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Franck, C - Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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McCawley responds well to this repertoire, and he's particularly impressive in the Bach, with its splendid Fugue ending with a rhapsodic outburst that links it to the freer style of the Prelude;... —
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There is much fine piano playing here. Nikolai Lugansky not only storms Franck’s barns with authority and rich tone but in the quieter passages finds a tenderness for which the composer has... —
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Hough has a dream-ticket combination of virtues – astonishing agility, a faultless ear for texture, fine-tuned stylistic sensibility and an exceptional understanding of harmonic and structural... —
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Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier Latry (harmonium)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
This is an outstanding release in every way. In fact, I cannot recall another that included all Franck's masterpieces for the piano on a single disc and in which, moreover, every performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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He might be termed the last of the great individualists among the pianist fraternity, an artist whose credo stems from his teacher, the great virtuoso Josef Hofmann. It is a school of personal... —
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Relatively early works, the Trios concertants for violin, cello and piano demonstrate some of Franck's initial experimentation with cyclic form and the use of fairly small, self-contained motivic... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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