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5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite thrilling!, August 3, 2007
This review is from: César Franck: The Complete Organ Music (Audio CD)
This was an absolutely enjoyable album to listen to. I am not only surprised that I am the first to review this product but also disappointed that I had not found this recording sooner. David Sanger plays the monumental pieces featured on this compilation with extreme care and expertise. Despite the demanding nature of many of Franck's organ pieces, Sanger is able to showcase the music's emotional qualities (as any well-performed Franck piece must) and is able to captivate the listener through the many registration and dynamic alterations found throughout the recordings. (He is faithful, for the most part, to Franck's original registration notations found in the scores.) While expression is, of course, necessary, the only possible issue I could find is that on certain pieces you must increase the volume in order to hear the soft passages while you must then turn it down once the music reaches louder passages. This concern has not been serious enough, however, to greatly impair my enjoyment of the album. I have not once regretted purchasing this album, as it has undergone much use.
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