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Symphony in D minor, M 48
Composer: C茅sar Franck
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Recording date: 5 September 2003
Date of broadcast: 5 September 2003
C茅sar Franck鈥檚 Symphony in D minor premiered in Paris in February 1889. Its second movement features a memorable cor anglais melody played above pizzicato strings.
At the premiere of Franck's melancholy symphony some critics called it 'morose'; others said 'arid and drab'. Yet, when he died two years later, every major living French composer attended his funeral to honour him.
Composer: C茅sar Franck
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Recording date: 5 September 2003
Date of broadcast: 5 September 2003
