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.