Discography
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Arno Bornkamp & Ivo Janssen
1998
Piano Music (piano: Stephen Hough)
1997
Symphony in D minor / Le Chasseur maudit (Philadelphia Orchestra feat. conductor: Riccardo Muti)
1995
Franck: Symphonic Variations / D'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air / Fauré: Ballade, op. 19
1994
Symphony in D minor / Symphonic Variations (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Carlos Maria Giulini)
1994
- Franck - Prelude, Choral et Fugue / Prelude, Aria et Final / etc. (piano: Paul Crossley)
Franck - Prelude, Choral et Fugue / Prelude, Aria et Final / etc. (piano: Paul Crossley)
1994
- Franck: Symphony in D Minor / Les Eolides (New York Philharmonic feat. Conductor Kurt Masur)
Franck: Symphony in D Minor / Les Eolides (New York Philharmonic feat. Conductor Kurt Masur)
1992
The Organ Works of César Franck (Jean Guillou)
1990
Violin Sonatas
1990
Complete Works for Organ, Volume 1 (Anthony Newman)
1989
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major / Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
1988
Symphony in D minor / Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
1987
L'Oeuvre d'Orgue (André Isoir, orgue Cavaillé-Coll de Luçon)
1987
The Complete Organ Music
1987
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About
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) 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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In 1858, he became organist at the Basilica of St. Clotilde, Paris, a position he retained for the rest of his life. He became professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1872; he took French nationality, a requirement of the appointment. His pupils included Vincent d'Indy, Ernest Chausson, Louis Vierne, Charles Tournemire, Guillaume Lekeu and Henri Duparc. After acquiring the professorship, Franck wrote several pieces that have entered the standard classical repertoire, including symphonic, chamber, and keyboard works.
César Franck in brief
- How many César Franck releases are on Riffiter?
- 14 releases are catalogued, spanning 1987 to 1998.
- What is the most recent César Franck release on Riffiter?
- Arno Bornkamp & Ivo Janssen, released in 1998.