Korstick plays Franck

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Korstick‘s opening movement of the Prélude, aria et final is one of the finest on record, with its fluid and flexible maestoso pace and delightfully ‘old school’ balancing of chords…For the most... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
Catalogue No: 555242-2
Label: CPO
Length: 69 minutes

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Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21

Work length19:18

$4.00

$5.20

Michael Korstick (piano)
Recorded: 26-27 April 2017
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany

Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21: I. Prélude

Track length5:28

$1.00

$1.30

Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21: II. Choral

Track length6:36

$1.00

$1.30

Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21: III. Fugue

Track length7:14

$2.00

$2.60

Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major

Work length27:21

$5.00

$6.50

Michael Korstick (piano)
Recorded: 17 July 2013
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany

Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. A. Cortot for Piano): I. Allegretto ben moderato

Track length5:58

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$1.30

Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. A. Cortot for Piano): II. Allegro

Track length7:42

$2.00

$2.60

Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. A. Cortot for Piano): III. Recitativo - Fantasia. Ben moderato - Molto lento

Track length6:45

$1.00

$1.30

Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. A. Cortot for Piano): IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Track length6:56

$1.00

$1.30

Franck, C: Prelude, Aria et Final M23 (1886 / 7)

Work length22:53

$5.00

$6.50

Michael Korstick (piano)
Recorded: 26-27 April 2017
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln, Germany

Prélude, aria et final, FWV 23: I. Prélude

Track length9:27

$2.00

$2.60

Prélude, aria et final, FWV 23: II. Aria

Track length6:25

$1.00

$1.30

Prélude, aria et final, FWV 23: III. Final

Track length7:01

$2.00

$2.60

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César Franck’s great Violin Sonata in A, arranged for piano by Alfred Cortot, forms the focus on our new solo CD featuring the gifted and successful pianist Michael Korstick. The version without disturbing scratching noises does indeed have its appeal, Korstick ironically opines and then explains, I know that I’m now making myself extremely unpopular with all violinists, but some things come across even better in the version for piano alone. One doesn’t miss the violin. This is of course a controversial statement, especially since it refers to the embodiment of the sensuous romantic violin sonata.Michael Korstick regards this work as Franck’s most important, central solo piece and the Franck expert Jörg Demus views the Prélude, Aria et Final as one of the few lucid compositions of the late romantic period and pardons it for its difficulty in playing technique: But what do difficulties mean when the emotional content compensates one for it in such a rich way!

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May 2019

Korstick‘s opening movement of the Prélude, aria et final is one of the finest on record, with its fluid and flexible maestoso pace and delightfully ‘old school’ balancing of chords…For the most part, the strong and sometimes overheated personalities of Franck the composer and Korstick the pianist suit each other well.

Korstick plays Franck

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