Franck / Hubeaux / Niquet - Redemption - Music CD

Csar Franck's Rdemption (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 Psych (1888) and Les Batitudes (1891). Rdemption also marks a further progression: with this vast fresco Csar Franck became "le pre 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 olides (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.