Les Eolides & Grande Piece Symphonique - La nuit de Walpurgi

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Label
CPO
Release Date
January 30, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Cesar Franck, Charles-Marie Widor
    • PERFORMER
      Christian Schmitt, Bamberger Symphoniker, Fabien Gabel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      761203563227
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555632-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andantino serioso

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    3. III. Allegro non troppo e maestoso

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Christian Schmitt

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    4. Les Éolides, M. 43

      Composer: César Franck

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    5. I. Overture: Adagio - Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    6. II. Adagio: Lento, a piacere quasi allegretto - Tranquillamente

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel

    7. III. Bacchanale: Andante quasi adagio - Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Charles-Marie Widor

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Fabien Gabel


Anyone who entitles an organ piece a Grand Pi�ce Symphonique should not be surprised if this very title one day is used as a benchmark to determine the legitimacy of this claimed attribute. This is exactly what the organist, composer, and pedagogue Zsigmond Szathm�ry did at the behest of his young colleague Christian Schmitt when he examined the orchestral possibilities of C�sar Franck's "great symphonic work". The result of this exploration gives us the world premiere of a concert piece in which the king of instruments and it's personified registers - i.e. The orchestra - form a captivating synthesis. Next to Franck's well-known tone poem Les �olides (The Daughters of Aeolus), the programme includes a rarely recorded work by Charles-Marie Widor - a Walpurgis Night that easily rivals the most famous witches' dances in the Romantic literature.