César Franck - Prélude, Fugue and Variation

Prélude, Fugue and Variation, op. 18 FWV 30 by French pianist, organist and composer, César Franck (1822-1890), dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns was originally written for organ. Transcribed for 2 guitars by guitarist and musicologist Matanya Ophee Frank's composition was performed live by Frech guitar duo Thibaut Garcia et Antoine Morinière during Générations France Musique concert, 29 September 2018.
Matanya Ophee, was the esteemed, influental scholar and founder of the music publishing house Editions Orphée, Israeli by birth he emigrated to the U.S. in 1965. For most of his professional life he worked as a commercial pilot in the U.S., but was also heavily devoted to the classical guitar, playing it, teaching it, writing about it. He wrote many articles and reviews for Classical Guitar magazine beginning in the mid-1980s.