Entree for Harmonium [Import]

Cesar Franck (Composer), Jos van Immerseel (Performer), Joris Verdin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jos van Immerseel, Joris Verdin
• Composer: Cesar Franck
• Audio CD (December 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ricercar
• ASIN: B000004509
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,677 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prélude, fugue, et variations, for piano & harmonium, or 2 pianos in B minor, Op. 18, M. 30a

2. Work(s): Pièce in C minor for harmonium

3. Work(s): Entrée, andantino poco lente for harmonium

4. Work(s): Unspecified Pièce in F-sharp minor for harmonium

5. Danse lente, for piano, M. 22

6. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Offertoire in C major, andantino for harmonium

7. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Pièce in D-flat major, andante for harmonium

8. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Sortie ou offertoire in D major, allegro for harmonium

9. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Offertoire in E-flat major major, andantino poco alleretto for harmonium

10. Work(s): Andantino for harmonium & piano

11. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Offertoire ou communion in E minor, poco lento for harmonium

12. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Sortie in F major, molto moderato for harmonium

13. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Offertoire funèbre in F-sharp minor, poco lente for harmonium

14. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Sortie in G major, allegro for harmonium

15. L'organiste Vol.1, for organ (or harmonium), M. 41: Pièce in A-flat major for harmonium

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Exquisite Disc., June 21, 2002

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This review is from: Entree for Harmonium (Audio CD)

This is absolutely one of my favorite discs of all time. It features very rare, obscure, and unusual music of the fin de siècle. Verdin performs on an original Alexandre harmonium from ca. 1865. He has selected the best pieces from Franck's last work, "L'Organiste," on which he was working at the time of his death in late-1890. The harmonium, of course, is a wind & reed keyboard instrument likened to an huge accordion; between ca. 1850 to ca. 1925 it was a very important instrument in bourgeois households, smaller churches, in the concert hall, and also in the early cinema where its eerie vibrations perfectly corresponded with German Expressionism. But these charming pieces were originally intended to be played in the chruch or at a concert of fin-de-siècle art music. It is a little known fact that Franck's famous "Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18," was originally written for harmonium & piano duo. Franck then transcribed it for organ, and it was later re-transcribed for solo piano. If you are attracted to turn-of-the-century aesthetic culture, then this disc is for you! And don't delay, because this is the kind of rare disc that is unfortunately quickly discontinued.