FRANCK: Trois Chorals - Yoann Tardivel, organ

Are the Three Chorales César Franck’s testament? Nothing is less certain, as death seems to have brutally interrupted a feverish, all-out creative thrust, to which the operas Hulda and Ghiselle bear witness, as does the project for a cello sonata as well. In these Chorales he pursues with an eternal youth his lasting endeavour of creating a drama out of form alone, turning the supposedly decorative instrument into the interpreter of the most heartrending romanticism.

Yoann Tardivel, organ

César FRANCK (1822-1890)
1.    Choral en Mi majeur    16'37
2.    Cortège des fiancés    2'56
     extrait de l'opéra "Hulda"
     Transcription : Charles Tournemire
3.    Chanson de l’Hermine    2'41
     extrait de l'opéra "Hulda"
     Transcription : Charles Tournemire
4.    Prélude de l’acte II    5'24
     extrait de l'opéra "Ghiselle"
     Transcription : Charles Tournemire
5.    Choral en Si mineur    15'39
6.    Choral en La mineur    14'34