Franck: Symphony in D Minor - Rédemption - Le chasseur maudit Frankfurt Radio Symphony & Alain Altinoglu

• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48:
• 1 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo 16:18
• 2 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48: II. Allegretto 09:10
• 3 Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48: III. Allegro non troppo 09:56
• Rédemption, FWV 52:
• 4 Franck: Rédemption, FWV 52: Interlude symphonique 11:41
• Le chasseur maudit, FWV 44:
• 5 Franck: Le chasseur maudit, FWV 44 13:47
• Total Runtime 01:00:52

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This recording marks the beginning of the collaboration between the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and its new music director, the French conductor Alain Altinoglu, who conducts the leading European and American orchestras and has made a reputation for himself in every repertory – not forgetting opera at Salzburg, Bayreuth, and La Monnaie in Brussels, where he is music director. Their first disc pays tribute to a composer whose bicentenary is celebrated in 2022, César Franck, with the famous Symphony in D minor and two less well-known works, presented in new editions: the symphonic poem Le Chasseur maudit (1882) and the large-scale symphonic interlude from the oratorio Rédemption, composed in 1872 after the Paris Commune, performed here in its first version, long considered lost.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

Alain Altinoglu
has been Music Director of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) since 2021 and has since extended his contract until the summer of 2028. He is internationally very successful with his interpretations of the romantic and impressionist repertoire as well as with the contemporary music and classical modernism.

Alain Altinoglu regularly conducts such distinguished orchestras as Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Russian National Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, as well as all the major Parisian orchestras. He has also taken over the artistic direction of the Festival International de Colmar, the largest classical music festival in Alsace, in 2023.

Altinoglu also belongs to the league of internationally highly renowned opera conductors. Since 2016 he has been Music Director of the Brussels »Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie«. He has already conducted premieres at many of the world's leading opera houses. In addition to the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, the Vienna State Opera, the Zurich Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Bavarian State Opera Munich as well as the three Parisian opera houses, he regularly gives guest performances at the festivals in Bayreuth, Salzburg, Orange and Aix-en-Provence.

As a pianist, Alain Altinoglu has a strong affinity for the lied repertoire and performs regularly with mezzo-soprano Nora Gubisch. He also makes occasional forays into jazz and improvisation. Numerous CD releases bear witness to his diverse, successful artistic work.

Born in Paris in 1975, the Frenchman with Armenian roots studied at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, where he teaches since then and leads the conducting class since 2014.

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