Usually a disc of César Franck’s piano music – especially one that includes the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue – would have me reaching for the tissues. As soon as those cri de coeur chords chime in early ...

Some music on the dark and dramatic side opens the Halloween edition of Performance Today. We hear the Prelude from Cesar Franck's Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, played by pianist Murray Perahia.