CD 1:
Fantaisie en Ut, Op. 16
Grande Piece Symphonique, Op. 17
Prélude, fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Cantabile
Pastorale, Op. 19
Priere, Op. 20

CD 2:
Final, Op. 21
Fantaisie en la
Piece héroique
Choral No. 1 en mi majeur
Choral No. 2 en si mineur
Choral No. 3 en la mineur

The Würzburg cathedral organist Stefan Schmidt studied with Daniel Roth and in this previously unpublished recording from 2002 proves himself to be an extremely sensitive yet technically virtuoso interpreter of César Franck's famous Douze Pieces. The organ of St Peter's in Düsseldorf, built in 2001 by the Göckel company, where he worked as organist for several years, was designed without compromise according to the French symphonic model and is therefore ideally suited for this repertoire as one of the few such instruments on the right bank of the Rhine.

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Stefan Schmidt spielt an der Karl-Göckel-Orgel Op. 47 (III/59, 2001) in St. Peter, Düsseldorf