Catalogue
HAVPCD147 – César Franck
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| Disk Title | César Franck |
| Cantabile and Les Trois Chorales | |
| Soloists | Michael Howard (Organ) |
| Location | Farnborough Abbey, Hampshire |
| Date Recorded | October 1991 |
César Franck was born in Liège on 10 December 1822 and died in Paris on 8 November 1890. His father moved to Paris so that his son might further develop his musical gifts under François Benoist at the Conservatoire. From here Franck emerged as an exceptionally talented organist and pianist, a teacher endowed with formidable powers of communication and inspiration, and a compulsive composer. Some of his finest and most profound music is to be found among his compositions for the organ.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 06:07 | Cantabile (1878) | |
| 2 | 16:31 | Choral en mi [E] majeur (1890) | |
| 3 | 16:59 | Choral en si [B] mineur (1890) | |
| 4 | 12.07 | Choral en la [A] mineur (1890) |
Michael Howard, born in London in 1922, is a former organist of Tewkesbury Abbey, Ely Cathedral, and St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough. For 20 years he conducted the famous Renaissance Singers and, subsequently, Cantores in Ecclesia, broadcasting regularly, appearing at the Promenade Concerts and on television, and travelling abroad.
