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César Franck

Les Béatitudes

Les Béatitudes, (Op. 25), CFF 185, FWV 53, is a French oratorio written by César Franck from 1869 to 1879 and scored for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. The text is a poetic meditation on the eight

Recordings#

  • Helmuth Rilling conducting the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Gilles Cachemaille, John Cheek, Keith Lewis
  • Armin Jordan conducting the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique and Chœurs de Radio France, with Louise Lebrun, Jane Berbié, Nathalie Stutzmann, et al.
  • Gergely Madaras conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, with Anne-Catherine Gillet, David Bizic, Héloïse Mas, John Irvin et al.
  • Jean Robert. Les Béatitudes de César Franck: Part 1 (general information); Part 2 (Béatitudes 1–4); Part 3 (Béatitudes 5–6); Part 4 (Béatitudes 7–8)
  • Norman Demuth (1949). César Franck. New York: Philosophical Library, 1949. P. 163–171
Composer
César Franck