Tracklist

CD1
1. Pièce Héroïque, in B minor 8:29
2. Pastorale, in E major Op. 19 8:17
3. Fantaisie in A major 12:10
4. Choral No. 1 in E major 15:11
5. Choral No. 2 in B minor 14:45
6. Choral No. 3 in A minor 14:47

Total: 74:16

CD2
1. Final in B flat major Op. 21 9:35
2. Fantaisie in C major Op. 16 12:16
3. Prélude, Fugue et Variation, in B minor Op. 18 10:43
4. Cantabile in B major 5:43
5. Prière, in C sharp minor Op. 20 11:57
6. Grand Pièce Symphonique, in F sharp minor Op. 17 21:28

Total: 72:15


JEAN GUILLOU, organ
Van den Heuvel Organ of St. Eustache, Paris
Recording: June/July 1989, St. Eustache, Paris

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Originally recorded on the high-end label Dorian, this issue presents a spectacular recording of the complete organ works of Cesar Franck, by one of the most amazing organists of our time: Jean Guillou. He plays on the great organ of the beautiful St. Eustache in Paris (where Franck also played!), a new organ built by the Dutch company Van den Heuvel, of gigantic proportions and possibilities.
Belgian-born composer Cesar Franck, an organist by profession, left us these great works for organ, forming the crowning achievement of all romantic organ music.