Franck Orchestral Works
Liège’s orchestra plays music by the city’s famous son
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Composer or Director: César Franck
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Cyprès
Magazine Review Date: 11/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 53
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CYP7612
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(Le) Chasseur maudit, '(The) Accursed Huntsman' |
César Franck, Composer
César Franck, Composer François-Xavier Roth, Conductor Liège Philharmonic Orchestra |
(Les) Djinns |
César Franck, Composer
Cédric Tiberghien, Piano César Franck, Composer François-Xavier Roth, Conductor Liège Philharmonic Orchestra |
(Les) Eolides |
César Franck, Composer
César Franck, Composer François-Xavier Roth, Conductor Liège Philharmonic Orchestra |
Symphonic Variations |
César Franck, Composer
Cédric Tiberghien, Piano César Franck, Composer François-Xavier Roth, Conductor Liège Philharmonic Orchestra |
Author: Geoffrey Norris
Liège prides itself on being Franck’s birthplace and, although he defected to Paris and there gathered round him his famous ‘bande’ of creative acolytes, the Liège orchestra might well feel that it has a special duty to pull out all the stops in playing the city’s illustrious son’s music. It certainly sounds as though the musicians, under Roth’s direction, have a firm grasp of the idiom here, not merely in Le chasseur maudit but also in Les Djinns, to which Cédric Tiberghien brings an added degree of dynamism as the piano soloist. The airier, more lyrical qualities of Les Eolides are observed with equal perception, the chattery woodwind figures that pre-echo the Saint-Saëns of the Organ Symphony done with a piquant delicacy that provides a contrast to the urgency and ecstasy elsewhere. Tiberghien is also soloist in the Variations symphoniques, a performance that highlights the discretion, the strength and the subtleties of expression that distinguish his pianism and find sympathetic counterparts in the orchestral playing.
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