FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 00:51:26 | 243 MbCésar Franck’s Rédemption (1873) is a pivotal work.

It is an “ode-symphony,” coming at the crossover point between oratorio, opera and symphonic poem – a vein brilliantly exploited by Franck in Psyché (1888) and Les Béatitudes (1891).

Rédemption also marks a further progression: with this vast fresco César Franck became “le père Franck”, leading father figure in the new French compositional school, the composer of maturity, creator of Le Chasseur maudit (1883), the Variations symphoniques (1885) and Les Éolides (1885).

Here we see the organist becoming a virtuoso in handling grand orchestral or vocal forces and taking his place amongst the major composers of the Symbolist period.

Tracklist:01. Redemption, FWV 52 I. Introduction02. Redemption, FWV 52 II. Ch?ur terrestre. Que le jour monte ou s’abaisse03. Redemption, FWV 52 III. Ch?ur des anges. Nous venons du ciel04. Redemption, FWV 52 IV. Ch?urs et air de l’Archange. Ou menent vos chemins – Les rois dont vous vantez la gloire05. Redemption, FWV 52 V. Ch?ur general. Devant la loi nouvelle06. Redemption, FWV 52 VI. Poeme Symphonique07. Redemption, FWV 52 VII. Ch?ur des hommes. Ou sommes-nous08. Redemption, FWV 52 VIII. Ch?ur des anges. Nous sommes au ciel09. Redemption, FWV 52 IX. Air de l’Archange. Le ot se leve10. Redemption, FWV 52 X. Ch?ur general. Seigneur, oublie l’erreur et la folie