booklet includes a comprehensive essay by Gilles Saint-Arroman, a specialist in the history of French music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and an expert on Franck’s important pupil Vincent d’Indy.

Tracklist
CD 1 57.12

César Franck 1822-1890

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC · PIANO WORKS

1 Les Plaintes d’une poupée (1865), FWV 20 1.55
2 Danse lente (1885), FWV 22 2.38

Pascal Devoyon piano

Prélude, Choral et Fugue in B minor (1884), FWV 21
3 I. Prélude 5.14
4 II. Choral 6.39
5 III. Fugue 6.37

Prélude, Aria et Finale in E major (1886-1887), FWV 23
6 I. Prélude 10.24
7 II. Aria 6.38
8 III. Finale 6.14

Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor (1862), for organ, piano transcriptions Harold Bauer, Op. 18 FWV 30
9 I. Prélude: Andantino 4.22
10 II. Fugue: Lent – Allegretto ma non troppo 3.15
11 III. Variation: Andantino 3.11

Aldo Ciccolini piano

Recorded: 1-2.VI.1983, Salle Aydar, Paris (1-2); 18.III (3-5), 24.III (9-11) & 16.IV.1969 (6-8), Salle Wagram, Paris (STEREO)
Producers: Yolanta Skura (1-2), René Challan (3-11) · Balance engineers: Pierre Lavoix (1-2), Paul Vavasseur (3-11)
1-2: Newly remastered from original tape by Art & Son Studio
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1969, Remastered (P) 2009 Warner Music France (3-11)
A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1984, Remastered 2022 Warner Music UK Limited (1-2)

CD 2 78.49

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC · ORGAN WORKS

1 Offertoire pour la messe de minuit (1858-1863), FWV 24 6.55

Kalevi Kiviniemi organ

Trois pièces pour grand orgue (1878)
2 No. 3: Pièce héroïque, FWV 37 7.30
3 No. 2: Cantabile, FWV 36 5.51
4 No. 1: Fantaisie in A major, FWV 35 12.07

Grande pièce symphonique (1860-1862), Op. 17 FWV 29
5 I. Andantino serioso – Allegro non troppo 10.14
6 II. Andante 3.44
7 III. Allegro 1.59
8 IV. Andante 2.22
9 V. Allegro non troppo e maestoso 2.28
10 VI. Beaucoup plus largement que précédemment 4.42

11 Pastorale (1863), Op. 19 FWV 31 8.16

Fantaisie in C major (1860), Op. 16 FWV 28
12 I. Poco lento 4.01
13 II. Allegro cantando 4.38
14 III. Quasi lento 1.06
15 IV. Adagio 2.54

Marie-Claire Alain Cavaillé-Coll organ

Recorded: 8-12.VI.1995, Saint-Étienne de Caen (Abbaye aux Hommes) (2-15); 1.1998, Turku Cathedral, Turku, Finland (1) (STEREO)
Producers: Martine Guers-Fernoux (2-15), Kalevi Kiviniemi (1) ∙ Balance engineers: Martine Guers-Fernoux (2-15), Mati Heinonen/Pro Audile Oy (1)
0190296317859 · (p) 1999 Finlandia Records (1). A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1996 Warner Music UK Limited (2-15)

CD 3 69.28

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC · ORGAN WORKS

Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor (1862), Op. 18 FWV 30
1 I. Prélude: Andantino 3.07
2 II. Fugue: Lent – Allegretto ma non troppo 3.02
3 III. Variation: Andantino 2.52

Trois Chorals (1890)
4 No. 1 in E major, FWV 38 13.26
5 No. 2 in B minor, FWV 39 12.41
6 No. 3 in A minor, FWV 40 11.48

Six pièces pour grand orgue (1860-1862)
7 No. 5: Prière, Op. 20 FWV 32 11.21
8 No. 6: Final, Op. 21 FWV 33 11.07

Marie-Claire Alain Cavaillé-Coll organ

Recorded: 8-12.VI.1995, Saint-Étienne de Caen (Abbaye aux Hommes) (STEREO)
Producer & Balance engineer: Martine Guers-Fernoux
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1996 Warner Music UK Limited

CD 4 58.38

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CHAMBER MUSIC

1 Andantino quietoso in E-flat major for violin and piano (1843), Op. 6 FWV 5 6.52
2 Grand Duo No. 1 sur des motifs de l’opéra Gulistan de Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac in B-flat major for violin and piano (1844), Op. 14 FWV 6 11.22

Augustin Dumay violin
Jean-Philippe Collard piano

Piano Quintet in F minor (1878-1879), FWV 7
3 I. Molto moderato quasi lento – Allegro 17.47
4 II. Lento, con molto sentimento 13.18
5 III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco 9.17

The Muir String Quartet
Joseph Genualdi & Bayla Keyes violin · Steven Ansell viola · Michael Reynolds cello

Recorded: 12-13.VII.1976 & 14-15.II.1977 (1-2); 17-18.XI, 5.XII.1983 & 4.I.1984 (3-5), Salle Wagram, Paris (STEREO)
Producer: Eric Macleod ∙ Balance engineers: Serge Rémy (1-2), Roger Ducourtieux (3-5)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1977 (1-2) & 1984 (3-5) Warner Music France

CD 5 78.35

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CHAMBER MUSIC

Violin Sonata in A major (1886), FWV 8
1 I. Allegro ben moderato 6.30
2 II. Allegro 8.18
3 III. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato – Molto lento – A tempo moderato 7.26
4 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6.11

Renaud Capuçon violin
Khatia Buniatishvili piano

String Quartet in D major (1889), FWV 9
5 I. Poco lento – Allegro 17.50
6 II. Scherzo: Vivace 5.39
7 III. Larghetto 11.51
8 IV. Allegro molto 14.46

Quatuor Parrenin
Jacques Parrenin & Jacques Ghestem violin · Gérard Caussé viola · Pierre Pénassou cello

Recorded: 23-24.V.1972, Salle Wagram, Paris (5-8); 28-30.IV.2014, Auditorium Campra, Conservatoire Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence (STEREO)
Producers: Michael Fine (1-4), Eric Macleod (5-8) ∙ Balance engineer: Jin Choi (1-4), unknown (5-8)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1973/Remastered 2014 Warner Music France (5-8). A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 2014 Parlophone Records Limited (1-4)

CD 6 73.47

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Rédemption, poème-symphonie (Édouard Blau) (1871-1874), FWV 52
PART ONE
1 Introduction 3.58
2 I. Chœur terrestre: Que le jour monte ou s’abaisse” (Chorus) 5.48
3 “Ah ! Malheur aux vaincus” (Speaker alone) 1.41
4 II. Récit et chœur des anges: “Mais, je vois s’éclairer” (Speaker, the Angels) 4.39
5 III. Chœur, récit et air de l’archange: “Où mènent vos chemins” (Speaker, Chorus) 1.20
6 “Les rois dont vous vantez la gloire” (The Archangel, Chorus) 8.47
7 IV. Chœur général: “Devant la loi nouvelle” (Chorus) 4.23
PART TWO
8 V. Morceau symphonique 13.56
9 VI. Chœur d’hommes: “Où sommes-nous ?” (Chorus) 4.23
10 “Toujours le chant moqueur” (Speaker alone) 1.49
11 VII. Chœur des anges: “Et vous, séraphins” (Speaker, the Angels) 7.49
12 VIII. Air de l’archange: “Le flot se lève” (The Archangel) 5.41
13 “Prier ! Le pouvons-nous ?” (Speaker alone) 2.10
14 IX. Chœur général: “Seigneur, Seigneur, oublie” (Chorus) 7.20

Speaker: Lambert Wilson
Archangel: Béatrice Uria-Monzon mezzo-soprano
Orfeón Donostiarra (José-Antonio Sainz chorus master)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse · Michel Plasson

Recorded: 21-24.V.1993 & 5.I.1994, Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse (STEREO)
Producer: Étienne Collard ∙ Balance engineer: Daniel Michel
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1994 Warner Music France

CD 7 76.57

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1 Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano and orchestra (1884), FWV 45 12.53

2 Variations symphoniques for piano and orchestra (1885), FWV 46 17.08

Psyché, symphonic poem with chorus (1887-1888), FWV 47
PART ONE
3 Le sommeil de Psyché 8.04
4 Psyché enlevée par les Zéphirs 2.46
PART TWO
5 Les Jardins d’Éros 3.55
6 « Dieu jeune et fort » (Chorus) 7.02
7 Psyché et Éros 7.48
PART THREE
8 « Amour, elle a connu ton nom » (Chorus) 3.56
9 Souffrances et plaintes de Psyché 7.04
10 « Éros a pardonné » (Chorus) 6.17

Aldo Ciccolini piano (1-2)
Chœurs de la RTB-BRT (Gilbert Ernst chorus master) (6, 8, 10)
Orchestre de Liège · Paul Strauss

Recorded: 16-19.IX.1974 (3-10), 20.IX & 7, 9-10.XII.1974 (1-2), Salle du Conservatoire, Liège (STEREO)
Producer: Gréco Casadesus ∙ Balance engineer: Gilbert Steurbaut (1-2), unknown (3-10)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1975, Remastered (p) 1994 (3-10) & 2009 (1-2) Warner Music France

CD 8 66.19

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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1 Les Éolides, symphonic poem (1876), FWV 43 11.08

Sinfonieorchester Basel · Armin Jordan

2 Le Chasseur maudit, symphonic poem (1882), FWV 44 15.27

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Riccardo Muti

Symphony in D minor (1886-1888), FWV 48
3 I. Lento – Allegro non troppo 17.28
4 II. Allegretto 11.43
5 III. Allegro non troppo 10.31

The Philharmonia Orchestra · Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded: 29-30.VII.1957, Kingsway Hall, London (3-5); 26.X.1981, Old Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia (2); IV.1985, Martinskirche, Basel (1) (STEREO)
Producers: Michel Garcin (1), John Mordler (2), Walter Jellinek (3-5) · Balance engineers: Yolanta Skura (1), John Kurlander (2), Harold Davidson (3-5)
Coproduction Erato/Cascavelle (1)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics release, (p) 1959/Remastered 1993 (3-5), 1983 (2) Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1986 Warner Music UK Limited (1)

CD 9 76.35

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VOCAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1 Roses et papillons, FWV 81 (Victor Hugo) (ca 1860) 2.14
2 Le Mariage des roses, FWV 80 (Eugène David) (ca 1870) 3.01
3 Nocturne, FWV 85 (Louis de Fourcaud) (1884) 4.40
4 La Procession, FWV 88 (Auguste Brizeux) (1888) 5.27
5 Panis Angelicus, from Mass, Op. 12, FWV 61 (1860-1872) 4.27

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone · Hartmut Höll piano (1-3)
Victoria de los Ángeles soprano · Bath Festival Orchestra · Sir Yehudi Menuhin (4)
Camille Maurane baritone · Marie-Claire Alain organ (5)

Les Béatitudes, d’après l’Évangile, poème de Madame Colomb, FWV 53 (1869-1879) (beginning)
6 Prologue 4.33
7 Première Béatitude 14.07
8 Deuxième Béatitude 10.10
9 Troisième Béatitude 17.23
10 Quatrième Béatitude 10.29

Louise Lebrun soprano · Jane Berbié mezzo-soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann alto · David Rendall, Peter Jeffes tenor
Marcel Vanaud baritone · François Loup, Daniel Ottevaere bass
Raphaël Tambyeff organ
Chœur de Radio France (Jacques Jouineau chorus master)
Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · Armin Jordan

Recorded: 15-18.VI. 1964, Temple Church, London (4); IV.1984, Munich (1-3); 20-21.XI.1985, Église Saint-Louis des Invalides, Paris (6-10, Live) (STEREO) – 2.XI.1957, Église Saint-Eustache, Paris (5, MONO)
Co-production Erato/Radio France (6-10)
Producers: Michel Garcin (5), Ronald Kinloch Anderson (4), Guy Chesnais (6-10), unknown (1-3) · Balance engineers: Christopher Parker (4), Michel Lepage (6-10), unknown (1-3, 5)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato Disques (5-10) & Teldec (1-3) release, (p) 1987 (1-3, 6-10), 1995 (5) Warner Music UK Limited. A Warner Classics release, (p) 1985, Remastered (p) 1996 Parlophone Records Limited (5)

CD 10 73.17

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CHORAL MUSIC

Les Béatitudes, d’après l’Évangile, poème de Madame Colomb, FWV 53 (1869-1879) (conclusion)
1 Cinquième Béatitude 14.12
2 Sixième Béatitude 13.36
3 Septième Béatitude 14.55
4 Huitième Béatitude 20.05

Louise Lebrun soprano · Jane Berbié mezzo-soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann alto · David Rendall, Peter Jeffes tenor
Marcel Vanaud baritone · François Loup, Daniel Ottevaere bass
Raphaël Tambyeff organ
Chœur de Radio France (Jacques Jouineau chorus master)
Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · Armin Jordan

5 Dextera Domini, FWV 65 10.26

Yves Castagnet organ Cavaillé Coll of César Franck
Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris · Henri Chalet

Recorded: 20-21.XI.1985, Église Saint-Louis des Invalides, Paris (1-4, Live); 14-16.IV.2021, Basilique Saint-Clotilde, Paris (5) (STEREO)
Co-production Erato/Radio France (1-4)
Producers: Guy Chesnais (1-4), Émilie Fleury (5) · Balance engineer: Michel Lepage (1-4), Philippe Malidin (5)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1987 Warner Music UK Limited (1-4). A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2022 MSNDP under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited (5)

CD 11 68.38

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TRANSCRIPTIONS & ARRANGEMENTS

Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8 (Transc. for cello by Jules Delsart)
1 I. Allegro ben moderato 6.33
2 II. Allegro 8.37
3 III. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato – Molto lento – A tempo moderato 7.17
4 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6.32

Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8 (Transc. for flute by Jean-Pierre Rampal)
5 I. Allegretto ben moderato 5.25
6 II. Allegro 6.58
7 III. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato – Molto lento – A tempo moderato 6.06
8 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 5.19

Panis Angelicus, from Mass, Op. 12, FWV 61
9 Version for voice and orchestra (Orch. René Challan) 4.27
10 Version for orchestra (Orch. Leopold Stokowski) 3.39
11 Version for children’s chorus and organ (Arr. John Rutter) 3.08

12 Ave Maria, FWV 62 for voice and orchestra (Orch. Marc-Olivier Dupin) 4.33

Edgar Moreau cello · David Kadouch piano (1-4)
Jean-Pierre Rampal flute · Pierre Barbizet piano (5-8)
Barbara Hendricks soprano · Erik Lundkvist organ · Stockholm Chamber Orchestra · Eric Ericson (9)
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Wolfgang Sawallisch (10)
Tom Winpenny organ · The Boys of King’s College Choir, Cambridge · Stephen Cleobury (11)
Sœur Marie Keyrouz soprano · Orchestre d’Auvergne · Arie van Beek (12)

Recorded: 21-22.XII.1972, Église Notre-Dame du Liban (5-8); 28-30.V & 2-3, 9.VI.1990, Konserthuset Stockholm (9), 6-11.XII.2016, Ferme de Villefavard, France (1-4), 8 & 11.II.1995, Giandomenico Studios, Collingswood, New Jersey (10), 26-30.VII.1999 Église de Vic-le-Comte, Puy-de-Dôme, France & 13.VIII.1999 Abbatiale de Manglieu, France (12); III.2004, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (11) (STEREO)
Producers: Hugues Deschaux (1-4), Michel Garcin (5-8), Étienne Collard (9) , John Fraser (10), Nicolas Bartholomée (12), Stephen Jones (11) · Balance engineers: Hugues Deschaux (1-4), Pierre Lavoix (5-8), Lars Hedh (9), John Kurlander (10), Nicolas Bartholomée (12), Simon Rhodes (11)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, (p) 1973/Remastered 2015 Warner Music UK Limited (5-8). A Warner Classics release (10-11) & Warner Classics/Erato release (1-4, 12), (p) 1996 (10), 1999 (12), 2004 (11), 2018 (1-4) Parlophone Records Limited. A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1990 Warner Music France (9)

CD 12 79.14

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HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

Prélude, Choral et Fugue in B minor for piano, FWV 21
1 I. Prélude 5.10
2 II. Choral 6.18
3 III. Fugue 7.26

Blanche Selva piano

Prélude, Aria et Finale in E major for piano, FWV 23
4 I. Prélude 10.26
5 II. Aria 7.01
6 III. Finale 6.40

Prélude, Choral et Fugue in B minor for piano, FWV 21
7 I. Prélude 5.56
8 II. Choral 7.06
9 III. Fugue 8.18

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin piano

10 Variations symphoniques for piano and orchestra, FWV 46 14.50

Yves Nat piano · Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pierné · Gaston Poulet

Recorded: 5.VI.1930, Madrid (1-3); 17.IV.1942, Studio Albert, Paris (10); 1954, Salle Aydar, Paris (4-9) (MONO)
Producer: Serge Moreux (4-9), unknown (1-3, 10) · Balance engineer: André Charlin (4-9), unknown (1-3, 10)
First release as : Columbia LFX 168/170, matrix LX 1382-1, 1383, 1384-1, 1385-1/1387-1 (1-3), Ducretet-Thomson LPG 8716, matrix LDG 1033-34 (4-9), Columbia LFX 608/610, matrix CLX 2252-1/2255-1 (10)
4-9: Newly remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1930 (1-3), 1942 (10), 1954 (4-9), Remastered 2006 (10) & 2022 (1-9) Warner Music France

CD 13 80.29

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HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

1 Trois pièces pour grand orgue: No. 3 Pièce héroïque, FWV 37 7.31

Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor for organ, Op. 18 FWV 30
2 I. Prélude: Andantino 3.08
3 II. Fugue: Lent – Allegretto ma non troppo 2.21
4 III. Variation: Andantino 2.39

Marcel Dupré organ Hill & Son, Norman and Beard

5 Trois Chorals for organ: No. 3 in A minor, FWV 40 11.55

André Marchal organ, Grandes orgues Ducroquet-Barker (1854)

6 Pastorale for organ, Op. 19 FWV 31 7.55

Trois Chorals for organ
7 No. 1 in E major, FWV 38 16.36
8 No. 2 in B minor, FWV 39 15.05
9 No. 3 in A minor, FWV 40 13.15

Édouard Commette organ Daublaine et Callinet (1841)/Jean Merklin (1875)

Recorded: 25.VI.1926 (1) & 17 &19.VI.1929 (2-4), Queen’s Hall, London; IV.1948, Église Saint-Eustache, Paris (5); 31.V.1928 (6), 5 (7-8) & 7 (9) VII.1955, Primatiale Saint-Jean, Lyon (MONO)
Producer & Balance engineer: unknown
First release as: HMV D 1115, matrix CR 486/487 (1), HMV D 1843, matrix CR 2413/2414 (2-4), Lumen 32078-9, matrix YL 201/3 (5), Columbia D 11029, matrix LX 392-2 & LX 393-1 (6), Columbia FCX 496, matrix XLX 398 (7-9)
7-9: Newly remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics release, (P) 1926 (1), 1929 (2-4), Remastered (p) 2002 Parlophone Records Limited.
A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1948 (5), 1928 (6), 1955 (7-9), Remastered 2002 (5) & 2022 (6-9) Warner Music France

CD 14 72.36

César Franck 1822-1890

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8
1 I. Allegro ben moderato 5.25
2 II. Allegro 7.26
3 III. Recitativo-Fantasia: Ben moderato – Molto lento – A tempo moderato 6.27
4 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 5.49

Jascha Heifetz violin · Arthur Rubinstein piano

String Quartet in D major, FWV 9
5 I. Poco lento – Allegro 17.10
6 II. Scherzo: Vivace 4.44
7 III. Larghetto 12.02
8 IV. Allegro molto 13.29

Quatuor Pro Arte
Alphonse Onnou & Laurent Halleux violin · Germain Prévost viola · Robert Maas cello

Recorded: 18.V.1933, Abbey Road Studios, London (5-8); 3.IV.1937, London (1-4) (MONO)
Producers & Balance engineer: unknown
First release as: HMV D.B. 8362/8364, matrix 2EA 4883/4888 (1-4), HMV/Gramophone DB 2051/2056, matrix 2B 4196-1, 4197-2, 4198-1, 4199-1, 4200-3, 4601-1, 4602-2, 4603-1, 4604-1, 4609-2, 4606-2 (5-8)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics release, (p) 1933 (5-8), 1938 (1-4), Remastered 2022 Parlophone Records Limited

CD 15 76.05

César Franck 1822-1890

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

Prélude, Choral et Fugue in B minor for piano, FWV 21
1 I. Prélude 4.38
2 II. Choral 3.49
3 III. Fugue 8.01

Piano Quintet in F minor, FWV 7
4 I. Molto moderato quasi lento – Allegro 16.08
5 II. Lento, con molto sentimento 11.06
6 III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco 10.15

La Procession, FWV 88 (Auguste Brizeux)
7 I. “Dieu s'avance à travers les champs” 2.36
8 II. “Aux cantiques de l'homme” 2.51

9 Le Mariage des roses, FWV 80 (Eugène David) 2.20
10 S’il est un charmant gazon, FWV 78 (Victor Hugo) 2.03
11 Nocturne, FWV 85 (Louis de Fourcaud) (1884) 4.16
12 Béatitude No. 4, FWV 53 (Colomb - excerpt) 3.54

13 Mass, Op. 12 FWV 61: Panis Angelicus 3.54

Samson François piano (1-3)
Jeanne-Marie Darré piano · Quatuor Pascal (Jacques Dumont & Maurice Crut violin · Léon Pascal viola · Robert Salles cello) (4-6)
Berthe Auguez de Montalant soprano with orchestral accompaniment (7-8)
Georges Thill tenor (9-12)
Maurice Faure piano (9-11)
Orchestra · Elie Cohen (12)
Beniamino Gigli tenor · Chorus, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin · Bruno Seidler-Winkler (13)

Recorded: 1907 (7-8); 18.X.1927 (12); 17.X.1936 (9-10); 1.X1937 (11); 2.VI.1936 (13); 20.V.1952, Studio Magellan Paris (4-6); 14.IX.1955, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (1-3) (MONO)
Producer: unknown · Balance engineer: Walter Ruhlmann (1-3), unknown (4-13)
First release as: Columbia 33 FC 1045, matrix XL 322 (1-3), Pathé DTX 123, matrix XPTX 152/153 (4-6), Gramophone G.C. 33652/653, matrix 5117h/5117h (7-8), Columbia LFX 517, matrix CLX 1935-1 (9-10), CLX 1958-1 (11), Columbia D 15121, matrix WLX 101 (12), HMV D.B. 2914, matrix 2RA.1334 (13)
4-6: Newly remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Art & Son Studio
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics release/Erato release, (P) 1907 (7-8), 1929 (12), 1937 (9-11), 1953 (4-6), 1955 (1-3), Remastered 2022 (4-6, 9-12) Warner Music France. A Warner Classics release, (P) 1936 & Remastered 1987 Parlophone Records Limited (13)

CD 16 72.14

César Franck 1822-1890

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS

Symphony in D minor, FWV 48
1 I. Lento – Allegro non troppo 19.43
2 II. Allegretto 10.31
3 III. Allegro non troppo 9.34

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire · Philippe Gaubert

4 Rédemption, FWV 52: V. Morceau symphonique 10.35

Psyché, suite for orchestra, FWV 47
5 Le sommeil de Psyché 8.43
6 Psyché enlevée par les Zéphirs 2.18
7 Les Jardins d’Éros 3.19
8 Psyché et Éros 7.28

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire · Piero Coppola

Recorded: 6, 9 & 15.X.1928 (1-3); II. (5, 8), X. (4, 6), XI. (4, 6-7) 1930 (MONO)
Producer & Balance engineer: unknown
First release as: Columbia D 15188/15193, matrix LX 536/538, 544/547, 586/589 (1-3), Gramophone W 1159, P 860, matrix CG 1040-2, 1041-1, BG 1042-2 (4), Gramophone W 1111, matrix CF 2920-1, 2921-1 (5), Gramophone P 860, matrix BG 1044-2 (6), Gramophone W 1177, matrix CG 1169-2 (7), Gramophone W 1112, matrix CF 2922-2, 2923-2 (8)
0190296317859 · A Warner Classics/Erato release, (p) 1929 (1-3), 1931 (4-8), Remastered 2022 Warner Music France