Symphony / Symphonic Variations

Album by César Franck & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Riccardo Chailly & Jorge Bolet

Symphony / Symphonic Variations is an album of works by César Franck, comprising orchestral pieces composed in 1888 and 1885. Representing late-Romantic French orchestral writing, the music features rich chromatic harmony, cyclical thematic procedures and a blend of symphonic breadth with piano–orchestra interplay, reflecting Franck's mature output and its place in the development of the French symphonic repertoire.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony in D minor: I. Lento – Allegro non troppo
    20:38
  2. 2.
    Symphony in D minor: II. Allegretto
    11:23
  3. 3.
    Symphony in D minor: III. Allegro non troppo
    11:18
  4. 4.
    Symphonic Variations
    17:09

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