André Cluytens Conducts Franck & d'Indy
On this CD:
1. Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 46
Composed by Cesar Franck
Performed by Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
with Aldo Ciccolini
Conducted by Andre Cluytens
2. Symphony on a French Mountain Air for piano & orchestra, Op. 25
Composed by Vincent d' Indy
Performed by Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
with Aldo Ciccolini
Conducted by Andre Cluytens
3. Symphony, in D minor, Op. 48
Composed by Cesar Franck
Performed by Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Conducted by Andre Cluytens
André Cluytens Conducts Franck & d'Indy, Music, Cesar Franck, Vincent d' Indy, Andre Cluytens, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Aldo Ciccolini, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Orchestral & Symphonic, Piano Concerto, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic
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- Classic Cluytens, If You Don't Already Have It
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André Cluytens Conducts Franck & d'Indy
Manufacturer: Testament UK
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000060K9I
Release Date: 2002-05-14 |
Customer Reviews:
Look to another Label for this Work........2007-06-27
The Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire is inadequate for serious listeners and music lovers. Neither Andre Cluytens (the conductor) nor Aldo Ciccolini (the pianist) is at his best and they are frequently not together in this performance. The Testament Label ADD recording is technically inferior ~ and not just because the original recording dates to a 1953 performance. I would recommend the Montreal Symphony / Thibideaux recording for anyone interested in adding this work to his music collection.
Classic Cluytens, If You Don't Already Have It.......2004-02-24
Those of you who have read my reviews previously know how much I love the Testament label. This small independent UK label has made a mission out of rescuing brilliant golden-age stereo performances from the vaults of labels like EMI and Decca. Sure they cost full-price, but the glowing accounts are generally worth it. However, a recent batch of reissues featuring legendary conductor Andre Cluytens will be hard for many to justify buying. Not because of the performances, which are breathtaking, but because much of the material is not new to CD. On this title for example, the 1953 mono recordings of Franck's Symphonic Variations and d'Indy's Symphony on a French Mountain Air with pianist Aldo Ciccolini have been available already on a 4-disc EMI France Import called "Andre Cluytens as Accompanist." Yes, that set is now out-of-print but serious collectors will have already picked it up years ago. (I found mine at Tower D.C. cut-out for next to nothing and there must have been thirty of them in the bin.) You have to be a really serious collector to buy a full-price CD for just the 1953 account of the Franck Symphony. It's too bad Testament couldn't have shuffled the tracks around on the seven Cluytens titles to avoid mixing unissued and reissued performances. For those new to Cluytens this will not be a big deal, but considering Testament caters to collectors, it will be for most.
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