Gathered here are two masterpieces of late 19th-century French orchestral music. Cesar Franck"s Symphony in D minor (1888) is his only symphony. Drawing its lineage from later Beethoven and Schumann, it"s very cohesive and its themes are quite distinct, remaining quite popular. Vincent d"Indy"s Symphonie su un chant montagnard francais (1886) is a very efficient fusion of a symphony with a piano concerto. The themes are supple yet smoothly integrated into a three-movement tapestry that has also never seen its popularity fade. Many versions of these exist on disc, but Charles Dutoit seems to have a better feel than most. --Paul Cook