Elke Völker - Franck: ...avant César Franck (2017)

"Caesar Franck before Caesar Franck," allow one legitimately to ask what this means. Simple, reader friend: these are pieces of organ that the master wrote in his first maturity, before his final language developed as found in his Symphony, his great works for piano or his Sonata For violin and piano. Most of these works for organ were not published during his lifetime but only around 1905 by his son, some even rediscovered here a few years. It is therefore well Franck organist famous before Franck famous composer who is presented here, knowing that every organist of good quality has to write and improvise for his instrument; And that even before himself, Franck was already seriously exploring Franck's style. Elke Völker plays an impressive Cavaillé-Coll, the neo-gothic basilica Notre-Dame de Bonsecours near Rouen; The instrument was inaugurated in 1857, precisely the period at which Franck wrote these works.

TRACKLIST

01. Offertoire en fa mineur
02. Offertoire en sol mineur
03. Andantino
04. Offertoire de Noël
05. Offertoire en fa dièse mineur
06. Pièce en mi bémol
07. Grand Chœur
08. Offertoire
09. Offertoire sur un Noël breton
10. Pièce pour grand orgue