Les Béatitudes
FRANCK César (1822-1890)
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège - Hungarian National Choir - Gergely Madaras (Dir)
Label : Fuga Libera
Artikelnummer: FUG817
1 CD Spielzeit : 119:23
CHF 22.50
César Franck considered Les Béatitudes, for soloists, choir and orchestra, to be his greatest work. It was perhaps Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion that prompted him to begin a work in 1869 that too would be dominated by the voice of Christ. Franck worked on Les Béatitudes for ten years and created an original and deeply personal renewal of the oratorio form in 19th-century France.