CESAR FRANCK EDITION - SBĚRATELSKÁ EDICE (23CD)

CD1
1 Le Chasseur maudit (1882) 15’56
Symphony in D minor (1886)
2 I. Lento: Allegro non troppo 18’42
3 II. Allegretto 11’16
4 III. Finale: Allegro non troppo 10’41
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Roberto Benzi
Total time
56’39
Recording: 14–16 June 1995, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands

CD2
1 Symphonic Variations (1885) 14’53
2 Les Djinns (1884) 12’13
Piano Concerto No.2 in B minor Op.11 (1835)
3 I. Allegro maestoso 15’37
4 II. Adagio 6’45
5 III. Rondo: Allegro 9’35
François-Joël Thiollier (1–2) • Martijn van den Hoek (3–5) piano
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Roberto Benzi
Total time 59’16
Recording: June 1995 (1–2) & 26–27 July 1997 (3–5), Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands

CD3
1 Les Éolides (1876) 11’18
Psyché (1887–8)
Symphonic Poem for orchestra
2 I. Le Sommeil de Psyché: Lento 10’41
3 II. Psyché enlevée par les zéphyrs: Allegro vivace 2’44
4 III. Les Jardins d’Éros: Poco animato 4’05
5 IV. Psyché et Éros: Allegretto modéré 7’35
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Roberto Benzi (1)
Sofia Symphony Orchestra / Vassil Kazandjiev (2–5)
Total time 36’28
Recording: 14–16 June 1995, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands (1); February 1994 (2–5)

CD4
String Quartet in D (1889)
1 I. Poco lento – Allegro 17’22
2 II. Scherzo: Vivace 5’29
3 III. Larghetto 11’06
4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto – Larghetto 15’13
Vilnius String Quartet
Arturas Šilale˙, Audrone˙ Vainiunaite violins
Girdutis Jakaitis viola • Augustinas Vasiliauskas cello
Total time 49’14
Recording: 2007

CD5
Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
1 I. Molto moderato quasi lento 16’00
2 II. Lento, con molto sentimento 11’16
3 III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco 9’43
Vilnius String Quartet
Arturas Šilale˙, Audrone˙ Vainiunaite violins
Girdutis Jakaitis viola • Augustinas Vasiliauskas cello
Muza Rubackyte piano
Total time 37’03
Recording: 2007

CD6
Piano Trio No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1 (1839-41)
1 I. Andante con moto 13’23
2 II. Allegro molto 6’40
3 III. Finale: Allegro maestoso 13’25
Piano Trio No.2 in B flat Op.1 ‘Trio de salon’ (1842)
4 I. Allegro moderato 9’09
5 II. Andantino 5’39
6 III. Minuetto 4’27
7 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 5’23
8 Duo Concertante in B flat Op.14 for violin and piano (1844)
on motifs from Gulistan by Nicolas Dalayrac
Maestoso – Allegretto grazioso –
Molto più lento – Tempo del maestoso 12’00
9 Andantino Quietoso in E flat Op.6 for violin and piano (1843) 6’54
members of the Academica Quartet
Mariana Sîrbu violin
Mihai Dancila cello
Mihail Sârbu piano
Total time 77’07
Recording: Fall 1981 & Spring 1982, the Quadrivium Hall, Genova

CD7
Piano Trio No.3 in B minor Op.1 (1842)
1 I. Allegro 7’39
2 II. Adagio: Quasi allegretto – tempo primo 11’19
3 III. Finale: Poco lento — Moderato ma molto energico –Il doppio più lento – Tempo primo 9’26
Piano Trio No.4 in B minor Op.2 (1842)
4 Allegro 18’24
Sonata in A for violin and piano (1886)
5 I. Allegretto ben moderato 6’37
6 II. Allegro 8’57
7 III. Recitativo–Fantasia 7’07
8 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6’25
members of the Academica Quartet
Ruxandra Colan (1–4), Mariana Sîrbu (5–8) violin
Mihai Dancila cello
Mihail Sârbu piano
Total time 76’03
Recording: Fall 1981 & Spring 1982, the Quadrivium Hall, Genova

CD8
1 Ballade Op.9 (1844) 16’27
4 Schubert Songs Op.8 (1844)*
2 I. Die junge Nonne (The Young Nun) 5’18
3 II. Die Forelle (The Trout) 2’18
4 III. Des Mädchens Klage (The Maiden’s Lament) 3’53
5 IV. Das Zügenglöcklein (The Death Bell) 5’56
Fantaisie sur 2 airs polonaises Op.15 (1845)
6 I. Andantino 4’46
7 II. Allegretto 2’11
8 III. Allegretto non troppo ma giocoso 4’45
9 Souvenirs d’Aix-la-Chapelle Op.7 (1843)* 16’09
*world-premiere recording
Julia Severus piano
Total time: 61’50
Recording: 30–31 October 2012, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin, Germany

CD9
Grande Fantaisie No.1 Op.11 (1844) on motifs from Gulistan by Nicolas Dalayrac
1 I. Andantino 1’52
2 II. Siciliana: Non troppo vivo e grazioso –Moderato: Poco più mosso – Allegro risoluto 13’06
Grande Fantaisie No.2 Op.12 (1844) on motifs from Gulistan by Nicolas Dalayrac
3 Maestoso – Allegretto grazioso 9’20
Fantaisie No.2 [disowned Op.14] (1841)
4 I. Andante 5’11
5 II. Tema: Polacca 1’12
6 Variazione: Meno vivo 2’14
7 III. Andante 2’51
8 IV. Finale: Allegro 2’56
Fantaisie sur 2 airs polonaises Op.15 (1845)
9 I. Andantino 5’52
10 II. Allegretto 2’28
11 III. Allegro non troppo, ma giocoso 5’11
Grande Fantaisie No.3 [disowned Op.19] (1841)
12 I. Presto – 1’02
13 Adagio – 6’59
14 Presto 0’33
15 II. Tema: Andante – 1’50
16 Prima Variazione – 1’46
17 Seconda Variazione – Finale 3’48
Francesco Bertoldi piano
Total time: 68’25
Recording: 1992, Dynamic Studio, Genoa, Italy

CD10
Prélude, fugue et variation Op.18 (1862) arr. piano Harold Bauer
1 I. Prélude – 3’49
2 Lento 1’11
3 II. Fugue 3’21
4 III. Variation 4’08
Prélude, aria et final (1886–7)
5 I. Prélude 9’21
6 II. Aria 5’17
7 III. Final 7’23
Prélude, choral et fugue (1884)
8 I. Prélude 4’28
9 II. Choral – 4’45
10 Poco allegro 1’14
11 III. Fugue 6’59
Muza Rubackyte piano
Total time: 52’05
Recording: 2008

CD11
Pièces pour grand orgue (1860–62)
1 Fantasy in C Op.16 12’17
2 Grande pièce symphonique Op.17 22’41
3 Prélude, fugue et variation Op.18 10’21
4 Pastorale Op.19 9’09
5 Prière Op.20 13’36
6 Final Op.21 11’03
Adriano Falcioni at the Mascioni organ (1961), Church of the Porziuncola, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi
Total time 79’21
Recording: 29–30 April 2011, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, Assisi, Italy

CD12
3 Pièces (1878)
1 Fantasy in A 13’17
2 Cantabile 5’54
3 Pièce héroïque 8’22
3 Chorals (1890)
4 No.1 in E 14’49
5 No.2 in B minor 13’25
6 No.3 in A minor 12’44
Adriano Falcioni at the Mascioni organ (1961), Church of the Porziuncola, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi
Total time 68’46
Recording: 29–30 April 2011, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, Assisi, Italy

CD13
5 Pièces pour harmonium
1 I. Offertoire 4’53
2 II. Petit offertoire 2’41
3 III. Premier verset in F minor 0’29
4 IV. Deuxième verset in F minor 0’50
5 V. Communion 2’12
6 Prélude, fugue et variation Op.18 8’57
(original version for piano and harmonium)
7 Offertoire in A 0’59
8 Petit offertoire 2’18
9 Quasi marcia Op.22 3’58
10 Offertoire: Maestoso ma non lento 4’45
11 Offertoire sur un Noël bréton 4’21
12 Entrée 2’27
13 Pièce in E flat 2’13
L’Organiste, Vol.1
7 Pièces in C and C minor
14 I. Poco allegretto 1’00
15 II. Andantino 1’41
16 III. Poco lento 0’45
17 IV. Maestoso 1’02
18 V. Poco lento 1’02
19 VI. Poco allegro 0’18
20 Amen: Moderato 3’43
21 VII. Offertoire: Andantino 0’51
7 Pièces in D flat and C sharp minor
22 I. Andante 0’40
23 II. Andantino 1’04
24 III. Poco andantino 0’38
25 IV. Poco allegro 1’11
26 V. Lento 0’39
27 VI. Andantino poco mosso 0’22
28 Amen: Moderato 3’12
29 VII. Andante 0’50
7 Pièces in D and D minor
‘Pour le temps de Noël’
30 I. Quasi allegro 1’38
31 II. Chant de la Creuse: Très lent 1’29
32 III. Quasi andante 1’14
33 IV. Vieux Noël: Andantino 1’19
34 V. Maestoso 1’03
35 VI. Vieux Noël: Maestoso 1’08
36 Amen: Moderato 0’18
37 VIII. Sortie ou offertoire: Allegro 4’06
Joris Verdin harmonium
Jos van Immerseel piano (6)
Total time 73’11
Recording: 1999, Filosofisch en Theologisch College van de Sociëteit van Jezus, Heverlee, Belgium
Harmoniums (various):
Debain (c.1860, c.1865, c.1875);
Alexandre (c.1865); Mustel (c. 1891); Kasriel (c.1890)
Piano: Érard

CD14
L’Organiste, Vol.1 continued
7 Pièces in E-Flat and E-Flat minor
1 I. Andantino poco allegretto 0’45
2 II. Quasi lento 0’51
3 III. Molto moderato 0’59
4 IV. Allegretto 0’43
5 V. Poco allegro 0’45
6 VI. Andantino 0’51
7 Amen: Moderato 0’15
8 VII. Offertoire: Andantino poco allegretto 2’42
7 Pièces in E minor and E
9 I. Andantino quasi allegretto 1’13
10 II. Moderato 0’44
11 III. Prière: Quasi lento 1’20
12 IV. Non troppo lento 1’07
13 V. Allegretto 1’06
14 VI. Poco allegretto 0’50
15 Amen: Moderato 0’21
16 VII. Offertoire ou communion: Poco lento 3’33
7 Pièces in F and F minor
17 I. Allegretto 0’54
18 II. Andantino 1’09
19 III. Lento 1’34
20 IV. Allegretto 0’30
21 V. Allegretto 0’45
22 VI. Poco lento 1’03
23 Amen: Moderato 0’12
24 VII. Sortie: Molto moderato 4’17
7 Pièces in G flat and F sharp minor
25 I. Air Béarnais: Andantino 1’12
26 II. Chant Béarnais: Poco allegretto 0’56
27 III. Andantino 1’05
28 IV. Poco lento 1’15
29 V. Poco allegro 0’43
30 VI. Poco allegretto 1’03
31 Amen in F sharp minor: Moderato 0’12
32 Amen in G flat: Moderato 0’15
33 VII. Offertoire funèbre: Poco lento 3’35
7 Pièces in G and G minor ‘Pour le temps de Noël’
34 I. Poco allegretto 0’58
35 II. Vieux Noël: Poco lento 1’02
36 III. Noël Angevin: Allegretto 0’40
37 IV. Quasi lento 1’16
38 V. Noël Angevin: Quasi allegro 0’41
39 VI. Allegretto vivo 1’16
40 Amen: Moderato 0’14
41 VII. Sortie: Allegro 3’08
7 Pièces in A flat and G sharp minor
42 I. Poco maestoso 1’10
43 II. Allegretto amabile 0’55
44 III. Andantino 1’11
45 IV. Andantino 0’52
46 V. Lento 1’22
47 VI. Andantino 1’07
48 VII. Sortie: Poco maestoso 3’29
Joris Verdin harmonium
Total time 58’36
Recording: 1999, Filosofisch en Theologisch College van de Sociëteit van Jezus, Heverlee, Belgium
Harmoniums (various): Debain (c.1860, c.1865, c.1875);
Alexandre (c.1865); Mustel (c. 1891); Kasriel (c.1890)

CD15
Stradella (arr. L. Hove) (1841)
Opera in three acts • Libretto: Émile Deschamps & Émilien Pacini
1 Overture 6’09
ACT I
2 Nous y voilà Monseigneur, par ici (Spadoni) 7’27
3 Venise est encore au bal (Stradella) 7’14
4 C’est donc vous Stradella (Léonor) 1’14
5 À demain les delices suprêmes (Léonor) 2’37
6 Amis, la place est libre! (Spadoni) 6’13
ACT II beginning
7 Ah! Ah quel songe affreux (Léonor) 2’52
8 Quand celui que j’adore (Léonor) 4’16
9 Du bruit! (Léonor) 1’16
10 C’est nous qui vendons (merchants) 6’20
11 Ah voilà ce chanteur (Spadoni) 1’18
12 O mon art! Art divin! (Stradella) 2’45
13 Quel coup du ciel! (Léonor) 4’31
14 Encore quelques moments, c’est notre délivrance (Stradella) 4’45
15 Je reste aussi (Stradella) 4’48
Léonor: Isabel Kabatu soprano
Stradella: Marc Laho tenor
Spadoni: Werner Van Mechelen baritone
Duke of Pesaro: Philippe Rouilon bass
Pietro: Xavier Rouilon tenor • Michael: Giovanni Iovino tenor
Beppo: Patrick Mignon • An officer: Roger Joakim
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie / Paolo Arrivabeni
Total time: 63’53
Live recording: September 2012, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, Belgium

CD16
Stradella (arr. L. Hove) (1841)
Opera in three acts • Libretto: Émile Deschamps & Émilien Pacini
ACT II conclusion
1 Je comprends, les témoins sont de trop (Duke) 5’39
ACT III
2 Rome ou l’humble artiste (Stradella) 2’39
3 À l’heure ou Dieu même (Stradella) 5’58
4 J’y suis enfin (Spadoni) 3’57
5 Dites-nous le nom de ce traitre (Pietro) 4’14
6 Spadoni, que vois-je, o terreur! (Léonor) 2’23
7 Quoi! Perdrais-je sans retour (Léonor) 2’33
8 O Dieu tout puissant (people) 4’00
9 O dévouement divin, sacrifice sublime (Stradella) 3’02
10 Quand Dieu se lèvera pour rendre la justice (Stradella) 4’30
11 Gloire à Dieu dans le ciel! (people) 1’14
12 Allons, allons, enfants de Rome (people) 3’07
Léonor: Isabel Kabatu soprano
Stradella: Marc Laho tenor
Spadoni: Werner Van Mechelen baritone
Duke of Pesaro: Philippe Rouilon bass
Pietro: Xavier Rouilon tenor
Michael: Giovanni Iovino tenor
Beppo: Patrick Mignon
An officer: Roger Joakim
Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Paolo Arrivabeni
Total time: 43’25
Live recording: September 2012, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, Belgium

CD17
Les Béatitudes (1869–79) beginning
Oratorio • Text: Joséphine-Blanche Colomb
1 Prologue 5’51
2 Première Béatitude 13’52
3 Deuxième Béatitude 10’57
4 Troisième Béatitude 18’26
5 Quatrième Béatitude 12’02
Cornelia Kallisch alto • Ingeborg Danz mezzo-soprano • John Cheek bass
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano • Scot Weir tenor • Reinhard Hagen bass
Gilles Cachemaille baritone • Keith Lewis tenor • Juan Vasle bass
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Helmuth Rilling
Total time 61’12
Recording: 2 March 1990, Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Germany

CD18
Les Béatitudes (1869–79) conclusion
Oratorio • Text: Joséphine-Blanche Colomb
1 Cinquième Béatitude 15’36
2 Sixtième Béatitude 14’47
3 Septième Béatitude 16’07
4 Huitième Béatitude 21’31
Cornelia Kallisch alto • Ingeborg Danz mezzo-soprano • John Cheek bass
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano • Scot Weir tenor • Reinhard Hagen bass
Gilles Cachemaille baritone • Keith Lewis tenor • Juan Vasle bass
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Helmuth Rilling
Total time 68’05
Recording: 2 March 1990, Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Germany

CD19
Rédemption (1871–2, rev. 1874)
Symphonic Poem • Text: Edouard Blau
Part I
1 Introduction 2’57
2 I. Choeur terrestre 5’25
3 II. Récit et choeur des Anges 3’39
4 III. Choeur, récit et air de l’archange
IV. Choeur général 11’48
Part II
5 V. Morceau symphonique 13’23
6 VI. Choeur d’hommes 4’30
7 VII. Choeur des anges 4’38
8 VIII. Air de l’archange 4’18
9 IX. Choeur général 7’02
Gé Neutel soprano
The Netherlands Radio Choir / Frans Müller
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic / Jean Fournet
Total time 57’47
Recording: 12 March 1976, NCRV Studio, Hilversum, Netherlands

CD20
Messe à 3 voix (1858–9, rev. 1872) for soloists, chorus, organ, harp, cello & double bass
1 I. Kyrie 6’49
2 II. Gloria 13’45
3 III. Credo 19’12
4 IV. Sanctus Benedictus 4’00
5 V. Panis angelicus 5’01
6 VI. Agnus Dei 6’50
from 3 Offertoires (1871) for soloists, chorus, organ, harp, cello & double bass
7 Quae est ista 7’15
8 Dextera Domini 8’39
Mariann Bódi soprano • Attila Wendler tenor • István Rácz bass
Kodály Kórus Debrecen
Dezso Karasszon organ
Andrea Kocsis harp • Zsolt Molnár cello • Ferenc Nagy double bass
Salamon Kamp
Total time: 71’06

CD21
Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la croix (1859)
1 Prologue: O vos omnes 4’09
2 1st Word: Pater, dimitte illis 5’11
3 2nd Word: Hodie mecum eris in paradiso 3’51
4 3rd Word: Mulier, ecce filius tuus 6’23
5 4th Word: Deus meus, ut quid dereliquisti me? 2’28
6 5th Word: Sitio 6’35
7 6th Word: Consummatum est 5’13
8 7th Word: Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum 5’30
3 Pièces (1878)
9 Fantasy in A 14’41
10 Cantabile 5’47
11 Pièce héroïque 9’20
Mainzer Domchor
Daniel Beckmann organ
Mainzer Domorchester / Karsten Storck
Total time 69’21
Recording: 6 April 2014, Mainz (St Martin’s) Cathedral, Germany (1-8);
12 May 2015, at the Klais organ (2013), St Stephan zu Mainz, Germany (9–11)

CD22
1 Nocturne (Louis de Fourcaud, 1884) 3’20
2 Ninon (Alfred de Musset, 1842–3) 2’05
3 Le Vase brisé (Sully Prudhomme, 1879) 3’19
4 Lied (Lucien Paté, 1873) 1’22
5 Le Mariage des roses (Eugène David, 1871) 2’28
6 Souvenance (François-René de Chateaubriand, 1842–3) 2’54
7 Robin Gray (Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1842–3) 6’44
8 Passez ! Passez toujours ! (Victor Hugo,1872) 5’40
9 Roses et Papillons (Victor Hugo, 1872) 2’40
10 L’Ange et l’Enfant (Jean Reboul, 1846) 3’12
11 Les Cloches du soir (Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 1888) 2’46
12 L’Émir de Bengador (François-Joseph Méry, 1842–3) 4’50
13 S’il est un charmant gazon (Victor Hugo, 1857) 1’54
14 À cette terre où l’on ploie sa tente (Victor Hugo, 1847) 6’23
15 Aimer (François-Joseph Méry, 1849) 4’13
16 La Procession (Auguste Brizeux, 1888) 4’22
Francesca Scaini soprano
Mattia Ometto piano
Total time 58’23
Recording: 12–13 February 2013, Sala delle Paludi, Onara, Tombolo (Padua), Italy

CD23
Sonata in A for violin and piano (1886)
1 I. Allegretto ben moderato 5’35
2 II. Allegro 7’37
3 III. Recitativo–Fantasia: Ben moderato 6’43
4 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6’08
Transcription for cello and piano by Jules Delsart
5 I. Allegretto ben moderato 6’21
6 II. Allegro 8’29
7 III. Recitativo–Fantasia: Ben moderato 7’32
8 IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6’26
Kristóf Baráti violin (1–4) • Klára Würtz piano (1–4)
Roberto Trainini cello (5–8) • Cristiano Burato piano (5–8)
Total time 55’07
Recording: 2014, Kodály Center Pécs, Hungary (1–4);
6–8 February 2016, Penderecki Hall, Oskar Kolberg School of Music, Radom, Poland (5-8)