Belgian-born French composer César Franck was born on this day in 1822 – 195 years ago.
Dying in 1890, aged 67, Franck’s major contribution to the violin repertoire is his legendary Violin Sonata in A Major – widely regarded among one of the finest ever written.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTTTqD113_U&t=585s
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER & LAMBERT ORKIS | FRANCK | VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR | 1989
Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major / Elgar: Violin Sonata in E Minor |CD|
Midori, Violin
Robert McDonald, Piano
Release Date: October 7, 1997
Sony Classical
