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RE: Any more Franck?

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vahe

In Reply to: RE: Any more Franck? posted by Chris from Lafayette on April 08, 2010 at 08:58:19

Is that recording still available?

Franck�s PC&F is an extremely difficult piano composition to get it right, it is a piano composition with proportions fit for a pipe organ music, many great pianists have tried but failed, producing spectacularly bland and fragmented performances, notable among them is Arthur Rubinstein�s recording of the piece.

My first exposure to this composition was a recording by Witold Malcuzinski some 50 years ago, a great performance indeed, presently I have several recordings, the most successful is a recording by Murray Purahia but I need to get my hands on Ivan Moravec if still available.

In addition to PC&F if you want to hear Franck at his best try his organ compositions, there is a two CD set of his organ works performed by J. Guillou on Dorian label in a demonstration quality sound.

Vahe

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RE: Any more Franck? - Chris from Lafayette 14:48:49 04/09/10 (3)
Moravec's recording seems to be available at Amazon, although for some reason, they do not show the CD booklet cover (above) on their site.

I was tempted by those Guillou/Dorian recordings you mention. I have the old Marcel Dupr� performances on Mercury.
- That's the one - k-k-k-kenny 08:19:22 04/10/10 (1)
  I got it in the package with the Beethoven and Mozart discs. If he can make me listen to Mozart, he must be good ...
  - I was in a master class with him in the early 80's - Chris from Lafayette 14:44:49 04/11/10 (0)
    I also had dinner with him and his wife a couple of times when he was touring the SF Bay Area. He's a great human being as well as a master pianist!
- RE: Any more Franck? - vahe 15:46:33 04/09/10 (0)
  You can order the Franck double album directly from Dorian. DOR-90135, I, II.
  
  There is another one with the same organist recorded in the same cathedral, it is called �The Great Organ of Saint Eustache� that I recommend to anyone with large full range speakers, the last track on this recording is Liszt �B-A-C-H� Fantasy and Fugue, you will definitely need a seat belt if you play this fairly loud on a wide band playback system. Dorian DOR-90134.
  
  Vahe

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