Franck - Selected Organ Works Keiko Nakata

• César Franck (1822 - 1890): I. Prélude:
• 1 Franck: I. Prélude 03:40
• II. Lento – Fugue:
• 2 Franck: II. Lento – Fugue 03:51
• III. Variation:
• 3 Franck: III. Variation 03:37
• Cantabile, CFF 103:
• 4 Franck: Cantabile, CFF 103 06:10
• Pièce héroïque, CFF 104:
• 5 Franck: Pièce héroïque, CFF 104 09:01
• Premier Choral en Mi majeur, CFF 105:
• 6 Franck: Premier Choral en Mi majeur, CFF 105 15:39
• Deuxième Choral en Si mineur, CFF 106:
• 7 Franck: Deuxième Choral en Si mineur, CFF 106 15:41
• Troisième Choral en La mineur, CFF 107:
• 8 Franck: Troisième Choral en La mineur, CFF 107 13:05
• Total Runtime 01:10:44

Info for Franck - Selected Organ Works

Following her successful album release ‘Joy of Bach’, Japanese organist Keiko Nakata now presents a recording of music by César Franck. The symphonic romantic organ music of the 19th century is closely linked to the developments in organ building at the time. From then on, the ideal was the piano and orchestral works of Beethoven and Liszt, with which one tried to equalise in terms of sound. For her recording, Keiko Nakata chose the Merklin organ built in 1882 in St Louis Cathedral in Blois, on which Franck's playing instructions can be ideally realised.

Keiko Nakata, Merklin organ St Louis Cathedral of Blois

Keiko Nakata
was born in Japan and began her organ studies with Keiko Utsumi and Hatsumi Miura. Then she became the pupil of Tsuguo Hirono and Rie Hiroe at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai) where she obtained both her Bachelor and Master of Music degree. Her master thesis “ A study of Toccata C-dur BWV564 ” which is highly regarded was published in Japan Organist 38 in 2011. She also studied harpsichord with Naoya Otsuka and Masaaki Suzuki at Tokyo Geidai. She is organist at the protestant church of Yukinoshita in Kamakura Japan, and a member of the association of Japan organist. In 2014, she finished her student life of organ in Paris, France, as the pupil of Christophe Mantoux at the regional conservatoire of Paris, and also harpsichord with Noelle Spieth. In October 2013, she won the Grand Prix and also the special prize of interpretation of contemporary works in the Andre Marchal international organ competition in Biarriz.

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