César Franck - L'Organiste - Pièces en ré majeur et ré mineur - 2. Chant de la Creuse (Très lent)

Erik Jan Eradus performs L'Organiste by César Franck (1822-1890).
Sept pièces en ré majeur et ré mineur.
Orgue-expressif by Napoléon Fourneaux (ca. 1840), St. Josephkerk Haarlem.
Recorded with Sound Devices MixPre-6, Neumann U87i (modified), Van den Hul The Integration.
Napoléon Fourneaux, born May 21, 1808, at Léard (Ardennes), originally a watch-maker, improved the Accordion. In 1830 he settled in Paris and introduced great improvements in the manufacture of reed instruments.
At the exhibition of 1844 he received a silver medal for his 'orgues expressives.' He died at Aubanton (Aisne), July 19, 1846.

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