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César Franck
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Prélude, Fugue et Variation Click to Listen [8:32]
Actually 4 sections. 1) Andante cantabile: lilting 9/8 melody on Récit Hautbois 8' with one or two voices on G.O. Harmonic Flute, and another one or two on Pédale Subbass 16' + Bourdon 8'. 2) Lento: interlude with louder registration. 3) Allegro ma non troppo: Beautfully worked out Fugue with G.O. coupled to Récit. 4) Andantino: The original melody and registration are reiterated, but the G.O. figuration is mostly in sixteenth notes. Scores here. Midi File available. Instrument: A. Cavaillé-Coll Organ, originally Paris, France, moved to Mainz, Germany (1877) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

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