César Franck - Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 (1862)

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  • César Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 - 8 November 1890) was a Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life.
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    Prelude, Fugue et Variation in B minor, Op. 18 for Organ (1859-62)
    Transcribed for piano solo by Harold Bauer
    Dedication: à son ami monsieur Camille Saint-Saëns
    Pianist unknown
    Description by Meredith Gailey [-]
    César Franck's Prélude, fugue et variations has become a popular work among organists and is familiar to music lovers even though they may not know its title or composer. Written in 1862, it is a part of the larger Six Pièces pour le Grand Orgue. After having worked as organist at the parish of Saint-Jean-Saint-François for seven years, Franck obtained the same appointment at Sainte-Clotilde, where he had been choirmaster for some time. It was at the latter church that he received his inspiration for Prélude. At his new post, he met with a monumental artistic challenge when the inventor-builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll finished construction on a three-manual grand organ for the church in 1859. For the dedication of this instrument on December 19 of the same year, Franck played his Final in B Flat Major, Op. 21. His attachment to this particular organ was so great that it inspired him to immediately compose Six Pièces pour le Grand Orgue (1860-1862), which he followed with Trois Pièces pour le Grand Orgue (1878) and Trois Chorals (1890). These works were written at the height of the Romantic organ's popularity, which stretched between 1830 and 1930. This period's most popular organists were Charles-Marie Widor, Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, Louis Lefébure-Wély and of course, Franck, who in time became known as the only true "equal" of Johann Sebastian Bach as a composer for the organ. The Prélude was dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns. The two men had similar posts and influences, and had both studied with François Benoist at the Paris Conservatoire.

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  • @Marie-en1pt
    @Marie-en1pt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Wonderful ! Dear Bartje, could you tell us who is the pianist? Thank you :)

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This is a video from my old channel which got terminated together with the info. I simply don't know anymore........I am hoping somebody recognizes the recording.

    • @vincentfartek64
      @vincentfartek64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think that this version is played by Nicolaï Lugansky

    • @poti0909
      @poti0909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@vincentfartek64 I agree with you absolutely.

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It was not Lugansky. It was a French pianist.

    • @alcidesrios7222
      @alcidesrios7222 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is awesome love it. Thanks for the upload.

  • @ac-bh8pj
    @ac-bh8pj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I used to play this for my daughter when she was little. on a compact disk player. unfortunately I have never learned to play piano. but she would dance. it was so nice. she was so little. and amber California sunlight filled the room. I am happy that I have been blessed with that memory.

    • @elenakonovalova17
      @elenakonovalova17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So wonderful piece!

    • @karamia1392
      @karamia1392 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My mum played it for me too when I was a kid by special request. I called it ‘The Moon Walk Music’. ❤

  • @andacomfeeuvou
    @andacomfeeuvou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I had a girlfriend twenty five years ago and that was our song. The courtship lasted only six months. But I could never forget her because I love this masterpiece and every time I listen to it I remember her.

    • @pianogus
      @pianogus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dude, that's gangster! I hope you found/find new love to share the aesthetically magisterial power and weakness of masterpieces like these!

  • @vt2637
    @vt2637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    0:00 Prelude
    4:34 Fugue
    7:55 Variations

  • @alinorsky5161
    @alinorsky5161 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Это так красиво, что и словами не передать... Столько чувств, столько воспоминаний и надежды. 😥💜

  • @perfectblue8443
    @perfectblue8443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I used to totally ignore Cesar Frank and his music. Until I stumbled upon the Prelude, choral et Fugue. Then this piece. There is an indescribable feeling of melancholy and nostalgia, the kind of stuff that opens old wounds you didn't even know you had, or wanted to forget about. And to me it's also a plea to God, at a time when he was claimed to be dead by some visionary philosopher. The nostalgia of man, of God.

  • @literaine6550
    @literaine6550 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This music takes me to a place I never knew there was.

  • @Mazurking
    @Mazurking 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What an incredible masterpiece of the highest melodic genius.

  • @emrahkorkmaz87
    @emrahkorkmaz87 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I could listen to this almost the whole day long!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      I did a 7 hour trip where I just listened to this on repeat. For the whole 7 hours...

  • @PaulHummerman
    @PaulHummerman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I'm in love with this piece - and I suspect Franck was in love too.

  • @cezarfreysleben5911
    @cezarfreysleben5911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Absolutely breathtaking. And enventhough Cesar Franck originally wrote it for the organ, this piece sounds incredibly pianistic.

    • @samijunnonen8619
      @samijunnonen8619 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The original version is for piano and harmonium. 😊

  • @InfinityGamingYT1
    @InfinityGamingYT1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    After listening to this, I am unable to return to the original organ edition, just because the piano give this piece it's colour. I am amazed.

  • @TheProms
    @TheProms 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Priceless.

  • @nervenerd
    @nervenerd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    One of the most romantic melodies in the world.

  • @riccardo4134
    @riccardo4134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Masterpiece with no doubts. It discloses some of the most romantic but unique sound of all times together. Like only Cesar Franck can do it. The development of the elements is excellent in his unmistakable style. Thanks Cesar for this gift, may your soul rest in peace.

    • @lerippletoe6893
      @lerippletoe6893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would call it a beautiful reawareness of the baroque. But listening to the beginning it would pass in film sort of music today.

    • @socraticmusic
      @socraticmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I visited Paris, I took special care to go visit Franck's grave. Was very meaningful for me

    • @riccardo4134
      @riccardo4134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @bill Bloggs I think you are commenting on the wrong post mate... I mean we didn't mention any sort of movies above. 😁

  •  27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Started reading this piece like 2 days ago and I already got completely "poisoned". I did not know the piece before but a friend who collects lots of sheets music, he gave me this just to read...
    The piece brings me this kind of weird feeling of "dejavu". I feel like I know the piece for my entire life but don't know from where...

  • @carmenaballi
    @carmenaballi หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Que belleza de música.

  • @sofiae8123
    @sofiae8123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for posting this. A beautiful performance!!!

  • @andreagriseri7656
    @andreagriseri7656 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my favourite pieces of music! It sounds good transcribed for piano as well !

  • @les3jedis
    @les3jedis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paisible, tu m' enchantes ... de tes pas qui raisonnent sur les pavés de mon coeur.

  • @danielpasterp5837
    @danielpasterp5837 8 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Cesar Franck a true genius!

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Daniel Pasterp YES! and originally for the organ...

    • @danielpasterp5837
      @danielpasterp5837 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Daniel Pasterp Although... I'm primarily a pianist... I played the complete organ works of Franck (on the organ) about ten years ago...

    • @danielpasterp5837
      @danielpasterp5837 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's great! I'm no musician I just play a little bit harmonica but I love classical and baroque musics!

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too Daniel!

  • @fredvacher3998
    @fredvacher3998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for the post. It s marvellously played. So inspired....

  • @bonobo2go
    @bonobo2go 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just beautiful....I've probably heard it lots (as a fan of organ recitals)...but my true attention to this wonderful piece only focussed last Wednesday at an organ recital at St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield given by Alexander Woodrow of Bradford Cathedral. I was totally captivated, immersed in the prelude. And now I find I love it equally on piano - it's just divine.....thank you :-)

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +bonobo2go agreed!!!!

  • @user-74652
    @user-74652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is a very beautiful arrangement.

  • @changlhee3561
    @changlhee3561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sample melody is ringing my heart!!

  • @valeriykhasyanov9011
    @valeriykhasyanov9011 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Спасибо ❤

  • @chrisgromberg614
    @chrisgromberg614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Durch den Defa Film "Die Beunruhigung" bin ich auf die wundervolle Musik aufmerksam geworden. Die Klavier Variante geht mir auch unter die Haut, aber Orgelmusik bleibt mein Favorit. ❤

  • @oliviergauthe8860
    @oliviergauthe8860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Difficile à jouer mais qu'est-ce qu'elle est magnifique cette musique!

  • @annwell9477
    @annwell9477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Merci beaucoup pour ce partage. Une si belle musique !

  • @GUSTAVOMARZANO
    @GUSTAVOMARZANO 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Muchas gracias por tan gran belleza !!!

  • @MyGustavo2012
    @MyGustavo2012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This wonderful rendition lives beyond mere "interpretation". It deals with and re-descovers mysteries once again unknown concealed within this piece of complex, unfathonable beauty...

  • @emrahkorkmaz87
    @emrahkorkmaz87 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bedankt hiervoor Bartje Bartmans!

  • @francoisepirmez9380
    @francoisepirmez9380 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    J'aime beaucoup.Merci.

  • @fredericchopin7538
    @fredericchopin7538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Marvelous!

  • @jjsc3334
    @jjsc3334 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    so beautiful...

  • @MsKassol
    @MsKassol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gorgeous. Great. This is my favorite piece for organ. I dream of playing it on the piano. I am very grateful to you for this public. It`s a huge support. I am self-taught, your help is very valuable to me. Health and happiness to you

  • @normalmusic1819
    @normalmusic1819 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:00 Prelude
    4:34 Fugue
    7:54 Variation

  • @Cristian61288
    @Cristian61288 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Que belleza de música 🙏

  • @jacqueslahondere4649
    @jacqueslahondere4649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    quelle élégance! c'est magnifique d'entendre une si belle musique

  • @enriqueali
    @enriqueali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a lovely Prelude!! 😍😍😍

  • @marieclaude5360
    @marieclaude5360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Encore plus pur qu'à l'orgue ! Magnifique !

    • @Assassunn
      @Assassunn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oui, toute la piece sonne horriblement à l'orgue. Cet arrangement de Bauer en fait l'une des plus belles compositions au piano de l'ère romantique !

  • @adalbertogomesdossantos4545
    @adalbertogomesdossantos4545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Magnífico!

  • @robertbairdmusic
    @robertbairdmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such beautiful music!

  • @Sandrah326
    @Sandrah326 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Linda!🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

  • @demoniaque79
    @demoniaque79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Magnifique! Il ne reste qu'à danser dessus!

    • @beatricedesbois2651
      @beatricedesbois2651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      NICOLAÏ TOKAREF.. 🎹🎹🎼👍💚🍃💋💋

  •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ¡Qué maravilla! ¡Qué emoción!

  • @viberouvet
    @viberouvet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    C'est tellement beau tout simplement ❤️

  • @user-ru8vy1uz7c
    @user-ru8vy1uz7c ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo bravo bravo bravo

  • @AlexSantos-nq1rb
    @AlexSantos-nq1rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Belíssima

  • @emrahkorkmaz87
    @emrahkorkmaz87 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is very beautiful.

  • @user-mf4cu7ux7y
    @user-mf4cu7ux7y 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    이상하게도,,,이 곡을 들으면 마음이 묘해집니다. 극도로 세련된 음악이라고 생각해요.

  • @marilenaf9308
    @marilenaf9308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is simply incredible... Who is the pianist?

  • @aricortez
    @aricortez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sublime!

    • @astridmayabuffy8888
      @astridmayabuffy8888 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      sehr, sehr schön! Ganz toll! So habe ich es noch nie gehört. Es ist für Klavier :-D jetzt wissen wir es.

  • @elisabethlooijschelder4974
    @elisabethlooijschelder4974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Het is zo prettig dit wondermooie dansende stuk met de partituur te volgen.

  • @Barbapippo
    @Barbapippo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful piece, I prefer the piano version to the original one.

  • @nizarraguine2244
    @nizarraguine2244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow this is amazing❤❤❤❤

  • @kertamo6721
    @kertamo6721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brilliant

  • @anahobintie
    @anahobintie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great recording

  • @lelinqi
    @lelinqi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    8:18, such a treasure

  • @SuperKhatuna
    @SuperKhatuna 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ძალიან ლამაზი მუსიკა არის და შესრულებაც სრულყოფილი❤❤🎉🎉

  • @NormalPianist
    @NormalPianist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exquisite exquisiteness.

  • @pianoguy1955
    @pianoguy1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In addition to this wonderful performance, spend time with Nikolai Lugansky's glowing interpretation.

    • @PaulHummerman
      @PaulHummerman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lugansky is excellent but I find this performance even more ethereal.

  • @nkvrbyv
    @nkvrbyv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dedicate this piece for my dear darling

  • @carambarun4083
    @carambarun4083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jai fais un solo de danse classique sur ça et quand je l'ecoute je ressent ce que je ressentais sur scene quand je dansais 😍

  • @gardeningnm
    @gardeningnm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful! A perfect melody. I’m crying 😭

  • @user-wh3mw1nn6b
    @user-wh3mw1nn6b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ❤️

  • @alexisgermeau2953
    @alexisgermeau2953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magnifique! Victor Vreuls adorait cette composition!

    • @nervenerd
      @nervenerd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      there are snippets of Vreuls on TH-cam. He had taste!

  • @vonMohl
    @vonMohl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At times it sounds like a melancholic waltz.

  • @user-ue9nv2oj1d
    @user-ue9nv2oj1d ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Жаль,что нельзя оставить тысячу лайков

  • @xavierandenmatten3287
    @xavierandenmatten3287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Une révélation !

  • @beatricedesbois2651
    @beatricedesbois2651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Je kifff🎼💚🎼🍃🎼💋

  • @assfisarmonicisticaitaliana
    @assfisarmonicisticaitaliana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perhaps the pianist is Aldo Ciccolini. I met him and listened to him playing this wonderful piece.

  • @alexandrepied-kavaeff5585
    @alexandrepied-kavaeff5585 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    👍🎶👍🎶👍🎶👍🎶👍🎶👍🎶👍

  • @user-ue9nv2oj1d
    @user-ue9nv2oj1d ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Скажите:кто исполняет это произведение,это лучшее,что слышала

    • @endymion11
      @endymion11 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aльдо Чикколини, скорее всего

  • @viberouvet
    @viberouvet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    😍😍😍😍

  • @parkmusic98
    @parkmusic98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:24 - 2:36
    10:11 - 10:22

  • @floragutierrez538
    @floragutierrez538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Muy buena versión, quién toca ?

  • @musicomaniac62
    @musicomaniac62 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The harmonic progression of the fuge reminds me of Godowsky's Passacaglia in B Minor ! Very nice to hear though !

  • @MichaelConwayBaker
    @MichaelConwayBaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A beautiful piece played beautifully.

  • @OrbiliusMagister
    @OrbiliusMagister 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am still convinced that Franck initially sketched this piece on the piano, and while polishing it on paper he decided that it would fit better for the organ, but it's all my ignorant guess. Where could I find some information about the genesis of this piece?

    • @rubberlegs
      @rubberlegs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Orbilius Magister originally written for piano-harmonium duet. Then Franck transcribed it for organ.

  • @SamTahbou
    @SamTahbou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Whose performance is this?

  • @lolman54
    @lolman54 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    yeah, who is the pianist??

  • @IvanPierreLApostat
    @IvanPierreLApostat ปีที่แล้ว

    For the original score and various transpositions: imslp.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9lude%2C_Fugue_et_Variation%2C_Op.18_(Franck%2C_C%C3%A9sar) ;)

  • @rravvia
    @rravvia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Melancholy carved into stone.

  • @gra_nata
    @gra_nata 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Пожалуйста, пришлите мне ноты! Я нигде не могу найти это переложение

  • @jobbruggen7269
    @jobbruggen7269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who is playing this?

    • @xuly3129
      @xuly3129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Job Brüggen

  • @44seann
    @44seann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    moins de savoir et de technique que ds prelude choral et fugue mais plus seduisant et plus court!! ouf!!!!

  • @tommasomascher5901
    @tommasomascher5901 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Who is the pianist?

    • @jeromebonzon6412
      @jeromebonzon6412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's Aldo Ciccolini if I'm not mistaking

    • @biaowang3892
      @biaowang3892 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it Valentina Lisitsa?

    • @ErikAnnaud
      @ErikAnnaud 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeromebonzon6412 Non car je pense qu'il y a 4 mains dans cette version!

  • @paulbu6003
    @paulbu6003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    David Bismuth seemed to be this interpreter

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gorgeous, but it should have been on organ, right ?

  • @francoischoquette5689
    @francoischoquette5689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I believe the pianist is Claudio Colombo.

  • @charlottewhyte9804
    @charlottewhyte9804 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    like this better on the organ

  • @Necroclassical
    @Necroclassical 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glory to Franck! Asceticism in extremis

  • @gatesurfer
    @gatesurfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The piece is lovely, and I'm not criticizing the performance. I'm criticizing the way this is notated. It's very confusing. Such as at 1:09 in the middle voice, you have a little two-note rising pattern G#, A#, and B, all of which resolve downward to F# below middle C. But the way it's notated, it almost looks like the pattern resolves upward, since the first note in the pattern (G#, A#, and B) is written in the bass clef while the second note (F#) is written in the treble clef, and the line connecting the two notes slants up rather than down. It all could have been written in the bass clef and it would have conveyed the flow of the line much more clearly. You certainly would not use two hands to play these two notes.

    • @dragonwings5134
      @dragonwings5134 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to piano, right? So many times we have to figure our voicing or fingering around the visual ideas presented on the page. I thought learning this piece was sometimes like playing with my eyes crossed. I found relief with memorization. Did you notice Franck's amazing sequencing?

  • @joseramonmendez803
    @joseramonmendez803 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is the pianist, please??

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you look at the comment you see I answered this already a few times. I don't have the name, as this is a video from my old terminated channel. I simply don't have the info anymore.

  • @biaowang3892
    @biaowang3892 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impossibly hard LMus

  • @calebhu6383
    @calebhu6383 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:16

  • @arthurlaguette7773
    @arthurlaguette7773 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the pianist could be Tanguy de Williencourt

  • @madairodriguez2434
    @madairodriguez2434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    alguien que me pase la partitura plis

  • @MegaPianogenius
    @MegaPianogenius 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:52 etc cheating omitting notes so no spreading of chords and he hasn't got that stretch but don't blame him sounds same anyway