Christiane Strucken-Paland

The six pieces in this little suite were written between 1893 and 1896. They were inspired by Hélène Bardac, the daughter of a singer with whom he was friends. The girl was born in 1892 and called 'Do...

Bärenreiter has joined forces with the International César Franck Society to produce a five-volume complete edition of the organ works of César Franck. In addition to all accessible sources, it draws...

Cuban dance from France The 'Havanaise' possibly goes back to the composer's friendship with the Cuban-born violinist Rafael Diaz Albertini. Thus it may have been natural that Saint-Saens, out of symp...

César Franck completed his string quartet in the spring of 1890, the same year it was performed for the first time and published shortly before his death in October. In this edition, Bärenreiter, toge...

The new five-volume complete edition of César Franck's organ works is being produced in collaboration with the International César Franck Society. In addition to all known sources, it also includes pr...

Fingering: Andreas Groethuysen In 1849 Schumann published six Impromptus for piano four-hands with the title 'Bilder aus Osten. As can be seen from the preface of the first edition, Schumann was inspi...

Francks 'Ave Maria' zählt mit Recht zu seinen beliebtesten kürzeren Vokalschöpfungen. Bisher kaum bekannt war, dass Franck das Werk nicht nur in einer Fassung für Sologesang komponierte, sondern auch...

It is said that Saint-Saëns was inspired to write the main theme of his Havanaise by the crackling fireplace in a hotel during a tour in the fall of 1885 with the later dedicatee Rafael Diaz Albertini...

flute (2), oboe (2), clarinet (2), bassoon (2), horn (2), trumpet (2), timpani