Franck: Les Beatitudes

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Label
Fuga Libera
Release Date
January 12, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Cesar Franck
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestre Philharmonique Royal De Liege, Hungarian National Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Gergely Madaras
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 12, 2024
    • UPC
      5400439008175
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FUG817
    • LABEL
      Fuga Libera
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue - En ce temps-la, sur la terre (Chorus, Tenor)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Artavazd Sargsyan

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    2. Beatitude No. 1. Bienheureux les pauvres d'esprit (Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    3. Beatitude No. 2. Bienheureux ceux qui sont doux (Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass, Baritone, Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Anne-Catherine Gillet, Héloïse Mas, John Irvin, Artavazd Sargsyan, Patrick Bolleire, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    4. Beatitude No. 3. Bienheureux ceux qui pleurent, parce qu'ils seront consolés (L'Epouse, Un Orphelin, Une Mere, L'Epoux, Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Anne-Catherine Gillet, Héloïse Mas, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, John Irvin, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    5. Beatitude No. 4. Bienheureux ceux qui ont faim et soif de la justice (Tenor, Christ)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: John Irvin, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    6. Beatitude No. 5. Heureux les miséricordieux (Tenor, L'Ange du Pardon, Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Artavazd Sargsyan, Anne-Catherine Gillet, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    7. Beatitude No. 6. Bienheureux ceux qui ont le coeur pur (Pharisien 1, Pharisien 2, L'Ange de la mort, Pharisien 4, Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: John Irvin, Artavazd Sargsyan, Patrick Bolleire, Yorck Felix Speer, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    8. Beatitude No. 7. Bienheureux les pacifiques … (Voix pacifique, Christ, La Foule)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Anne-Catherine Gillet, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, John Irvin, Patrick Bolleire, Yorck Felix Speer, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras

    9. Beatitude No. 8. Bienheureux ceux qui souffrent persécution pour la justice (Mater dolorosa, Satan, Christ, Chorus)

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège

      Performer: Héloïse Mas, Patrick Bolleire, David Bizic

      Conductor: Gergely Madaras


César Franck considered Les Béatitudes, for soloists, choir and orchestra, to be his greatest work. It was perhaps Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion that prompted him to begin a work in 1869 that too would be dominated by the voice of Christ. Franck worked on Les Béatitudes for ten years and created an original and deeply personal renewal of the oratorio form in 19th-century France. This is no simple musical depiction of a subject taken from the Gospel: Franck, a firm believer in the precepts of the Beatitudes, was here inspired to write a bold and personal work, driven by the ideal of justice that its music unforgettable portrays.