Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Paul Jacobs has completed his survey of the major solo organ works of César Franck, whose birthday year is passing with scattered ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by César Franck’s only symphony was a pillar of the repertory for decades. But it’s now a rarity. By David Allen Whatever Leopold Stokowski’s thirst for ...

When the first performance of Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D Minor was given in Paris in 1889, critics were almost unanimously indignant. Sniffed one of them: “Why play this symphony here? Who is this M ...

Rare's the pianist who'd play two recitals totaling more than two hours of music, all from memory, in a single day. And a pianist wouldn't have to play lots of notes with feet as well as fingers, plus ...

This is an intriguing collection of César Franck's five works involving a solo piano, all featuring the up-and-coming French pianist Bertrand Chamayou. Two of them are rarely heard, and another is a ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...

The Violin Sonata by Cesar Franck is like an old friend: familiar and fun to run into once in a while. Violinist Midori and Robert McDonald play Franck's Sonata in concert at the Schwetzingen Festival ...

Has there ever existed a milder, more humble man who was also a great composer than César Franck? His ambitions were simple: to serve music and God with equal ­reverence. Name a famous Belgian! Well, ...

César Franck was no slouch when it came to writing for the piano. The Prélude, Choral et Fugue has long been among the keyboard repertoire’s toughest challenges, and here its sturdy counterpoint, ...

Cesar Franck was a one-hit wonder when it came to writing symphonies. The one he finally did write came only near the end of his life. We take you to Paris, the city where Franck spent a good portion ...

Cesar FranckSoprano Jessye Norman is only the fourth opera singer to win a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy's. Her predecessors were Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price and Enrico Caruso. Jessye ...