All Franck articles
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Review
Steven Isserlis: Music from Proust’s Salons
Isserlis and Shih’s Proustian programme is full of spontaneity and lyrical delight
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Concert review: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) Annika Treutler (piano)
Tim Homfray reviews the cellist’s concert with pianist Annika Treutler at London’s Wigmore Hall on 17 February 2020
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Gautier Capuçon: Franck, Chopin, Piazzolla
A superb partnership of star soloists sparks brilliance
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Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien: Vierne, Franck, Ysaÿe
Delicacy and ferocity in a marvellous collection of contrasts
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Focus
Masterclass: Daniel Hope on the Franck Violin Sonata
The British violinist takes a look at the second movement of a work filled with Romantic flair, fireworks and colour, and highlights the importance of building a perfect piano-violin partnership
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Wandy Tworek: The Danish Violin Wizard
A wonderful historical reminder of a 20th-century Danish whiz
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Kyung Wha Chung: Beau Soir. Works by Fauré, Franck, Debussy
A beautiful evening recital of French music
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Edgar Moreau, David Kadouch: Works by Franck, Poulenc, Strohl and La Tombelle
FRANCK Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart). POULENC Cello Sonata; Souvenirs STROHL Titus et Bérénice: Grande sonate dramatique. LA TOMBELLE Andante espressivo
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Video
Mikyung Sung, double bass: Franck violin sonata
Korean double bassist Mikyung Sung performs Franck’s Violin Sonata in A major with Jaemin Shin on the piano. I. Allegretto ben moderato II. Allegro (6:19) III. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia (14:26) IV. Allegretto poco mosso (22:21)
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Benedict Kloeckner, Anna Fedorova: Chopin, Franck Cello Sonatas
Some lovely playing is let down by the recorded sound
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Debussy: String Quartet in G minor op.10. Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor op.14
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: The Takács on top form in two French masterpieces Musicians: Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Composer: Debussy; Franck Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA68061 Marc-André Hamelin has made ...
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Bloch: Violin Sonata no.2 ‘Poème mystique’. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Krein: Berceuse
The Strad Issue: April 2016 Description: Forgettable Franck but fine fillers from these players Musicians: Zina Schiff (violin) Cameron Grant (piano) Composer: Bloch; Franck; Krein There is rarely adequate justification for another recording of Franck’s Sonata in the already overcrowded catalogue. Zina Schiff and Cameron Grant’s account ...
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Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major; Allegretto in E major; Wiegenlied; Waldseligkeit; Morgen
The Strad Issue: September 2015 Description: Thrills without spills in this pair of high-Romantic violin sonatas Musicians: James Ehnes (violin) †¨Andrew Armstrong (piano) Composer: Franck, R. Strauss: Some play the first movement of Franck’s Violin Sonata as a reverie; others give it impulse and purpose. James Ehnes ...
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Impérial Oïstrakh! Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: Complete works and extracts help to illustrate Oistrakh’s greatness Musicians: David Oistrakh (violin) various artists Composer: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and Wieniawski This compilation seems designed for those Classic FM listeners who like ‘a bit of Mozart’. Four ...
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Review
French Cello Sonatas II. Fauré: Romance in A major op.69; Berceuse in D major op.16; Élégie in C minor op.24; Three Romances Without Words op.17. Franck: Cello Sonata in A major. Saint-Saëns: Cello So
The Strad Issue: May 2015 Description: Warm-toned playing in a second instalment of French cello works Musicians: Julian Steckel (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano) Composer: Fauré, Franck, Saint-Saëns German duo Steckel and Rivinius follow up their well-received 2011 French Cello Sonatas disc with an equally rewarding second instalment. ...
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Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Grieg: Violin Sonata no.3 in C minor op.45. Dvorák: Romantic Pieces op.75
The Strad Issue: February 2015 Description: Masterly accounts of three Romantic masterpieces Musicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Composer: Franck, Grieg, Dvorák This is a strong performance of Franck’s Violin Sonata. The first-movement Allegretto, for all its undoubted poetic sensitivity, is forthright and forward-moving, with firm ...
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Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: Largely successful accounts of two Romantic sonatas Musicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Robert Kulek (piano) Composer: Franck, Strauss Few works are so crucially dependent on those magical places between and behind the notes of a written score being fully explored as Franck’s ...
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Franck: Sonata in A major. Grieg: Violin Sonata no.3 in C minor op.45. Dvorák: Four Romantic Pieces op.75
The Strad Issue: November 2014 Description: A classy partnership at work in three Romantic masterpieces Musicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Composer: Franck, Grieg, Dvorák Catalogue Number: Erato 0825646250189 This high-profile partnership naturally prompts expectations to match and, in the main, the French violinist and Georgian ...
