César Auguste Franck (Composer)
Born: 10th December 1822, Liege, Belgium
Died: 8th November 1890, Paris, France
Nationality: Belgian, French
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life.
He was born at Liège, in what is now Belgium (though at the time of his birth it was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands). He gave his first concerts there in 1834 and studied privately in Paris from 1835, where his teachers included Anton Reicha. After a brief return to Belgium, and a disastrous reception for an early oratorio Ruth, he moved to Paris, where he married and embarked on a career as teacher and organist. He gained a reputation as a formidable musical improviser, and travelled widely within France to demonstrate new instruments built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.
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Recording of the Week,
Franck and Chopin from Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang
The two acclaimed soloists come together in a dazzling duo, with the rich warmth of Franck's Cello Sonata in A major sharply offset against the angst-wracked soul-searching of Chopin's in G minor.
Recording of the Week,
Franck and Vierne from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien
The Russian violinist and French pianist bring a refreshing clarity and delicacy to two sonatas written for the Belgian composer-violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.
Popular Works: Franck, C
- Andantino in G minor for organ (14)
- Ave Maria, M57 (1865) (9)
- Cantabile, M36 (48)
- Cello Sonata in A major (49)
- Choral No. 1 in E major, M. 38 (60)
- Choral No. 2 in B minor, M. 39 (69)
- Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40 (87)
- Fantaisie in A major, M35 (42)
- Fantaisie in C major, Op. 16 (24)
- Fantasy in A (10)
- Final in B flat, Op. 21 (26)
- Flute Sonata in A major (18)
- Grande Pièce Symphonique in F sharp minor, Op. 17 (31)
- La Procession (15)
- Le Chasseur maudit (34)
- Le mariage des roses (10)
- Les Djinns, Op. 45 (18)
- Les Eolides - Symphonic Poem (18)
- Mass in A Major Op. 12 (21)
- Nocturne (22)
- Panis Angelicus (270)
- Pastorale, Op. 19 (41)
- Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14 (43)
- Pièce héroïque, M37 (67)
- Pieces (6) for Organ (36)
- Prelude, Aria et Final M23 (1886/7) (25)
- Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21 (82)
- Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18 (110)
- Prière, Op. 20 (28)
- Psalm 150, M. 69 (11)
- Psyché (30)
- Psyche Suite (10)
- Psyché: Psyché et Éros (9)
- Rédemption Symphonic Interlude (12)
- String Quartet in D major (17)
- Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46 (111)
- Symphony in D minor (138)
- Trois Chorals pour grand orgue, M. 38-40 (38)
- Trois pièces pour grand orgue, M. 35-37 (22)
- Violin Sonata in A major (275)
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