organized to fit on 3 cds
cd 1 72.40
cd 2 74.27
cd 3 74.54
(The 3rd archive contains the full score in pdf).
FRANCK
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra
15 versions
Arthur De Greef
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
Landon Ronald (1922) 14.31
Anderson Tyrer
British Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult (1923) 13.48
Walter Gieseking
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Henry Wood (october 31, 1932) 15.09
Alfred Cortot
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Landon Ronald (october 13, 1934) 14.27
Gerald Hengeveld
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Eduard Van Beinum (december 3, 1939) 14.43
Walter Gieseking
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Willem Mengelberg (october 31, 1940) 14.24
Myra Hess
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Basil Cameron (june 24, 1941) 15.31
Yves Nat
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Gaston Poulet (1941) 14.50
Géza Anda
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard Van Beinum (1943) 15.42
Robert Casadesus
San Francisco Symphony
Pierre Monteux (february 3, 1947) 13.58
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein (1949) 15.24
Walter Gieseking
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (june 7, 1951) 15.46
Jean Doyen
Orchestre Lamoureux
Jean Fournet (1953) 15.13
Walter Gieseking
Orchestre National de France
André Cluytens (1955) 14.46
Robert Casadesus
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai
Kirill Kondrashin (march 6, 1960)
This selection includes all the surviving 4 recordings with Gieseking at the piano; you can also find alternative transfers and accurate descriptions of the 2 oldest recordings here:
De Greef
http://satyr78lp.blogspot.com/2010/10/arthur-de-greef-landon-ronald-franck.html
Tyrer (the pitch is a little different: dur. 14min instead of 13.48)
http://grumpyclassics.blogspot.com/2010/11/il-pleuvait-sur-peckham.html
MU - Flac
