Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Florian Noack

As a child prodigy, César Franck was initially more known as a pianist than as a composer. His youthful and virtuoso Variations brillantes and the more mature but refined Variations symphoniques, which the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège performs together with pianist Florian Noack, bear witness to his piano skills. We conclude with the only Symphony by Ernest Chausson, a pupil of Franck. This music is a brilliant synthesis of the lyricism of French music and the chromaticism of Wagner.

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