Franck, C: Prelude, Aria et Final M23 (1886/7)

Recorded in 2008.

Muza Rubackyte is a Lithuanian pianist living in Paris. She has made many recordings for the Lyrinx label, including an acclaimed set of Liszt, of which the BBC Music Magazine

wrote, ‘Rubackyte’s Annees de Pelerinage rises to the top of this cycle’s shortlist.’ This month sees her debut on Brilliant Classics, in two albums of music by César Franck. Franck's dense, chromatic harmonies and incense-laden melodies present unique challenges to pianists, and these works are rarely recorded except by legendary artists such as Rubinstein and Richter. This is the first CD to bring together all three of Franck’s Bach-style keyboard works on a single issue – the Prelude, Fugue and Variation was originally composed for organ – and they make a revelatory coupling.