C. Franck: Grande pièce symphonique (M.C. Alain)/1

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C. Franck: Grande pièce symphonique (M.C. Alain)/1

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Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Six Pièces pour Grand-Orgue
Grande piece symphonique op. 17
Marie-Claire Alain at the Cavaille-Coll organ of the Eglise de St. François de Sales (Lyon, France)
DISPOSITION OF THE ORGAN
Grand Orgue
Principal 16'
Bourdon 16'
Montre 8'
Bourdon 8'
Flute harmonique 8'
Salicional 8'
Prestant 4'
Flute douce 4'
Doublette 2'
Fourniture IV
Cymbale III
Bombarde 16'
Trompette 8'
Clairon 4'
Positif
Nactorn 8'
Dulciana 8'
Unda Maris 8'
Flute harmonique 8'
Flute octaviante 4'
Doublette 2'
Carillon I-III
Trompette 8'
Basson 8'
Clarinette 8'
Recit
Quintaton 16'
Diapason 8'
Bourdon 8'
Viole de Gambe 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Flute Harmonique 8'
Flute octaviante 4'
Octavin 2'
Basson-Hautbois
Voix Humaine 8'
Cornet V
Basson 16'
Trompette 8'
Claroin 4'
Pedale
Basse Acoustique 32'
Contrebasse 16'
Soubasse 16'
Flute 8'
Violoncelle 8'
Bombarde 16'
Trompette 8'

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@gwenaelherve5675 2 жыл бұрын

J'adore. C'est le meilleur son.

@sawdoctor0 12 жыл бұрын

A beautiful performance of a piece that almost moves me to tears.

@Highinsight7 5 жыл бұрын

EVERYTHING... GREAT performance! GREAT instrument!

@sergeguillot 4 жыл бұрын

Magjifique orgue puisant et poetique, tres belle interpretation de MC Alain

@jonathanboksan6365 11 жыл бұрын

I cannot agree more with you. It is such a shame that Franck's music is at times pushed to the side. His music is the stepping stone for what is to come. Vierne would not be Vierne without Franck and so on. This piece in particular, with the Cavaille-Coll organ sparked a generation of symphonic organ works. Francks music is dripping with lush chromatic passages that are pre refer-ian! Just magical. Imagine sitting in Paris in the 1870's listening to the marvelous music!

@user-yc8mg8oz1p 10 жыл бұрын

I currently do my PhD thesis about Franck`s organ and symphonic works and I absolutly agree that he is among the most underestimated composers of the romanticism. And what is more- although an ordinary listener cannot percive it- he is probably the stylistic predecessor of Debussy.

@Highinsight7 7 жыл бұрын

PEOPLE know of his GREATNESS... his violin sonata made sure of that... (really... it's possibly the GREATEST of all violin sonatas... even many experts would agree...!)

@organbuilder272 5 жыл бұрын

The big problem is - he began the SYMPHONIC style of music, not the romantic. Vidor and Vierne followed his lead.

@kyotokid4 11 жыл бұрын

... I agree. Liszt had heard Franck on a couple occasions and was incredibly moved by the Belgian master's work.Franck was an incredible improvisor and It is sad that so many much of his work died within the walls of Saint Clotilde never to be heard again.

@gerardbedecarter 7 жыл бұрын

The best of his improvisations are no doubt embodied in his published compositions !!!!

@russedav5 10 жыл бұрын

I hadn't thought of it before, but It's a wonderful statement of Franck's greatness as an organ composer that his great reputation rests on a mere 12 pieces, far fewer than Bach's!, the 6 pieces of 1860-1862, of which this is #2, Fantaisie ut majeur, GPS, Prélude, Fugue et Variation en si mineur, Pastorale, Priére, Final the 3 pieces of 1878 Fantaisie la majeur, Cantabile, Pièce Hèroïque, and the posthumous 1890 Trois Chorales. His "L'Organiste" pieces just don't have the same gravitas as the 12, though several are certainly interesting fare.

@FB-dk8qm 2 жыл бұрын

Sûrement le meilleur instrument au monde pour jouer du Franck

@gerardbedecarter 13 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@Highinsight7 7 жыл бұрын

a little to straight forward... then she fools yahhh with tasteful, expressive rubato... ... like a true artist...! GREAT tempi in the fast stuff... not toooo fast that things go missing... which is nice cause there's so much to this music...

@bernardlemoigne4013 5 жыл бұрын

Très belle pièce de C. Franck, très bien interprétée par M-C. Alain, très poétique et priante, trop délaissée par les organistes ! à cause de sa longueur d'un seul mouvement, impossible à fragmenter .....étonnant que les pianistes ne s'en soient pas emparés comme pour Prélude Fugue et Variations .....!!!!

@cliveso 11 жыл бұрын

You are not alone. I myself love Franck's œuvre, but an organist friend of mine dismissed his music as "non-pieces". I really can't understand why! I think it is fair to say, at least, that Franck's music is very often poorly played (not referring to MC Alain's interpretation). Franck's music may seem to "lack substance", but for me, it provides many different opportunities for expression which is not found in other music. The Final, especially, has no comparison.

@organbuilder272 5 жыл бұрын

Those who feel that Franck's work lacks substance have not heard it, Or hearing, have not listened. His word, particularly this one, was intricate, evolving through the piece, recalling the theme and usually coming to a oponderous ending, or gliding away on soft sounds. Couperin - you are so correct in your conclusions.. Tell these nay-sayers to play his music. That is the test. Most "Organists" can't begin to perform it without buggering it up.

@sunnyboy1081 4 жыл бұрын

Who´s the gentleman at her side ???

@camilloflaim8933 3 жыл бұрын

Probably the husband, because she have had family, if remember well one female and one male.

@sophelet 2 жыл бұрын

@@camilloflaim8933 Did he play organ as well? Or could it be a friend who is assisting as registrant?

@dariogiorgiutti9418 4 жыл бұрын

I love Marie Claire Alain, and I consider her my virtual teacher, but in this case I find tempi not matching with what Franck indicated on his score. The initial andante serioso is in particular too fast and not at all "serioso".

@marsvltor2 9 жыл бұрын

Steve - I think you miss the point with the Final - it's surely a pastiche!!! The close, with its multitude of 'false endings' has to be a send-up of poor composition. It's certainly not (and I would say Franck would say it was never intended to be) in the same league as the rest of the 'Twelve'.

@gerardbedecarter 7 жыл бұрын

The finale and fugue are the best part of this magnificent masterpiece !!!!!

@marsvltor2 7 жыл бұрын

I was talking about the stand alone 'Finale', certainly not the magnificent finale from the work heard here!!!

@gerardbedecarter 7 жыл бұрын

The final [the stand-alone one] is a contrapuntal masterpiece. It also has touches of humour.

@gerardbedecarter 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry ... "Final".

@marsvltor2 7 жыл бұрын

'Contrapuntal masterpiece'. It's a load of block chords!!! To see that it was a pastiche of 'bad style', just look at the dedication: none other than Lefebvre-Wely!!!

@chubbtm5 12 жыл бұрын

I must be the only organist who is immune to the attractions of this piece. To me, the themes are stupid and the whole sounds like bad silent movie music. Of Franck's twelve major works, only the Prelude, Fugue and Variation, the Piece Heroique, and the Chorals have any merit. The rest can be forgotten. The Pastorale has an interesting theme, but it is clumsily handled. The Finale has a great first page or two, but goes on far too long.

@sergeguillot 5 жыл бұрын

Comment dit-on idiot en anglais ? Like in french, I thinck.

@donaldweil3361 5 жыл бұрын

Your right because I fell in love with it 45 years ago and it is one of my favorites along side the Ad Nos the prelude and fugue on Bach and the 94Th Psalm by Rebuke.

@organbuilder272 4 жыл бұрын

You could say the same thing about Buxtehude. Remember Franck as struggling with a whole new concept of organ literature. He was the pioneer. From his works came Widor. Unfortunately what followed was unfortunate. I wonder what you would say about messyain or some of Dupre and vierne.