Franck: Complete Organ Works - Volumes 1-4
Out of print. No longer in production.
Shipping Policy- Composer: César Franck (1822-1890)
- Editor: Richard Brasier
- Instrumentation (this edition): Organ
- Originally for: Organ, Piano
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISMN:
- Size: 11.7 x 8.3 inches
- Pages: 661
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
The music of César Franck is revered by musicians the world over. for organists, he holds a particularly important place in history as one of the founding fathers of the French Romantic organ tradition, a school of organ composition that would be carried forward into the twentieth century by Charles-Marie Widor, Louis Vierne and others. Franck's unmistakable style showcases colourful polyphony and subtle mastery of form. in artistic terms, he was the first to see and realise the potential of the symphonic organ in France.
Contents:
Volume I: Preface and commentary
- Notes on the Organ Works
- Appendix A: Catalogue of Works
- Appendix B: Facsimile – Pièce Héroïque (Trocadéro manuscript)
- Critical Commentary
Volume II: 1846 – 1862
- [Grand Chœur] CFF 49
- [Pièce en mi bémol majeur] CFF 50 (fragment)
- [Pièce en la majeur] CFF 51
- Prière CFF 52 (fragment)
- Andantino CFF 54a/ FWV 25a
- Andantino CFF 54b / FWV 25b
- [Fantaisie] CFF 53a / FWV 28a
- [Fantaisie] CFF 53b / FWV 28b
- Prélude, Fugue, Variation, Op. 18 (Orgue/harmonium & pianoforte with parts)
Volume III: (1863 – 1877)
- Fantaisie, Op. 16
- [Fantaisie] CFF 53c
- Grande Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
- Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
- Pastorale, Op. 19
- Prière, Op. 20
- Final, Op. 21
Volume IV: (1877 – 1890)
- Fantaisie CFF 102
- Cantabile CFF 103
- Pièce Héroïque CFF 104
- Choral I CFF 105
- Choral II CFF 106
- Choral III CFF 107
Works:
- Piece in E-flat Major, CFF 49
- Piece in E-flat Major [Fragment], CFF 50
- Piece (Fantasie) in A Major, CFF 51
- Prière [Fragment], CFF 52
- Andantino in G Minor, CFF 54a/b, FWV 25a/b
- Piece (Fantasie) in C Major (1856), CFF 53a
- Fantaisie, CFF 53b
- Prélude, Fugue & Variation (Version for Organ & Piano), CFF 30a, FWV 30, Op. 18
- Fantaisie in C Major, CFF 53, FWV 28, Op. 16
- Fantaisie, CFF 53c
- Grand Pièce, CFF 98, Op. 17, FWV 29
- Prélude, Fugue & Variation, CFF 30b, FWV 30, Op. 18
- Pastorale in E Major, CFF 99, FWV 31, Op. 19
- Prière in C-sharp Minor, CFF 100, FWV 32, Op. 20
- Final in B-flat Major, CFF 101, FWV 33, Op. 21
- Fantaisie in A Major, CFF 102, FWV 35
- Cantabile in B Major, CFF 103, FWV 36
- Pièce héroïque in B Minor, CFF 104, FWV 37
- Chorale in E Major, CFF 105, FWV 38
- Chorale in B Minor, CFF 106, FWV 39
- Chorale in A Minor, CFF 107, FWV 40
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