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Les Eolides & Grande Piece Symphonique - La nuit de Walpurgi
$18.99
Details
- Composer
- Cesar Franck, Charles-Marie Widor
- Artist
- Christian Schmitt, Bamberger Symphoniker, Fabien Gabel
- Format
- CD
- Label
- CPO
- Released
- Jan 30, 2026
- Catalog #
- 555632-2
- UPC
- 761203563227
About
Anyone who entitles an organ piece a Grand Pièce 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 Szathmáry did at the behest of his young colleague Christian Schmitt when he examined the orchestral possibilities of César 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 Éolides (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.
Tracklist 7 tracks
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1 I. Andantino serioso 12:22
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Andantino serioso
- Duration
- 12:22
- Composer
- César Franck
- Performer
- Christian Schmitt
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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2 II. Andante 06:53
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 06:53
- Composer
- César Franck
- Performer
- Christian Schmitt
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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3 III. Allegro non troppo e maestoso 06:32
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Allegro non troppo e maestoso
- Duration
- 06:32
- Composer
- César Franck
- Performer
- Christian Schmitt
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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4 Les Éolides, M. 43 10:14
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Les Éolides, M. 43
- Duration
- 10:14
- Composer
- César Franck
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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5 I. Overture: Adagio - Allegro con fuoco 10:25
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Overture: Adagio - Allegro con fuoco
- Duration
- 10:25
- Composer
- Charles-Marie Widor
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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6 II. Adagio: Lento, a piacere quasi allegretto - Tranquillamente 08:15
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Adagio: Lento, a piacere quasi allegretto - Tranquillamente
- Duration
- 08:15
- Composer
- Charles-Marie Widor
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel
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7 III. Bacchanale: Andante quasi adagio - Allegro con fuoco 06:46
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Bacchanale: Andante quasi adagio - Allegro con fuoco
- Duration
- 06:46
- Composer
- Charles-Marie Widor
- Ensemble
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Conductor
- Fabien Gabel